Therapy for women navigating people pleasing, hyper independence or loneliness.

Helping you create boundaries, secure connections and authentic belonging

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Maybe there was a time when adapting for others and having to carry it all yourself was the only options available. Now it’s keeping you stuck…

Boundaries, people pleasing, extreme self sufficiency and feelings of loneliness are all rooted in having to disconnect from your own needs and wants just to get by or survive.

And while these behaviours and nervous system states (hello fight/flight/freeze/fawn!) once protected you, they now get in the way of connecting with yourself and others.

You’re feeling exhausted, resentful and frustrated. You’re also ready to break this cycle.

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Welcome. I’m Angela.

I’m Angela Gallagher, a mental health & neurological Occupational Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and relational therapy trainee. For over 12 years, in the NHS and private practice, I’ve been supporting people connect to what’s important to them and support them achieve their goals.

My approach blends mind and body. I recognise the importance of how our thoughts & feelings influence our view of self, others & how we connect to the world around us but also the role of our physiology & nervous system.

My years in the NHS has exposed the limitations of medical diagnostic models that can take a general, reductionist view of people as medical conditions, the mind/body as separate & don’t take in to account the complexity of what makes us us. We are the sum of many parts!

more about me

• you didn’t have to hold everything alone anymore
• you were on your priority list
• you could set boundaries with confidence and ease (to guilt and anxiety!)

• you were able to trust yourself, others, ask for and accept help
• you learned how to regulate your nervous system
• loneliness could be replaced by belonging

•you were able to create supportive relationships and a sense of community
• you created genuine relationships based on shared values

Imagine if…

community | sense of belonging | support | relationships | end loneliness | reduce isolation

Words from people I have supported

  • “I took so much pride in powering through and being an independent woman but in reality, I wanted to be loved, cared for and let people in but I was terrified of being let down. With Angela, I explored how I could introduce letting others in and support without losing myself or becoming co-dependent. I feel so much lighter and free”

  • "Working with Angela truly opened my eyes to how my emotionally cold parents shape my own beliefs-that I needed to be the good girl to deserve love. Now, I know I am worth so much more and feel I can be myself without always wearing a mask”

  • ‘I am no longer checked out & feeling like life is passing me by. Somatic Experiencing with Angela taught me about the freeze response. We worked slowly. It was so different from other therapy where everything was about changing thoughts. I am now in the driving seat of life & so grateful I can be present to the joys of seeing my grandkids play’

  • "I am more than what has happened to me in my childhood. Finally I can say it is part of me but doesn't define me or control me. I can set boundaries, ask for help and feel more stable in myself”