Therapy for high-performing professionals
Private therapy for high-achieving professionals in London
When what works no longer holds
Outwardly, things work. Internally, there may be pressure, self-doubt, or a sense that something is not quite right.
I work with high-performing professionals across finance, technology, law, consulting, and the creative industries who are used to functioning at a high level, but find that their usual ways of managing no longer hold in the same way.
You can deliver, respond, and keep things moving, often in environments that demand sustained performance and responsibility. Yet the effort required to maintain this begins to increase, and the sense of stability it once brought starts to diminish.
For some, this shows up in relationships, where closeness feels harder than it should, or patterns repeat despite good intentions. For others, it appears as a growing gap between how things look externally and how they feel internally.
I offer therapy for high-performing professionals in London, working with patterns related to pressure, burnout, perfectionism, relationships, and identity.
“Insight alone is rarely enough. The difficulty is not a lack of self-awareness, but the gap between what is understood and what actually changes.”
How this shows up
This may be experienced as:
a persistent sense of pressure or responsibility that does not fully switch off
difficulty resting, even when time is available
overthinking, self-doubt, or a sense of being one step behind expectations
recurring patterns in relationships that do not shift
a sense of disconnection from your own needs, priorities, or direction
These experiences are often subtle at first, but can become more pronounced over time, sometimes developing into burnout or a more sustained sense of depletion.
How this develops
These patterns are not random. They reflect ways of adapting shaped in earlier environments where performance, responsibility, or self-reliance were necessary.
Over time, what once supported you can begin to constrain you. The same qualities that enable success can narrow your capacity, making it harder to access rest, flexibility, or connection.
The work
This work is not about adding further strategies or optimising performance.
It involves understanding the patterns that organise how you think, respond, and relate, and working with them in a way that allows change to take hold more fully.
Rather than remaining at the level of insight, the focus is on how these patterns operate in real time, and how different responses can gradually become possible.
You can read more about how this work operates in How I Work.
Who this is for
This may be relevant if you:
are a high-performing professional experiencing pressure, self-doubt, or difficulty sustaining how you have been operating
notice recurring patterns in relationships that do not shift
feel a growing gap between external success and internal experience
are used to coping independently, but find that this is no longer enough
experience a persistent sense of not quite doing enough, despite evidence to the contrary
Practical details
I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist based in London, offering private therapy online. Before retraining as a psychologist, I worked in investment banking, a background that informs my understanding of high-pressure professional environments.
Sessions are 50 minutes and typically held weekly. The fee is £180 per session. I am registered with selected insurers, including Allianz, Aviva, Bupa Global, Cigna, Healix, Vitality, and WPA.
If you are considering this kind of work, you are welcome to arrange an initial consultation.