I’m Krista. A therapist, but first and always, a human who knows what it’s like to hold things in.

Maybe you've spent years holding it together on the outside, showing up and pushing through, while something quieter underneath keeps pulling at you. Maybe you've been called "strong" so often that you stopped noticing what it costs to stay that way.

I understand that, not just from training, but from lived experience. Therapy was the first place I didn't have to perform strength. It was where I could slow down and actually feel what was underneath it. That's why this work matters to me.

This isn't about fixing you. It's about making space for the parts of you that had to stay quiet in order to cope. We won't rush them or force anything open. But we will be honest. We'll pay attention to what's been carrying too much for too long, and begin to understand it together.

In-person sessions available in Ancoats, Manchester.

Online sessions available across the UK and abroad.

 

FAQs

  • My approach is person-centred and trauma-informed. I'm warm and collaborative, but I'm not a passive presence. I don't sit in silence while you guess what I'm thinking. I'm engaged, direct, and pay close attention.

    I notice what's happening underneath what you're saying. When something important is there, I'll name it, not as a conclusion, but as an invitation. You can take it or leave it, and if I've got it wrong I want you to tell me. Some of my best moments with clients are when they say "no, that's not quite it", because it means they trust me enough to push back.

    We go at your pace. But we do pay attention to what's real.

  • Because the real work happens underneath.

    Beneath the overwhelm. Beneath the coping. Beneath the pressure to hold everything together. Beneath the noise of who you were told you should be, there's you.

    Not a perfect version. Not a fixed version. Just something more honest. More grounded. More human.

  • I'm a BACP-registered psychotherapist with an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Alongside my core training I've completed additional training in trauma, grief, and relational approaches, including Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples.

    My clinical experience spans private practice, schools, charities, corporate environments, mental health services, and community organisations. Working with adults and young people through trauma, relationship difficulties, ADHD and neurodivergence, grief, anxiety, and long-term emotional patterns.

    I hold an enhanced DBS check and full professional insurance.

If you’ve been holding things in for a long time, you don’t have to keep doing that on your own.
You’re welcome to reach out, we’ll start where you are.