Belinda Duncan

I currently have capacity to take on new clients.

I am available daytime, evenings and weekends

Please enquire about concessionary rates.

I am a BACP‑accredited Counsellor (MBACP) with a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice. I offer counselling that is relational, trauma‑informed and neurodiversity‑affirming, with a particular care for people who have been told they are “too much”, “too sensitive” or “too complicated”.

My work is grounded in reflective practice. That means I pay close attention to what happens between us in the room—your feelings, my responses, and the patterns that quietly repeat in your life. I don’t see you as a set of symptoms to fix, but as a person with a story, nervous system and context that all matter.

I have a strong interest in attachment, trauma and the impact of long‑term stress and shame on how we relate to ourselves and others. I’m attentive to how power, culture, neurodivergence, health, class and identity shape our experiences of safety and belonging. Together, we can notice what has been survived, what has been carried alone, and what might be possible when it doesn’t have to be carried in the same way.

My own lived experience informs my work, but it doesn’t take centre stage. It sits quietly in the background, helping me to be particularly sensitive to overwhelm, shame, burnout and the effort it can take to ask for help. I hold this within clear ethical boundaries, regular supervision and ongoing training, so that the focus remains on you.

Clients often describe me as warm, steady and real. I won’t rush you, and I won’t push you into places you’re not ready to go. Instead, we’ll move at a pace that feels manageable, building enough safety between us that difficult feelings, memories or parts of you that have felt “too much” can begin to be met with more understanding and less judgement.

If you recognise yourself in any of this—feeling intense, exhausted, masked, stuck in old patterns, or unsure where you belong—there is room for all of that here.

• In person in a private, confidential space within my home - free on-site parking is available
• Online using Teams
• Walk and Talk Sessions

Basically, it means walking and talking during your therapy session, rather than being enclosed in a clinic room, sitting in designated chairs.

The sessions will be part of the way that we work, it will not be every session and will be planned for as a way to enrich the therapy process. We will start and finish from the same place.

Working in the outdoors facilitates a different way of thinking about what we are experiencing and how we process our emotions.

Walk and Talk is a mindfulness-based body oriented therapy that can make it easier for you to relax, stop ruminating, release physical tension, breathe deep and receive mind-body insight while processing experiences in a different way.

In our first session, we move gently. 

There’s no expectation to tell your whole story or go into anything before you’re ready. 

We spend time getting a sense of what’s been happening for you, what you’re hoping for, and what helps you feel safe. 

My approach is warm, steady, and trauma‑informed — I pay close attention to pacing and to how your body responds as we talk.

 You’re welcome to ask questions, take your time, or pause whenever you need. 

The aim of the first session is simply to see whether this feels like a supportive space for you, and to begin shaping the work together.