Therapy with Bridget
Working with experiences such as trauma recovery, sadness, addiction, self-image, burnout, ADHD and autism, stress, and anxiety. LGBTQ+ welcoming space.
Offering in-person sessions from Chorlton, Manchester, I offer specialised online support to adults across the UK and abroad.
Making Space in a Busy World
Attending to what's going on
You might have experienced set-backs, and might live with a sense of having lost time. It can be important to process what has happened and to think about what you want for yourself, life and future.
Finding ways to support you feeling more comfortable in yourself, and noticing what it’s like for you to experience change and growth. It might feel uncomfortable to do things differently.
When you are busy or stressed with work, relationships, life transitions, it can be difficult to create space for yourself and talk about what’s happening. Therapy can meet you where you are, and help with interrupting the patterns which might be causing some discomfort.
This process can lead to impactful change.
About Me
Knowing something about your therapist
Choosing a therapist is a big step and it’s important that you feel a sense of trust and fit.
I am interested in how fitness, particularly strength training and endurance exercise can help people get in-touch with personal power.
My interest in the link between fitness and emotional wellness is always through a trauma and disability informed lens and I put the client’s comfort and safety first.
If you’d like to find out about who I am and what shapes my work, you can read more here →
How I Work
Looking at the whole person
I offer a humanistic and experiential approach to working with clients as I believe this best supports them to find their voice, needs, and self-expression.
Living in a way that’s more aligned with your own understanding and values can be powerful.
We might explore what is within your power to change. And sit with the feelings around what can’t be changed.
You can learn more about what to expect from our work together here →
Blog Highlights
Questions – when to move, and when to stay still
Knowing when to move, and when to stay still can be something that’s brought to therapy. It might be literal, in a practical sense – should I carry on attending work through this difficult time, or take the sick note and rest? It might relate to attention and thinking, about
Private therapy
Traditionally, therapy services were something people accessed through the GP, voluntary services, or private therapist listings. Maybe people were connected with the therapy world in some way, and found a private therapist through word of mouth. Many clients find their therapist on sites like Psychology Today. This process of searching
Struggling: The COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID and Lockdown – the impact on our mental health and wellbeing Are you struggling with how you feel at the moment? It’s easy to ‘minimise’, or not appreciate the impact of what we’re living through on how we feel, relate, and cope. I believe it’s important to remind ourselves
Christmas Resources
Christmas is often a difficult time for some people. It’s okay to feel sad and upset around the holidays. It’s a time of family, friends, togetherness. So, for those who’ve lost a loved one, or for people who don’t share happy memories about Christmas, it can be an isolating time.
Therapy – how might it be useful?
Therapy This short blog looks at a few ideas for how therapy can be useful. This includes the value of carving out ‘us’ time, the formal commitment, the relationship, and the potentially healing experience of acceptance. Starting by saying that therapy and how it’s experienced is individual, as individual as
Fight, Flight and Freeze
Fight or flight is an adrenaline-induced reaction to perceived, or actual threat. There has been less research about freeze than the other two responses. Here we look at these three responses, their purpose, and where they might be unhelpful, or inconvenient, in our daily lives. Fight or flight are states