Meet Your Therapist
Hello, I’m Hazel. I’m glad you’ve found your way here.
Life has a way of asking things of us at different stages.
Sometimes change arrives gradually — a shift in priorities, relationships or identity. At other times it comes suddenly, bringing uncertainty, loss or questions about who we are becoming.
In these moments it can help to have a space where experiences can be spoken about, understood and given time.
I am a psychotherapist specialising in supporting adults through periods of change and transition.
Understanding Change
Change is part of being human, yet it can feel deeply unsettling when it happens to us.
Even change we choose — a new relationship, becoming a parent, moving home, or starting a new role — requires emotional adjustment. While events may unfold quickly, our inner world often needs longer to make sense of what has changed.
At times we resist what is happening. Familiarity can feel safer than the unknown, even when it is no longer working for us.
Yet when difficult feelings are acknowledged rather than pushed away, something begins to shift. Over time, what once felt overwhelming can become clearer and more integrated.
My Approach
I work as an integrative psychotherapist within a pluralistic framework. This means I believe there is no single way of understanding a person’s experience.
Different people need different things at different times.
My work is collaborative and reflective. Together we explore what is happening in your life, helping you understand your responses and discover ways forward that feel authentic and meaningful.
I draw on several therapeutic approaches, including person-centred, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioural therapy, while holding theory lightly. What matters most is finding a way of working that feels right for you.
The Therapeutic Relationship
At the heart of my work are person-centred values: empathy, authenticity and respect.
I believe each person is the expert on their own experience. My role is to listen carefully, remain curious and offer reflections that may help illuminate what is happening beneath the surface.
Sometimes therapy brings new insight.
At other times it simply offers the rare experience of being deeply heard.
Both can be powerful.
When someone feels genuinely understood — often for the first time — something begins to shift.
And that is often where change begins.
Professional Background
I am a professional psychotherapist (MNCPS Acc.), with training accredited by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
My qualifications include:
RQF Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
RQF Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory
RQF Level 3 Diploma in Introduction to Counselling
I am currently undertaking further professional training, including:
RQF Level 6 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Research
Specialist postgraduate training in grief and loss.
Alongside my private practice, I volunteer as a counsellor in a hospice setting and with a national crisis helpline, supporting individuals experiencing grief, emotional distress, and moments of crisis.
This work has deepened my experience of supporting people through loss, uncertainty, and periods of emotional difficulty.
I also undertake regular continuing professional development (CPD) and specialist training to ensure my practice remains informed by current research and evolving therapeutic understanding.
A Final Reflection
People sometimes ask how a therapist can understand another person's experience without having lived it themselves.
The truth is that none of us can fully know what it is like to be another person.
What I can offer is careful attention, curiosity and a willingness to step into another person's world as fully as possible.
Being deeply heard can be quietly transformative.
It is often the beginning of change.
Understanding change begins with being heard.