Hello and welcome!
Welcome to Navigating Minds Therapy
If you are looking for a therapist to help you navigate your way back to feeling like yourself but you also need them to be a real person with broad real-world lived experiences, then you are in the right place!
I have particular experience in the areas of Workplace Stress & Burnout, Anxiety, Grief, Identity and Anger Management - but will listen with care to whatever you need to share.
I work with honesty, curiosity and integrity to help you achieve your therapeutic goals.
Sessions are available online or in-person in the Bradford, Shipley and Bingley area, West Yorkshire.
And yes.... all the drawings are mine.
A bit about me and my approach
I'm Gemma (hello - that's me in the picture). After many years of being "fine" - it turns out I wasn't... therapy helped me rediscover myself and my purpose again. The change I felt was so fundamentally transformative and inspired me so much that I retrained as a therapist. I left the world of corporate change and consultancy, that I had been a part of for the best part of 20 years, to start this business.
I am committed to creating an environment where you feel comfortable enough to explore whatever has bought you to therapy - there will be no lying on a chez lounge while I grill you about your childhood and make secret notes on a clipboard. You will be speaking with a real person and won't be shamed, judged or made to feel silly - honesty takes incredible courage!
I offer an inclusive and affirming space where you can talk freely about whatever has bought you to therapy, how it is affecting you and how you want to move forward. All sessions will be tailored around you and your needs.
We start with a free 15 minute call to get to know each other. I will be looking to understand a bit about what is going on for you and why you are looking to start therapy and what you want to get out of it. It is also a chance for you to make sure you're comfortable with my approach and style as well - I'm not everyone's cup of tea and that's fine. The world would be boring if everyone wanted the exact same thing.
If we decide to work together, I offer weekly sessions online, over the phone or in-person - whichever works best for you. If you have any additional requirements or reasonable adjustments needed to make the experience more accessible, where possible, these will be accommodated.
What can I help with?
This isn't a full list of every issue I work with but hopefully it will give you an idea of what to expect...
No matter what you are facing, if you get the sense I might be the right therapist for you, get in touch and lets talk.