Kate Nicholls

I am currently accepting new clients.

I work with adults who are experiencing difficult or harmful family relationships, including the often subtle effects of parental or sibling abuse, emotional neglect, coercive control, emotional manipulation, gaslighting, enmeshment, and the inner conflict that can accompany family estrangement. Many of my clients have spent years feeling misunderstood, blamed, or questioning whether their experiences were real or valid.

Therapy offers a space to begin untangling long-standing patterns of relating, to feel genuinely heard and respected, and to develop a stronger sense of who you are beyond the roles you were given in childhood—and may still be expected to play today.

My hope is that therapy will help you feel heard, understood, and validated in your own experience. Working at your own pace, we can begin to understand how persistent self-doubt has taken root, shaping the way you see yourself and influencing how you respond not only within your family, but also in your relationships, friendships, and working life.

As your self-awareness deepens, you may begin to trust your own thoughts and feelings more fully, feel less vulnerable to the expectations or control of others, and become more securely connected to yourself—separate, safe, and grounded, whatever is happening around you.

When you've spent years being misunderstood, therapy can be the first place where your experience finally begins to make sense.

Please get in touch to arrange a free 20-minute introductory call. It is an opportunity for us to talk about what has brought you here and to get a sense of whether we are the right fit to work together.