About Me

Counsellor in Headington, Oxford

I'm Beth at Nautilus Counselling and I'd be honoured to support you if you’ve always been the one who held it together, even when no one noticed what it cost you.

Perhaps you are the person who has been quietly carrying too much, bracing yourself against waves that never seemed to stop.


Maybe you’re beginning to wonder:


  • Why do I always feel responsible for everyone else?
  • Why do I doubt myself, even when I know I’m doing my best?
  • Why do I freeze, stay small, or hold back what I really feel?


If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. These patterns often have roots in the past, especially when childhood was a place where you had to grow up too soon, or where your emotional world was dismissed or ignored.


These are adaptations: clever, protective ones.

Now, with care, they can start to soften.


I’m here to offer a space that feels safe enough to go deeper.

Where you don’t have to explain your sensitivity.

Where metaphor, creativity, and meaning are welcome.

Where healing isn’t about fixing you, but about helping you to become the person that you are, not the person who everyone else has wanted you to be.

 

If this resonates, I’d love to hear from you. I offer a 15 minute online or telephone / video consultation to see if my counselling might be suitable. Please contact me to arrange this. After the telephone / video consultation we would then have an assessment session, during which we can talk about where you are now, where you would like to be and how we can get you there. There is no obligation to continue after the call or the assessment if the counselling doesn't feel like a good fit for you. 

I know what it’s like to lose yourself in jobs and roles that aren’t right — trying to be who you think you should be, rather than who you truly are. I spent years in Human Resources before retraining as a therapist, and this lived experience gives me a particular passion for supporting people to rediscover their voice, values, and purpose, especially when it comes to navigating work and career.

I also believe deeply in the power of creativity as a healing tool. Writing and art have played an important part in my own journey, and I often weave creative, reflective approaches into sessions — especially when words are hard to find.


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