Attachment-based Counselling in Exeter
I am an experienced Integrative counsellor and qualified Internal Family Systems therapist, working with adults across a wide range of life's challenges in the Exeter area and on-line. I hope to encourage self-acceptance as a good enough person, quietening the inner critic & bringing self-compassion to the relationship you have with your parts & transforming your relationship with others. Together, we can explore the feelings, thoughts & relational patterns that have been causing you distress. I can support you to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of past experiences & how these may impact your struggles in the present.
I am an experienced Integrative counsellor and qualified Internal Family Systems therapist, working with adults across a wide range of life's challenges in the Exeter area and on-line. I hope to encourage self-acceptance as a good enough person, quietening the inner critic & bringing self-compassion to the relationship you have with your parts & transforming your relationship with others. Together, we can explore the feelings, thoughts & relational patterns that have been causing you distress. I can support you to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of past experiences & how these may impact your struggles in the present.
Let's be real. Your coping skills aren't cutting it anymore, but you don't have to 'just manage' any longer. I'm Devon, an American professional therapist who is dedicated to helping you implement changes that are most important to you and live the life that feels safe, steady, and easy. Together, we will work to understand why you do the things that you do, and come up with practical ways to get you feeling like the healthiest, most balanced version of yourself again. With a focus on modern, scientific and evidence-based treatments, we will work to heal and overcome anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, and relational issues.
Let's be real. Your coping skills aren't cutting it anymore, but you don't have to 'just manage' any longer. I'm Devon, an American professional therapist who is dedicated to helping you implement changes that are most important to you and live the life that feels safe, steady, and easy. Together, we will work to understand why you do the things that you do, and come up with practical ways to get you feeling like the healthiest, most balanced version of yourself again. With a focus on modern, scientific and evidence-based treatments, we will work to heal and overcome anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, and relational issues.
I am an Accredited MBACP counsellor and psychotherapist and BPF offering individual, couple therapy and online therapy in Exeter and Bristol. I provide a safe, confidential, and supportive space to explore challenges that may feel confusing, painful, or difficult to put into words. I have extensive experience working with identity and relationship issues, cultural transitions, and the complexities of intercultural or multicultural partnerships, as well as with trauma, eating disorders, domestic violence, and mood disorders.
I am an Accredited MBACP counsellor and psychotherapist and BPF offering individual, couple therapy and online therapy in Exeter and Bristol. I provide a safe, confidential, and supportive space to explore challenges that may feel confusing, painful, or difficult to put into words. I have extensive experience working with identity and relationship issues, cultural transitions, and the complexities of intercultural or multicultural partnerships, as well as with trauma, eating disorders, domestic violence, and mood disorders.
Hello, I’m Tonia, a relational psychotherapist trained in Transactional Analysis(TA).
The decision to go to therapy is never an easy one. Approaching someone you don’t know to share intimate details about painful subjects can feel daunting. However, please be reassured, I am an experienced, warm, and empathic practitioner who is open minded and non-judgmental. I offer a safe and totally confidential space for us to work closely together to help you understand yourself and your relationships better, and to explore what may be going on behind the difficult emotions, thoughts and behaviours troubling you.
Hello, I’m Tonia, a relational psychotherapist trained in Transactional Analysis(TA).
The decision to go to therapy is never an easy one. Approaching someone you don’t know to share intimate details about painful subjects can feel daunting. However, please be reassured, I am an experienced, warm, and empathic practitioner who is open minded and non-judgmental. I offer a safe and totally confidential space for us to work closely together to help you understand yourself and your relationships better, and to explore what may be going on behind the difficult emotions, thoughts and behaviours troubling you.
A very warm welcome.
I understand that reaching out and going to therapy can often be a big and daunting step.
My approach is down-to-earth, warm, compassionate, and supportive of your individual needs. When we feel understood, safe and heard, we can then begin to heal.
As a qualified psychotherapist, I will be alongside you on your journey. Therefore, creating a trusting relationship that gives you the support, validation, and safety you may need is central to the way I work.
A very warm welcome.
I understand that reaching out and going to therapy can often be a big and daunting step.
My approach is down-to-earth, warm, compassionate, and supportive of your individual needs. When we feel understood, safe and heard, we can then begin to heal.
As a qualified psychotherapist, I will be alongside you on your journey. Therefore, creating a trusting relationship that gives you the support, validation, and safety you may need is central to the way I work.
I am passionate about supporting people facing the many challenges life brings with it, such as transitioning through life events. This includes parenthood, menopause, retirement, bereavement, diagnosis of chronic or terminal illness, and many others. I have particular interest in working with people experiencing negative consequences of being disabled, whether this is physically, or mentally. I have experience working in weight management and pain management, where people often suffer discrimination due to their condition. If this is you, please get in touch. You don't deserve to suffer because of what happened to you.
I am passionate about supporting people facing the many challenges life brings with it, such as transitioning through life events. This includes parenthood, menopause, retirement, bereavement, diagnosis of chronic or terminal illness, and many others. I have particular interest in working with people experiencing negative consequences of being disabled, whether this is physically, or mentally. I have experience working in weight management and pain management, where people often suffer discrimination due to their condition. If this is you, please get in touch. You don't deserve to suffer because of what happened to you.
Reaching out can be hard. Are you feeling overwhelmed? struggling to cope with your situation? your emotions? your experiences? If your trust has been damaged, talking to someone who will take time to understand you can be a huge relief. Perhaps you need support through a crisis or you are at the end of your tether with multiple stresses. Even if you have longterm issues that seem stuck, talking to someone can make a difference. You may gain insight into the roots of your difficulties and find qualities in yourself that have never had a chance to develop. The aim is to help you live a more rewarding life.
Reaching out can be hard. Are you feeling overwhelmed? struggling to cope with your situation? your emotions? your experiences? If your trust has been damaged, talking to someone who will take time to understand you can be a huge relief. Perhaps you need support through a crisis or you are at the end of your tether with multiple stresses. Even if you have longterm issues that seem stuck, talking to someone can make a difference. You may gain insight into the roots of your difficulties and find qualities in yourself that have never had a chance to develop. The aim is to help you live a more rewarding life.
You may feel weighed down by trauma, grief, anxiety, or the impact of painful experiences that feel too heavy to carry alone. Perhaps you’re a survivor of abuse or violence, living with chronic illness, or struggling with relationships and self-worth. You may long for relief, understanding, and a supportive space where every part of you is accepted. Maybe you want to make sense of your story, process difficult memories, or discover new ways of coping. Together, we can explore your experiences, honour your strengths, and move toward clarity, resilience, renewed hope, and meaningful new possibilities for the future.
You may feel weighed down by trauma, grief, anxiety, or the impact of painful experiences that feel too heavy to carry alone. Perhaps you’re a survivor of abuse or violence, living with chronic illness, or struggling with relationships and self-worth. You may long for relief, understanding, and a supportive space where every part of you is accepted. Maybe you want to make sense of your story, process difficult memories, or discover new ways of coping. Together, we can explore your experiences, honour your strengths, and move toward clarity, resilience, renewed hope, and meaningful new possibilities for the future.
Are you stuck? Do you want to understand yourself better, and live the best life you can? I believe we all have this potential but sometimes we need some guidance and support. I will listen with empathy, and challenge you at times. All with compassion and non-judgment. Take the first step, you will not regret it.
Are you stuck? Do you want to understand yourself better, and live the best life you can? I believe we all have this potential but sometimes we need some guidance and support. I will listen with empathy, and challenge you at times. All with compassion and non-judgment. Take the first step, you will not regret it.
I am an NHS and privately trained therapist/counsellor with many years of professional experience. I am a qualified, registered professional with a kind, compassionate manner. I can help you bring about change. I offer experience in diagnosed mental health issues and everyday struggles with relationships, feeling sad, anxious, depressed or, pre occupied with worries and thoughts that won't leave you in peace. Confidential and private in a relaxed atmosphere.
I am an NHS and privately trained therapist/counsellor with many years of professional experience. I am a qualified, registered professional with a kind, compassionate manner. I can help you bring about change. I offer experience in diagnosed mental health issues and everyday struggles with relationships, feeling sad, anxious, depressed or, pre occupied with worries and thoughts that won't leave you in peace. Confidential and private in a relaxed atmosphere.
Everyone can feel overwhelmed sometimes: it might be the end of a relationship, lack of meaning in our life, daily struggles or those horrible feelings of anxiety that just won’t go away. We might not be feeling happy but we’re not sure why, we might feel life isn’t going the way we want it to whilst everyone else seems to be doing ok. Talking openly and feeling truly heard can be life changing: we can say all those things that keep going round in our heads, the issues that keep coming back time and again, and work towards understanding what’s going on, make changes and find some peace. Isn't that what we all want and deserve?
Everyone can feel overwhelmed sometimes: it might be the end of a relationship, lack of meaning in our life, daily struggles or those horrible feelings of anxiety that just won’t go away. We might not be feeling happy but we’re not sure why, we might feel life isn’t going the way we want it to whilst everyone else seems to be doing ok. Talking openly and feeling truly heard can be life changing: we can say all those things that keep going round in our heads, the issues that keep coming back time and again, and work towards understanding what’s going on, make changes and find some peace. Isn't that what we all want and deserve?
Hi, I am a Clinical Psychologist working with Children, Young People and Parents in Exeter.
I am passionate about connecting with children and young people so that we can develop trust and work together. Common presentations include: support to parents managing challenging behaviour, emotional outbursts, school refusal; Direct work with children and young people experiencing depression, anxiety, school difficulties, coping with health concerns and other challenging issues.
Availability: Tuesday Morning and Friday afternoon at Homedale Health, 34 Denmark Road, EX1 1SE.
Session fee: £110 (50 mins).
Hi, I am a Clinical Psychologist working with Children, Young People and Parents in Exeter.
I am passionate about connecting with children and young people so that we can develop trust and work together. Common presentations include: support to parents managing challenging behaviour, emotional outbursts, school refusal; Direct work with children and young people experiencing depression, anxiety, school difficulties, coping with health concerns and other challenging issues.
Availability: Tuesday Morning and Friday afternoon at Homedale Health, 34 Denmark Road, EX1 1SE.
Session fee: £110 (50 mins).
I often see these signs in my clients that fuel (even more) anxiety and a loud inner critic: people-pleasing, repeating patterns and a pervasive feeling of being stuck, lost or misunderstood. Perhaps you're struggling with a challenging relationship or the aftermath of leaving a partner. Or you feel a constant sense of anxiety, whether it's about work, friendships, family or a feeling of existential worry,
There's usually a common thread with all my clients: disconnection. That could be in terms of social isolation, relationships, your emotions... or it could be self abandonment, when you've lost a sense of who you truly are.
I often see these signs in my clients that fuel (even more) anxiety and a loud inner critic: people-pleasing, repeating patterns and a pervasive feeling of being stuck, lost or misunderstood. Perhaps you're struggling with a challenging relationship or the aftermath of leaving a partner. Or you feel a constant sense of anxiety, whether it's about work, friendships, family or a feeling of existential worry,
There's usually a common thread with all my clients: disconnection. That could be in terms of social isolation, relationships, your emotions... or it could be self abandonment, when you've lost a sense of who you truly are.
I am a specialist clinical psychologist with expertise in trauma and eating disorders.
I work with people who want to explore and make sense of their difficulties or who want to make changes in their life. I work with clients of all ages and can focus on a range of difficulties. Together we will build an understanding of your experiences and help you navigate moving forward with your life. I hold particular expertise in trauma, eating disorders, body image issues, low self esteem, clinical perfectionism, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal or relational issues.
I am a specialist clinical psychologist with expertise in trauma and eating disorders.
I work with people who want to explore and make sense of their difficulties or who want to make changes in their life. I work with clients of all ages and can focus on a range of difficulties. Together we will build an understanding of your experiences and help you navigate moving forward with your life. I hold particular expertise in trauma, eating disorders, body image issues, low self esteem, clinical perfectionism, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal or relational issues.
Hello, I’m Charlotte, an integrative counsellor based in Exeter.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, overwhelm, or feeling “not good enough”? Are your relationships being impacted not just with others but with yourself too? Perhaps your relationship with food and your body is changing, too. Do you feel like something needs to change?
I specialise in helping individuals navigate these challenges with a compassionate, integrative approach that puts your goals first, at your pace.
Hello, I’m Charlotte, an integrative counsellor based in Exeter.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, overwhelm, or feeling “not good enough”? Are your relationships being impacted not just with others but with yourself too? Perhaps your relationship with food and your body is changing, too. Do you feel like something needs to change?
I specialise in helping individuals navigate these challenges with a compassionate, integrative approach that puts your goals first, at your pace.
As an experienced nurse and family therapist in CAMHS and private practice, I have worked with individuals, couples and families for over 14 years. I specialise in working with mental health, relationships, self-harm, mood difficulties, emotional dysregulation and eating and body image difficulties. Alongside working with families and couples, I have an interest in supporting clients who are neurodiverse, diagnosed or self-diagnosed, to live in an authentic and unmasked way that aligns with their values. I provide a compassionate and open space and embrace working in a neuro-affirming way to support you to feel empowered and heard.
As an experienced nurse and family therapist in CAMHS and private practice, I have worked with individuals, couples and families for over 14 years. I specialise in working with mental health, relationships, self-harm, mood difficulties, emotional dysregulation and eating and body image difficulties. Alongside working with families and couples, I have an interest in supporting clients who are neurodiverse, diagnosed or self-diagnosed, to live in an authentic and unmasked way that aligns with their values. I provide a compassionate and open space and embrace working in a neuro-affirming way to support you to feel empowered and heard.
Hi, I’m Kaye, a calm, welcoming and inclusive counsellor. I provide a safe and confidential space to help you address what’s weighing on your mind. I offer professional and affordable counselling to explore how various situations and life experiences are affecting you. My goal is to empower you to make positive changes and connect with your inner strength. I am an integrative counsellor which means I use a range of methods to develop a tailored approach that suits your unique needs. Our time together can be talk-based or use more creative tools, we are always led by you and work at your pace in a context of compassion and care.
Hi, I’m Kaye, a calm, welcoming and inclusive counsellor. I provide a safe and confidential space to help you address what’s weighing on your mind. I offer professional and affordable counselling to explore how various situations and life experiences are affecting you. My goal is to empower you to make positive changes and connect with your inner strength. I am an integrative counsellor which means I use a range of methods to develop a tailored approach that suits your unique needs. Our time together can be talk-based or use more creative tools, we are always led by you and work at your pace in a context of compassion and care.
I offer compassionate, trauma-informed support for personal growth and healing. I'll support you to not only recognise the ways in which trauma is impacting the ways you relate to yourself and others, but also to uncover new strengths and opportunities for personal growth beyond the challenges you've have faced.
I have often found that understanding people's diagnoses and symptoms as responses to what they have lived through is valuable in helping them shed the self-blame they might carry. Often, people find themselves stuck in cycles of behaviour that no longer serve them, yet feel at a loss for how to make meaningful change.
I offer compassionate, trauma-informed support for personal growth and healing. I'll support you to not only recognise the ways in which trauma is impacting the ways you relate to yourself and others, but also to uncover new strengths and opportunities for personal growth beyond the challenges you've have faced.
I have often found that understanding people's diagnoses and symptoms as responses to what they have lived through is valuable in helping them shed the self-blame they might carry. Often, people find themselves stuck in cycles of behaviour that no longer serve them, yet feel at a loss for how to make meaningful change.
Clients generally come to me when they are struggling with some aspect of their emotions, thoughts or behaviour. My aim is to help my client with accepting or changing some aspect of these three areas. Every client comes with unique issues and from my seat I view the issues as one, "a block in the road to wellness". I am keenly aware that all clients come with individual goals and I am here to help. Many of my clients use the phrase “I just want to feel better". This is my hope for everyone who engages with me in therapy. “TO FEEL BETTER” I offer confidentiality, openness and transparency at all times.
Clients generally come to me when they are struggling with some aspect of their emotions, thoughts or behaviour. My aim is to help my client with accepting or changing some aspect of these three areas. Every client comes with unique issues and from my seat I view the issues as one, "a block in the road to wellness". I am keenly aware that all clients come with individual goals and I am here to help. Many of my clients use the phrase “I just want to feel better". This is my hope for everyone who engages with me in therapy. “TO FEEL BETTER” I offer confidentiality, openness and transparency at all times.
I'm a relational integrative therapist meaning, the relationship is the therapy. It also means I use different types of therapy to meet your needs because, you are unique. Integrative therapy helps you become a more integrated whole person, better able to experience the entire range of your behaviour, emotions and thoughts as well as improving your relationship with yourself and others. Neuroplasticity continues throughout the lifespan which means that change and improvement in the way we feel is always possible and therapy is the best way to achieve this.
I'm a relational integrative therapist meaning, the relationship is the therapy. It also means I use different types of therapy to meet your needs because, you are unique. Integrative therapy helps you become a more integrated whole person, better able to experience the entire range of your behaviour, emotions and thoughts as well as improving your relationship with yourself and others. Neuroplasticity continues throughout the lifespan which means that change and improvement in the way we feel is always possible and therapy is the best way to achieve this.
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Attachment-based Counsellors
Is attachment-based therapy the same as attachment therapy?
Attachment-based therapy may be confused with what is called “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy”), a discredited and dangerous approach to treating children with attachment disorders, autism, or other mental health concerns. Attachment therapy—not attachment-based therapy—may involve restraining a child, forcing eye contact, and other coercive or abusive techniques. None of these practices are used in attachment-based therapy and the two modalities are in no way related.
What should I expect from attachment-based therapy?
Attachment-based therapy is based on attachment theory, which posits that children’s early relationships with their caregivers strongly influence their ability to navigate the world later in life. Thus, adults who seek attachment-based therapy should expect to deeply explore their childhood, identifying the dynamics or experiences that disrupted their attachment and the steps necessary to overcome challenges that arose as a result. Parents and children should expect to explore the possible factors that disrupted the parent-child relationship and work toward restoring trust and connection.
How long does attachment-based therapy last?
Certain forms of attachment-based therapy, especially those designed for parents and children, last for a set number of sessions; for example, Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch-Up, a specific attachment-based approach for young children who have undergone early adversity, unfolds over 10 one-hour sessions. When attachment-based therapy is practiced on adults or combined with other modalities, it may not last a specific length of time; clients may wish to ask prospective therapists how long they expect treatment to take.
Does attachment-based therapy work?
Most of the research on attachment-based therapy focuses on children and adolescents. Some of this research shows a positive effect, especially for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Other studies, however, have found that attachment-based therapy is no more effective than other approaches to childhood depression, anxiety, or suicidality. Less is known about the therapy’s efficacy on adult populations.