You don’t need to be in crisis or have a diagnosis to come to therapy. You might be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, burnt out or stuck in patterns you don’t understand — or perhaps you simply don’t feel quite like yourself.

There are no right or wrong reasons for starting therapy. Sometimes knowing that something doesn’t feel right is reason enough to begin talking.

Yes. Therapy can give you space to slow things down and understand what might be sitting underneath anxiety, constant overthinking, stress or emotional exhaustion. Rather than simply finding ways to “push through”, we can explore what’s contributing to how you feel, recognise patterns and find ways of responding to yourself and your life differently.

Yes. Experiences from childhood and earlier relationships can sometimes shape how we see ourselves, respond to situations and connect with other people — often without us realising it. As a trauma-informed psychotherapist, I can help you gently explore those experiences and the patterns they may have created. There’s no rush to revisit anything before you feel ready.

For some people, yes. Feelings, memories and experiences can sometimes be easier to express in the language that feels most natural to you.

I offer therapy in both Spanish and English, and if you’re bilingual, you don’t have to choose one and stick rigidly to it. If the right word comes in Spanish, say it in Spanish. If another thought comes more naturally in English, that’s fine too. Therapy is your space — you don’t need to translate yourself before you arrive.

Yes. Performance anxiety or stage fright can affect musicians at any level, from students to experienced professional performers. It can show up as racing thoughts, physical anxiety, self-doubt, perfectionism, fear of making mistakes or feeling as though you suddenly can’t do something you know you can do.

Therapy can help you explore both the anxiety itself and what may be sitting underneath it, rather than simply telling yourself to “stop being nervous”.

You don’t need to, but it can help to talk to someone who understands the particular pressures of life as a musician. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent around 20 years working as a professional orchestral musician, so auditions, performances, perfectionism, competition and the pressure to perform are worlds I know from the inside as well as from the therapy room. You won’t have to spend half the session explaining why “just relax and enjoy it” isn’t particularly helpful advice! Specialist performing-arts guidance similarly recognises that some musicians value working with practitioners who understand the context and pressures of their profession.

Yes. I have a particular interest in women’s mental health and the emotional impact of the different stages and transitions we experience throughout life.

Motherhood, fertility, pregnancy loss, changing relationships, ageing, perimenopause and menopause can all affect how you feel about yourself and your place in the world. Therapy gives you somewhere to talk about your experience of it — not how you think you should be coping.

Pregnancy loss can bring grief, anger, anxiety, guilt, numbness or emotions that are difficult to explain — and your experience may be very different from somebody else’s. Therapy can offer a private space to talk about what has happened and how it has affected you, without needing to minimise it, move on from it or grieve according to somebody else’s timetable.

Your first online therapy session is really about beginning to get to know each other and understanding what has brought you to therapy.

You don’t need to prepare anything or arrive with your entire life story neatly organised. You can know exactly what you want to talk about, have absolutely no idea where to begin, or somewhere in between. We’ll start with where you are and take it from there.