Individual Therapy For Relationship Issues Online & In Manchester
Relationships have the power to heal old wounds - but also to press right against them.
You might be here because you're…
Tired of circling the same fights, roles, or fears, no matter how hard you try to do it differently.
Carrying grief over breakups, loss, or the love you hoped for but didn’t receive, and wanting space to lay it down and sort through it.
Tangled in family patterns that leave you hurt, unseen, or exhausted, trying to love them without losing yourself.
Burnt out by dating apps, longing for deeper, more authentic relationships but unsure how to trust or find them.
Struggling with intimacy, trauma, or attachment wounds - wanting to rebuild trust, reconnect with your body, or understand your needs and boundaries.
Navigating relationship anxiety, doubt, or constant reassurance-seeking, wanting to feel close and secure without losing yourself.
Where we might begin
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Exploring how trust, closeness, and vulnerability feel in your body and relationships
Making sense of dating fatigue, breakups, divorce, or longing for deeper connection
Navigating shifts in sexuality, desire, or communication
Repairing after conflict, betrayal, affairs or disconnection
Building intimacy that feels mutual and safe
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Untangling family roles, loyalty, or unspoken expectations
Naming the grief of ‘friendship break-ups’ or drifting apart
Facing grief around family - chosen or biological - and what’s been lost or withheld
Setting boundaries that protect you without losing the people you love
Tracing intergenerational patterns shaping how you love or belong
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Exploring anxious, avoidant, or mixed attachment patterns
Unpacking survival strategies like fawning, over-adapting, or emotional withdrawal
Noticing triggers that pull you into reactivity or shutdown
Holding the tension between craving connection and fearing closeness
Building capacity for relationships that feel secure and spacious
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Exploring who you are beneath roles, masks, or cultural expectations
Navigating neurodivergence, gender, sexuality, or cultural identity with more self-trust
Longing for spaces of belonging without shapeshifting or over-adapting
Practicing boundaries that honour your needs and values
Reclaiming permission to take up space in your own life
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Grieving unmet needs, losses, or love you were denied
Unpacking shame tied to identity, worth, or past choices
Making space for anger, sadness, or joy you learned to bury
Softening the voice of inner criticism or self-judgment
Imagining ways of being beyond survival or performance
Individual relationship therapy
My approach
I work relationally and collaboratively, meeting you as a whole person - not a set of problems to fix. My practice is rooted in person-centred and trauma-informed values, drawing on approaches like attachment work, parts work (IFS), somatic awareness, and compassion-based therapies.
I’m affirming across neurodivergence, gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity, holding space for the layered ways identity, culture, and systemic harm shape our lives. Together, we’ll move at a pace that feels right for you - slowing down where needed, making meaning, and gently expanding the capacity to be with yourself and others.
Your way of loving and surviving will never be pathologised here.
Relationship Therapy & Counselling For Individuals FAQs
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Signs of emotional abuse can include constant criticism, gaslighting, controlling behaviour, threats, withdrawal of affection, or making you doubt your memory and feelings. Emotional abuse often leaves people feeling small, unsafe, or like they have to perform to keep the peace. Therapy can help you recognise these patterns, reduce shame, and begin to rebuild trust in yourself.
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Examples of emotional abuse may include name-calling, humiliation, silent treatment, isolation from friends or family, monitoring or checking your phone, or making you feel responsible for someone else’s moods. Psychological abuse can be subtle or obvious, but its impact is real. In therapy, we can explore how these experiences affect your wellbeing and relationships, and support your healing.
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Relationship anxiety is a pattern of fear or worry that shows up in dating or close relationships. It can look like needing constant reassurance, doubting whether a partner cares, or fearing abandonment even when things are going well. In therapy, we can work on understanding the roots of this anxiety, building self-trust, and creating safer patterns of closeness.
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Yes, therapy can help shift attachment patterns over time. While early experiences shape anxious, avoidant, disorganised, or secure attachment styles, relational therapy offers space to notice old patterns, build safety, and experience more secure forms of connection. With support, many people develop what’s called earned secure attachment - the capacity to build steadier, more mutual relationships, even if early bonds were difficult.
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I don’t offer couples sessions, but I do provide individual relationship therapy. Many clients come to therapy wanting to understand patterns in their relationships, heal from betrayal or breakup, navigate dating fatigue, or build healthier boundaries. I work with individuals both online across the UK and in-person in Manchester.
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Trauma-informed relationship therapy means recognising how past wounds - such as neglect, betrayal, coercive control, or family trauma - shape your current relationships. My approach integrates somatic therapy, compassion-focused therapy, and Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) to support safety, emotional regulation, and deeper self-understanding.
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Yes, therapy can help with relationship trauma, whether it comes from childhood, family dynamics, or intimate partnerships. Experiences like narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, or toxic cycles can leave deep scars. In therapy, we create a safe space to process those experiences, reduce shame, and explore new ways of relating.
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The four main attachment styles are anxious, avoidant, disorganised, and secure. Anxious attachment often brings fear of abandonment, avoidant attachment can involve discomfort with closeness, disorganised attachment combines both, and secure attachment feels safe and balanced. Relational therapy can help you recognise your patterns and move toward more secure, fulfilling relationships.
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