Our Therapists

Roxy
Birdsall

Chester

Roxy is a psychotherapist who works with adults, children, young people and families. She is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), ACT based Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Person-Centred Therapy and Theraplay Informed Practice, with Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) woven throughout.

Roxy’s approach is collaborative, flexible and tailored to you, offering therapy shaped around your life, values and goals.

Roxy offers ACT-Informed ERP for anxiety conditions including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety and Phobias. This approach focuses on changing your relationship with anxiety, learning to make room for discomfort rather than fighting it, so that fear has less control over your choices. ERP is a structured, compassionate method for gradually reducing compulsions and avoidance. She has undertaken additional training in Trauma-Focused ACT and integrates this where relevant.

For adults, Roxy offers ACT, Person-Centred Therapy and CFT as standalone approaches or blended together, depending on what fits best. At the heart of every session is genuine warmth, curiosity and self-compassion.

For children, young people and families Roxy integrates ACT with creative activities for younger clients, making the work accessible and engaging. For families where relationship is the focus, she offers Theraplay-Informed sessions, a play-based approach to strengthening the parent-child relationship. Roxy also does ERP work with children and young people for anxiety conditions, using a blend of dyadic sessions and 1-2-1 sessions.

Roxy provides an affirming space for LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent individuals/families and People of Colour. She is currently completing a Doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies at the University of Chester, researching working-class identities within therapy.

Kathryn
Hackland

Chester

Kathryn offers Person Centred counselling and works with both individuals and couples. Her background involves working with peri-natal trauma including miscarriage and stillbirth, post-natal depression, chronic illness, living with uncertainty, anxiety, depression and loss.

Kathryn has also helped clients who have suffered trauma and abuse.

Susie
Woods

Chester

Susie is a fully qualified relationship counsellor. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Relationship Therapy and is a Registered Member of BACP. Susie has worked for Relate since 2006 as a counsellor and more recently as a supervisor and trainer helping couples, individuals and families to build better relationships.

Susie has also completed an Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy - an approach that aims to help couples break negative cycles of interaction and to foster the creation of an emotionally secure bond.