About
Hello, I’m Randa
A warm, experienced therapist who’ll meet you as a person, not a problem to be solved.
If you’ve found your way here, something has probably prompted it. Maybe things have built up, or maybe you just can’t shake the sense that you’d like to feel different. Either way, I’m glad you’re reading, and you don’t have to have the right words to take the next step.
I’ve been a therapist for over twenty years, and I still find it a privilege to sit with people through the hardest parts of their lives. I’m registered with the UKCP (the UK Council for Psychotherapy), a member of the BCPC, and I hold an MA. In plain terms, that means I’m trained to a recognised professional standard and work to a strict code of ethics. Over the years I’ve worked with many people through anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship breakdowns and big life changes.
Therapy with me isn’t about being analysed or fixed. It’s open and led by you: you choose what we focus on, how fast we go, and how long we work together.
What makes working with me different
- More than twenty years of experience, across a wide range of people and problems
- At home with the deep, hard-to-say things, as well as everyday stress and worry
- A blend of genuine warmth and practical, real-world problem-solving
- I shape the work around you, rather than fitting you to one fixed method
- Attention to the whole picture: mind and body, present and past
- A calm, non-judgemental space to say things you may never have said out loud
Who I work with best
- People who feel they should be coping, but are struggling underneath
- Anyone carrying a lot quietly, at work, at home, or as a parent or partner
- People worn down by anxiety, overthinking, or being hard on themselves
- People going through change, loss, or a shift in who they are
- People who’ve tried therapy before and didn’t feel understood
- Couples who keep getting stuck in the same place
If you recognise yourself in any of these, you’re in the right place.
Identity, and the feeling of not quite belonging
A thread that runs through much of my work is identity: the sense of not quite belonging. That might mean feeling like an outsider, living between cultures or places, never feeling fully at home in yourself, or sensing there are parts of you that have never had room to exist. I bring a wide, cross-cultural perspective to this, and a real interest in how these questions of belonging shape a life.
It’s also closely tied to working with difficult experiences from the past, the kind that can stay with us and sometimes get passed down through families, long after the events themselves. I have a particular passion for working with complex and intergenerational trauma: the deep, often invisible wounds passed down through families across generations, shaping who we become long before we have words for it. If you carry a heaviness you can’t quite trace to a single event, or feel the echoes of a past that doesn’t entirely feel like your own, you are not alone.
However we work, my approach is shaped around you, with attention to the link between mind and body. More about how I work
If any of this sounds like you
I’d be glad to hear from you. Book a free introductory call and we can talk about what you’re looking for. No pressure, no commitment.