I’m Naomi, a HCPC-registered Creative Arts Therapist. I work with adults who may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or caught in patterns of perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety or high achievement.

I have a particular interest in working with artists, performers and creative people, as well as those navigating body image, disordered eating, PMDD and the pressures of demanding environments.

My approach brings together talking therapy with embodied, creative and relational ways of working. You don’t need to consider yourself “creative” or have any previous experience with drama or the arts - we’ll find an approach that feels right for you.

Creative and embodied psychotherapy brings together talking therapy with awareness of the body, nervous system and imagination. It can help you explore experiences that may be difficult to understand through words and thinking alone.

What we do in sessions, and the creative materials we use are directed by your needs.

Sometimes understanding something intellectually isn't enough to change how we feel or respond. Embodied therapy creates space to explore what is happening beneath the thinking — through the body, emotions, nervous system, relationships and creativity.

The demands of a creative career can bring pressure, perfectionism, performance anxiety and complicated relationships with identity and achievement. Therapy can offer space to explore these experiences while developing greater self-awareness, flexibility and self-compassion.

We can explore the thoughts, emotions, behaviours and patterns that shape your relationship with food and your body. Where appropriate, therapy can sit alongside specialist medical or nutritional support.

PMDD can affect mood, relationships, self-image and your sense of who you are at different points in your cycle. Therapy can provide space to understand your experiences, recognise patterns and develop ways of caring for yourself through difficult phases.