Welcome
Are you thinking about counselling or therapy? Wondering how it might help? Had a previous experience of therapy and want to build on what worked before, or see what it’s like having a different kind of space? Or do you simply want to see what counselling is like with someone who understands neurodiversity?
Talking to someone else could help you feel less alone, and if stuck or overwhelmed may help you work out what you can do to begin to move forward again. It can give you a space to talk about old, complicated, or uncomfortable feelings without judgement, and help you make sense of or accept them more easily. And if you are neurodivergent or think you might be, working with someone who understands about neurodiversity can be freeing, and can offer the safety to truly explore who you are and what you need.
I offer a gentle space – neuro-affirming and trauma-informed – where we can be respectful of working at the right pace for you, and where our starting point is an acceptance of your own unique experience of the world.
Anna Gray
In private practice since 2018, offering person-centred counselling and Focusing-oriented therapy to adults via video online, walk and talk, and in person in North West London.
I believe that feeling truly heard and seen can be a powerful experience, and that counselling offers a type of space and way of relating with another person that we rarely get to experience in life. In this space your own inner voice and self-compassion can grow.
I offer a gentle ‘being with’ and acceptance – I won’t tell you how you feel, or what you should do. Instead I will support you to tune into yourself and find your own answers.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
How I work
My approach is based on the belief that everyone has the ability to grow, change, and adapt. Rather than tell you what to do or offer you advice, I will sit with you and together we can explore your thoughts and feelings so that any changes come from within you. We collaborate to find a meaning that resonates for you. I work at a pace that suits you, and I offer a space to safely contain what you bring.
I work within the person-centred approach, trusting the client to be their own best expert and offering my acceptance, non-judgement, and authenticity.
I also incorporate aspects of Focusing-oriented therapy, bringing awareness to the body and the still-forming sense of what can’t quite yet be put into words.
I can help with grounding, self-regulation, and finding a way to be with difficult feelings in a less overwhelming way. I aim to work in a trauma-aware and trauma-safe way.
I welcome neurodiversity, including autistic clients (adults only). I aim to offer a neuroaffirming space in which sensory needs, neurodivergent ways of thinking and seeing the world, and an understanding of strengths and challenges are all acknowledged and part of the work.
I have a special interest in working with loss and feeling lost, finding oneself again, and trauma. I have several years of experience of working with bereavement, and domestic abuse and sexual violence. I can work with life changes, loss, feeling stuck, trauma, work issues, depression, stress, relationship issues, parenting, abuse, old emotional pain, self-development and growth.
Availability
In person (£70)
I offer in-person sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays, and some Saturday mornings, from comfortable therapy rooms in West Hampstead, North West London. Conveniently located near West Hampstead Underground (Jubilee line), Overground (Mildmay), and Thameslink stations.
Online (£60)
I offer online sessions to clients across the UK on Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons and evenings.
Free 30-minute phone consultation
If you would like to find out more about how I work and whether it might be right for you, please email to arrange a free 30-minute phone consultation.