Psychotherapy for women who second-guess everything
Especially if you learned to doubt yourself before you learned to trust yourself.
In-person therapy in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne | Online therapy across the UK
Your feelings matter. Learning to believe that is the work
Who I work with
I work with women who didn't get the emotional support they needed growing up, or who had to grow up way too fast. You seem fine on the outside. But inside, you feel unsettled, overwhelmed, or like you're never quite enough.
What you may be struggling with
You're carrying something that's hard to name. Maybe you don't feel emotionally seen; by others or even by yourself. Maybe you're always the one holding it together, but inside you feel like you're barely managing. You might understand intellectually where this comes from, but understanding hasn't lifted the weight.
This affects everything: how safe you feel, how you connect, how you trust yourself. Life feels unsettled. You doubt yourself constantly. Your own feelings seem unreliable.
This doesn't need a perfect explanation to be valid. It's already in your relationships, in how you treat yourself, in patterns you can't seem to break.
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You have a gut reaction, then immediately question whether it's valid. You spend hours analyzing whether you're overreacting, being too sensitive, or reading things wrong. It's exhausting never knowing if what you feel is real or reasonable.
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You're always the one managing other people's emotions or fixing their problems. You feel guilty when you can't help, anxious when someone's upset, and like it's somehow your job to make everything okay. You don't know how to stop taking on what isn't yours.
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When someone asks what you want, your mind goes blank. You're so used to focusing on everyone else that your own needs feel fuzzy or nonexistent. Even when you do know what you need, asking for it feels selfish or impossible.
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No matter what you achieve or how hard you try, there's this nagging feeling that you're still not quite right. You feel like you're falling short, failing somehow, even when there's no evidence of it. Nothing you do seems to shift this underlying sense of not being enough.
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Saying no brings up guilt, anxiety, or fear of letting people down. You say yes when you mean no, agree when you want to push back, and end up resenting yourself for it. You don't understand why something that seems simple for others feels so hard for you.
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You show up, you contribute, but you don't feel truly seen—by others or even by yourself. It's like your inner world doesn't quite register to anyone, and you've learned to fade into the background. You're not sure when this started or why it still feels so true.
About Me
Hi I’m Kate, I work with women who grew up without consistent emotional attunement or reliable emotional support, and who now experience ongoing difficulties with relationships, self-worth, or emotional regulation.
I work in a calm, thoughtful way, placing importance on pace, reflection, and emotional steadiness. Therapy offers a supportive space to understand what has been shaping these difficulties and to find a way forward that feels more grounded over time, particularly when struggles have developed from early life experiences.
The women I work with may experience anything from a persistent sense of unease or self-doubt, through to difficulties shaped by childhood trauma and early relational harm, including women who grew up in care.
My work is informed by an interest in how early patterns around responsibility, self-doubt, shame and unmet emotional needs continue to influence our relationship with ourselves and others in adulthood.
I offer therapy both in person and online.
A thoughtful place to speak openly, reflect deeply, and understand yourself better. We’ll take time exploring what hasn’t made sense.
You’re welcome to get in touch when it feels right..
If you’d like to explore working together, I offer a free 15-minute consultation. We can talk about what’s bringing you here, what you’re hoping for, and whether we feel like a good fit.