Integrative Counselling Talk Therapy A Space to Be
Yourself | Brave | Vulnerable | Different | Accepted
Integrative Counselling Talk Therapy A Space to Be
Yourself | Brave | Vulnerable | Different | Accepted
Yourself | Brave | Vulnerable | Different | Accepted
Yourself | Brave | Vulnerable | Different | Accepted
Space to Be was created from a simple but important idea:
that we all need a place where we are allowed to be fully human.
A space where you don’t have to perform, minimise, or hold everything together.
A space where you can be messy, uncertain, grieving, hopeful, stuck, growing- or all of those things at once.
While therapy can absolutely be a place to process pain, trauma, and difficulty, I believe it is also something more.
It’s a space to explore who you are beyond your coping strategies.
To understand your patterns and where they come from.
To develop a greater sense of choice and freedom in how you live.
And, over time, to begin asking different questions:
What do I want from my life?
What do I value?
What feels meaningful to me?
For some, this includes rediscovering a sense of curiosity, creativity, or even moments of lightness- something softer alongside the deeper work.

Some people arrive with a clear understanding of what they’re struggling with, while others simply know that something doesn’t feel quite right.
You may be feeling emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, stuck in repeating patterns, or exhausted from trying to hold everything together. Others come with bigger questions around identity, meaning, relationships, or how to exist more comfortably in the world. Sometimes these experiences show up not only emotionally, but physically too- through anxiety, tension, numbness, overwhelm, shutdown, or a sense of feeling disconnected from your body.
I work with a range of experiences and concerns, including:
I’m particularly drawn to working with people who are looking not only to understand their struggles, but also to develop a more authentic relationship with themselves- one that feels grounded, balanced, and more connected to who they truly are beneath expectation, pressure, or survival patterns.
I welcome the conversations that can feel hard to bring elsewhere- the messy, confusing, contradictory, or deeply personal parts of being human that are often hidden beneath shame or fear of judgement.
Above all, I aim to offer a space where you don’t need to perform, minimise yourself, or arrive with everything figured out. You are welcome exactly as you are.
If this resonates with you, or if there is something you would like to work on that isn’t mentioned here, please feel free to get in touch.
I offer a free introductory phone call, which gives you the opportunity to talk through what you’re looking for and to get a sense of whether it feels like a good fit for us to work together.
I’m Jess, an integrative counsellor and the founder of Space to Be.
My journey into this work wasn’t particularly straightforward. I originally planned to study international relations and politics because I’ve always been deeply interested in people, systems, and the wider world around us. But over time, I realised that understanding people intellectually and understanding them relationally are very different things.
My own experience of counselling became a turning point and led me towards this work in a much more personal, human way.
Authenticity sits at the heart of how I work. I’ve never connected with the idea that therapists should feel distant or hidden behind professionalism. My therapy room has colour, warmth, and personality because I want people to feel able to arrive exactly as they are.
I’m interested in the conversations that often go unsaid- the things that feel shameful, confusing, taboo, or difficult to admit out loud. My work is relational, collaborative, and holistic, taking into account not only thoughts and emotions, but also the body, relationships, and the wider contexts people exist within.
I don’t believe therapy is about a broken person being “fixed” by an expert. I see it as a space where two people work together to explore, understand, and make sense of what it means to be human.

