Therapy for anxiety, burnout and high-pressure functioning.
I support capable professionals whose sense of self, self-worth and confidence has been eroded by high functioning anxiety, burnout and the emotional weight of a demanding role.
Chobham, Surrey | Online across the UK.
You are not who someone else tells you you are.
We often attach our self-worth to our title, role or to feedback from those we work with. Constantly striving to do better, to achieve more, to be seen as ‘good enough’.
Counselling & Coaching
Following a 29-year corporate career, the past decade of which was served as a Head of People, and in a board role, I gained a deep appreciation for the impact our work and working environments can have on our mental and emotional health, whether the cause of, or an exacerbating factor . It led me to retrain as a psychotherapist and coach, and I now support adults experiencing work-related stress, anxiety, burnout and toxic working environments, as well as those in NHS and Blue Light roles who experience the added complexity of traumatic events and experiences in the workplace.
My work with young people and young adults focuses on those experiencing anxiety, OCD, phobias and panic, school can’t, more commonly referred to as emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), worries, stresses and exam related anxiety whether at school, college or university.
Areas therapy can help with.
Therapy offers us opportunity to look at our relationship with ourselves, and others. A space to pause our over thinking and shift our focus instead to what’s going on underneath. It’s a space where all emotions are welcome, perhaps for the first time.
Therapy offers an opportunity to pause. There are no expectations of you as you sit in this space. It can feel strange at first, to know that you are accepted exactly as you are here. It can feel uncomfortable, I get it. I’ve sat in that chair too, and I continue to do so from time to time.
Therapy offers an opportunity to develop our self-awareness. To be compassionately curious about those parts of ourselves that we often keep hidden, those parts that when activated, drive our automatic thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Therapy can help us choose new ways to respond.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I can change.” – Carl Rogers
Therapy for work-related anxiety.
If you’re experiencing work-related anxiety, stress or overwhelm, feeling burnt out, living with a constant feeling of dread about going to work, firstly you are not alone. The pressures of work and our working environment can deeply affect our mental health, confidence, and self-esteem, no matter the role you do, industry you are in or level you have reached.
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Whilst I support individuals navigating a range of issues and life transitions, I have extensive experience supporting individuals navigating the impact of their mental health either on their work or due to their work and working environment, including:
Anxiety, stress and burnout
Low mood and depression
Anticipatory anxiety arising ahead of performance reviews, 1-2-1’s, disciplinaries, redundancy consultations or settlement discussions
Feelings of shame, anger, guilt, loss
Moving forward from workplace bullying, abuse or sexual harassment
Exploring the impact on your relationships outside of work
Rediscovering your self-worth, confidence and sense of identity
Establishing healthy boundaries and relationships at work and in life
I have worked with individuals in the NHS and in blue light roles experiencing the added complexity of traumatic events and experiences in the workplace and can support you in this area too
If you are in an HR or People role, I understand the hidden weight you carry, often with little or no support, even though you deserve a space to be held too
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In my practice, I welcome you as you are. There is no need to find an acceptable language or way of being. I’m an active and collaborative therapist, together we’ll explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviours and experiences through honest conversation, compassionate enquiry and gentle challenge.
Together we’ll rebuild your sense of self-worth, belief and confidence, using the quiet courage and resilience that brought you here.
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Sessions are 50 minutes and take place in my therapy room on Chobham High Road, GU24 or online across the UK. For those that prefer the therapeutic environment offered by nature, I offer walk and talk therapy on Chobham Common or on private farmland in Chertsey from April - October.
Sessions are £65 and I offer these on a weekly or fortnightly basis. In my experience you may find you do less sessions overall if you are able to do them weekly, but we can discuss what works best for you.
Supporting Young People to Thrive
I support young people experiencing anxiety, OCD, emotional overwhelm, bullying or friendship difficulties. Those exploring their identity, perhaps due to neuro or hidden difference. I also work with young people experiencing ‘school can’t’, more commonly referred to as emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), those feeling the weight of expectation and stress during exam periods, and those navigating the moments in life we feel deeply, but cannot always put words to.
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I work with young people aged 12+ from my therapy space in Chobham and I am an approved school counsellor for Sir Williams Perkins School and Sixth Form in Chertsey.
I also do some work for Safe Support, a charity supporting young people that have been the victims of bullying and crime, or experienced trauma through domestic and sexual abuse, and I bring this collective experience into my private practice too.
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We don’t always have the words to say how we feel. Often, we speak through our behaviour, and hope someone understands what we’re trying to say.
In my therapy space I welcome you as you are, and we will always go at your pace. I blend talking therapy and creative approaches if they appeal to you. We may doodle, draw, play games, or find music or lyrics that express what you’re feeling.
Together, we’ll help you make sense of your emotions, reactions and responses to the world around you, rebuilding your confidence, self-esteem and developing your coping skills for days that feel tough.
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Sessions are 50 minutes and take place in my therapy room on Chobham High Road, GU24 or for those aged 14+ I online across the UK too. The rooms lighting can be adjusted to suit differing sensory needs and has fidget toys too.
For pupils of Sir William Perkins School and Sixth Form in Chertsey sessions can take place in the school wellbeing centre and we will find a suitable time to meet, around their studies.
Sessions are £65.
The leading cause of burnout globally remains toxic workplaces.
In simple terms, working environments in which you cannot say ‘I don’t know, I don’t understand, or I need support’, where silence speaks volumes, psychological safety is seen as buzz word, and difficult conversations are never had, because no one knows how to have them.
I work with businesses that want to do things differently.
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Engaging, interactive talks delivered by a therapist, underpinned by a 29-year corporate career as a Head of People. I blend commercial understanding and clinical expertise to deliver talks and workshops without the use of therapy speak or corporate buzz words.
I deliver talks on burnout, resilience, why we fail at feedback, and the cost of silence in our careers and lives. Sessions that leave you with tangible take aways that you can actually implement.
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If you’ve never trained your team to be people leaders, they are figuring it out as they go, often based on their own experience of being line managed, rather than with the skills and confidence to be the leader they wish they had had.
I offer 3, 6 and 12-month coaching programmes that deliver personal and professional development for those in or soon to be promoted into, people leader roles. Giving them the confidence to lead with empathy, accountability and clarity.
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The emotional labour of these roles often goes unnoticed and unsupported. They answer the calls filled with frustration, grief, anxiety, low mood, happiness, disbelief, joy, anger, often with little or no training and no support.
For those in HR and People focused roles, I understand the need to balance commerciality and humanity, and can provide a space for reflection, sound boarding, role development, and processing of difficult emotional content of conversations with colleagues.
Wellbeing sessions for HR or Mental Health First Aiders are 60 or 90 minutes per month. Sessions cost £120 or £150 per person.
A bit more about me
I’m a therapist yes, but I’m also a person. I’ve probably shared some of the same challenges that led you here too. As a young person I had severe anxiety and it shaped how I showed up in friendships, at school, in relationships and in my career. Support through therapy and coaching helped, and was the reason I retrained.
Outside of the therapy room I can be found walking my dog, drinking a little too much coffee and enjoying live music.
Kind words from my clients...
“Thank you for supporting me Nadia. I have enjoyed learning new ways to understand my feelings and not fight them.”
“That was a really great session. We so appreciate your support delivering a session on psychological safety in the workplace to one of our partners.”
Kat Nicholls, Happiful
“Nadia, thank you. It was at times difficult and challenging. It was also validating, honest and a place I felt comfortable with myself again.”
FAQs
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Coaching is future focused and goal oriented. A collaborative space in which we look at where you are now, and how you can get to where you want to be. What is holding you back and how you can move forward.
Coaching delivered by a therapist has the added benefit that should we find ourselves with one foot in the past rather than the present, as we uncover what is holding you back from reaching your goals, we can work with it, as part of the coaching process. We can discuss whether therapy or therapeutic coaching would fit best in an introductory call. These are free of charge.
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This is a space for you to share a little more about what you or the young person you care calling on behalf of, are looking for support with. It is a space to ask me any questions about therapy, coaching, who I am or how I work. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is integral to the work and it’s important we feel we’d work well together.
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This is something we can decide between us and may also depend on whether you would like counselling or therapeutic coaching.
Some find 8-12 sessions helpful, whereas others prefer to work in an open ended way. I like to incorporate reviews to ensure you are getting what you need from therapy, and typically do these every 6-8 sessions.
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I hold two low-cost spaces in my private practice for either trainee counsellors or adults/families that are unable to afford the full fee. Please do ask to use one of these spaces if you need to. The fee is £35.
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I hold the following professional qualifications:
FdsC in Integrative Counselling, accredited by the BACP. It was highly focused on relational and ethical practice and enables me to use MBACP after my name.
Children and Young People L5; I am currently undertaking a further qualification in creative counselling for children and young people, with CB Counselling Training.
NLP Practioner Coach
Hypnotherapist
Timeline and Rewind Therapy
Level 5 in Human Resources, Chartered Institute of People Development.
I hold an enhanced DBS to enable me to work with children.
I undertake regular training and CPD to keep in touch with developments and I hold full professional indemnity insurance
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Therapy is confidential except in the specific circumstances:
You are at risk of harming yourself or others.
Someone wants to harm you.
You disclose knowledge or involvement in acts of terrorism.
To fulfil legal requirements e.g. if court ordered.
In a medical emergency.
My guiding principle is to discuss the need to break confidentiality with you before doing so, so long as I believe it safe to do so.
If you are reading this with a view to me supporting a young person in your life, safeguarding is of paramount importance to me. For the roles I hold as an approved school counsellor, I undertake both Keeping Children Safe in Education and Prevent training annually and have an enhanced DBS. I will always discuss safeguarding and the boundaries of my professional relationship with parents and carers before sessions commence.
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Yes. I offer online therapy to adults across the UK and to young people aged 14 and over. Sessions take place via a secure video platform and are 50 minutes. Online therapy is equally as effective as in person work, many of my clients find it easier to open up from the familiarity of their own space.
Let’s Talk.
I believe therapy should be accessible and I therefore offer either a fixed day and time each week, or for those that need a flexible approach, we can agree the following weeks appointment, at the end of each session.
I see clients Monday – Friday during the day and evening, and also on a Saturday morning. We can discuss availability that works for us both, during our introductory call.
Please note that emails sometimes go into spam/junk folders, therefore, I will also send you a text to the mobile number provided, to let you know that I have received and responded to your enquiry.
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