Exhausted by work you believe in?
Integrative counselling for charity workers, healthcare staff, educators and purpose-driven leaders — for burnout, workplace trauma, boundaries that keep slipping, and the quiet question: who am I outside this work?
Free 30-minute call · No obligation · We simply see if we're a fit
It isn't only burnout. It's the quiet sense that you've given more than you've received — for a long time.
- You're exhausted in a way rest doesn't seem to touch.
- Saying no feels almost impossible — so you keep carrying more.
- You can't switch off, even when there's finally space to.
- Something happened at work that you haven't been able to put down.
- You've lost connection with who you are outside the work.
- You keep asking: how do I continue caring without destroying myself?
Rest that actually reaches the tiredness underneath.
Different struggles need different doors in
Sessions are integrative — shaped around what you're actually carrying, not a fixed formula. Here's how that looks in practice.
"I'm running on empty."
Burnout · compassion fatigue · exhaustion rest doesn't touch
Steady, paced counselling that helps your nervous system come down from constant alert — so rest starts to actually restore you, and you rebuild capacity rather than pushing through on willpower.
"The same patterns keep repeating."
People-pleasing · over-responsibility · old patterns showing up in leadership
The difficulty saying no usually has roots. Deep Change sessions use RTT hypnotherapy to reach the beliefs underneath the over-giving — so boundaries stop being a daily battle of willpower.
"Something happened at work."
Workplace trauma · secondary trauma · difficult endings and conflicts
Trauma-informed counselling at your pace — space to process what you witnessed or went through, without having to perform being fine about it.
"Who am I outside this work?"
Lost identity · meaning crisis · sensing a next chapter you can't yet see
Alongside talking therapy, we can use creative and reflective approaches to reconnect with who you are beyond the role — and begin envisioning what your next level actually looks like.
Two ways to work together — and you don't have to know which you need
Whether you're recovering, processing something from work, or reaching for what's next — we start with a conversation and shape it from there. Sessions may draw on talking therapy, reflective practice, creative approaches and hypnotherapy where it helps.
Online Counselling
£60 / session
Regular, confidential space to think, feel and find your footing again. Integrative and tailored to you — not a fixed programme you have to fit into.
About online counsellingDeep Change Sessions
£120 / session
A longer, focused session using Rapid Transformational Therapy to reach the patterns underneath — the beliefs driving the over-giving, the difficulty resting, the old stories.
About hypnotherapyNot sure where to start? Book a free 30-minute clarity call and we'll work it out together.
How it works
Book a free clarity call
A relaxed 30-minute video call. You share what's bringing you here, ask anything, and get a feel for how I work. No obligation.
We choose the right starting point
Counselling, a Deep Change session, or a blend — we decide together based on what you need, not a fixed formula.
Begin, at your pace
Sessions take place online over secure video, fitted around your life. We review as we go, and you stay in control throughout.
Many therapists understand burnout academically. I understand it from the inside — and from years spent in purpose-led, people-first work.
I've lived and worked in community leadership, social change and values-led organisations. I know the culture you work in — the over-responsibility, the guilt about resting, the identity that gets tangled up with the cause — because I'm not learning it from a textbook.
As a BACP-registered integrative counsellor, Licensed RTT® Practitioner and Certified Hypnotherapist, I bring careful, professional practice to that lived understanding. Sessions are warm, honest and tailored to you.
Tessa is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP Register number 419797), a Licensed Rapid Transformational Therapy® (RTT®) Practitioner and a Certified Hypnotherapist.
What clients have shared
"Tessa helped me get to the root cause of an issue I'd had for as long as I can remember. She's a fantastic therapist with a calming, natural ability to help people. I'd recommend her without a shadow of a doubt."
Farz
London
"I've been feeling great since our session. I released so much and have felt lighter ever since — managing to keep my energy positive and feeling huge gratitude daily."
Minttu
UK
"Thank you so much for a brilliant session. I thought you were amazing, and I'm really looking forward to working with the recording."
Aisha
London
"You are an amazing person, and it was really lovely working with you. I felt genuinely understood the whole way through."
Jónína
Iceland
Frequently asked questions
Online counselling sessions are £60 for 50 minutes. Deep Change sessions using RTT hypnotherapy are £120 for 120 minutes. Your first step is always a free 30-minute clarity call, so you can decide with no financial commitment.
Counselling is a regular talking therapy that gives you space to explore what you're carrying, at your pace. RTT hypnotherapy is a longer, focused session that works with the deeper patterns and beliefs underneath. Many clients aren't sure which they need — that's exactly what the free clarity call is for, and sessions can integrate both where appropriate.
I work mainly with purpose-driven professionals: charity and NGO workers, healthcare staff, educators, coaches, therapists, activists and people leading values-led organisations. Some come because of burnout, compassion fatigue or something that happened at work; others come to reflect, find clarity on their next chapter, or grow into a bigger role without losing themselves.
Research consistently finds online therapy comparable in effectiveness to in-person therapy for most concerns. It also removes travel, fits around demanding work, and lets you talk from a space where you already feel comfortable. All sessions take place over secure video.
There's no fixed number. Some people come for a short series of sessions around a specific difficulty; others value longer-term ongoing support. We review together as we go, and you remain in control throughout.
It's a relaxed 30-minute video call. You share what's bringing you to therapy, ask anything you like, and get a feel for how I work. There's no obligation — the purpose is simply to see whether we're the right fit before you commit to anything.
Caring for others shouldn't cost you yourself.
If you've read this far and something in it felt like you, that's worth listening to. Book a free 30-minute clarity call and we'll see, together, whether this is the right next step.
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