1:1 Counselling and Therapy online, over the phone, or in-person.
Struggling with anxiety, low mood, or overwhelm?
You don’t have to go through it alone. I’m Ali Harris, a counsellor offering warm, professional support.Whether you’re feeling stuck, emotionally drained, or constantly on edge, I’ll help you make sense of things and build the confidence to know you can handle life’s challenges…
I offer online and in-person counselling to help you feel more grounded, more in control, and more like yourself again.
I’m ready and willing to be in your corner - with the right support you can turn things around!
Let’s find out if we’re a good fit!
1:1 Counselling and Therapy online, over the phone, or in-person.
Struggling with anxiety, low mood, or overwhelm?
You don’t have to go through it alone.
I’m Ali Harris, a counsellor offering warm, professional support.
Whether you’re feeling stuck, emotionally drained, or constantly on edge,
I’ll help you make sense of things and build the confidence to know you can handle life’s challenges…
I offer online and in-person counselling to help you feel more grounded, more in control, and more like yourself again.
I’m ready and willing to be in your corner - with the right support you can turn things around!
Let’s find out if we’re a good fit!
How counselling can help you
Counselling can help you with:
Feeling constantly anxious, on edge, or overwhelmed
Low mood, emptiness, or a sense that something’s just not right
Overthinking or feeling stuck in your head
Grief, loss, or major life changes
Self-doubt and harsh inner criticism
Burnout, difficult relationships, or people-pleasing
Feeling disconnected from yourself or your purpose
Counselling helps you realise that you’re not ‘broken’, ‘faulty’, or ‘defective’
It helps you see that the sh*tty way you feel isn't because you're a ‘bad parent’, a ‘weak partner’, a ‘poor friend’, or a ‘failure at work’.
You're not being ‘dramatic’, you're not ‘going crazy’, and you're definitely not ‘ridiculous’ for struggling with what you're feeling or thinking.
You just need support. That’s all.
Counselling creates a safe space to get self-compassionately curious about the thoughts, beliefs, and stories running in the background of your mind.
And why does that matter?
Because you can’t change what you don’t notice.
But once you do notice it — the old patterns, the unhelpful beliefs, the emotional traps — you can finally start to do something about them.
Suddenly, it becomes possible to break your big, tangled-up experiences into manageable pieces, process them gently, and actually move forward.
That’s the work. That’s the shift. That’s the part where life starts to feel lighter.
Good, eh?
“Ali is a properly amazing counsellor.
I wanted someone very non-judgmental and caring but who would not shy away from talking about the issues that I have spent ages not talking about.
I got this and loads more in Ali.
She is a bit of a magician in that she can weave together bits and pieces that come up in a session and comes up with a brilliant insight into what is going on in my head.
She explains it in a very clear way and then helps you to work through it.
I would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone.”
“Ali is an amazing counsellor.
I wanted someone non-judgmental and caring but who would not shy away from talking about the issues that I have spent ages not talking about.
I got this and more in Ali.
She can weave together bits and pieces that come up in a session and come up with a brilliant insight into what is going on in my head.
She explains it in a very clear way and then help you to work through it.”
What to expect in a counselling session
Counselling with me isn’t about giving advice or ‘fixing’ you — because you’re not broken.
It’s about having a calm, non-judgmental space where you can say whatever you need to say, and feel fully heard.
You set the pace. You decide what we talk about, and you can stop or change direction at any time.
We might look at what’s been feeling hard, where you’re getting stuck, or what keeps looping around in your mind.
Sometimes we explore your thoughts and patterns.
Sometimes we just sit with how things feel. There’s no “right way” to do it.
I don’t follow a checklist or set “treatment plans” — your sessions are tailored to you, to what you need in the moment.
On a first session I invite you to tell me your life story to-date.
This gives you a starting point if you’re not sure where to begin AND it’s an opportunity for me to have an introduction to you.
You introduce me to the people, places, events and relationships that have moulded you into the person you are today.
After that, I simply ask you each week to tell me what’s on your mind.
You don’t need to worry about always bringing something ‘new’ - it’s normal to talk about the same things many times.
You don’t have to only talk about ‘the bad stuff’ and if you do, it doesn’t have to be ‘captial T’ trauma.
If it matters to you, it’s important, and I want to hear about it so I can help you to feel better.
I’ll listen, reflect, and gently help you connect the dots.
Together, we can start to untangle what’s going on and figure out what might help you feel more grounded, more in control — more like you.
Sessions are 50 minutes and take place weekly, either online or in-person in a quiet, comfortable space.
In the beginning, we usually meet once a week while we get to know each other.
If you’d prefer to move to twice a month later on, that’s totally okay too.
No pressure, no performance — just space to be real.
Session Cost & Practical Info
🗓️ Free 60-minute initial chat
A no-pressure space to ask questions, get a feel for what working together might be like, and decide if it’s a good fit for you.
💬 Ongoing counselling sessions: £70 per session
Sessions are 50 minutes long
Held weekly, either online (Zoom) or in-person in my comfortable therapy room in St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
⚖️ Sliding scale / reduced-fee spaces
I offer a limited number of concessionary slots. If finances are a concern, feel free to ask — we can talk it through, no awkwardness.
Therapy is an investment in your emotional wellbeing — but it should never feel out of reach.
FAQs
Do I have to commit to a certain number of sessions?
No. You’re not locked into anything — we’ll go at your pace, and you can pause or stop at any time.I’ve never had therapy before — what if I don’t know what to say?
That’s okay. It’s completely normal. I’ll help guide the process and meet you where you are.Can I change from weekly to fortnightly?
Yes — we usually start weekly, but we can adjust the rhythm when the time feels right.
Counselling: The work of
Un-Bonsai
We tend to treat ourselves, our partners & our children like human bonsai trees –
We try to prune, bend and stretch ourselves into what we think the right shape will be, and wonder why things often go wrong
Here’s the thing….
You are not a bloody bonsai tree, ok?
No one knows how the bonsai tree feels about being shaped, pruned, and wired into place.
But we do know that people who’ve had other people shaping them via criticism, inflexible, punitive standards, or the giving and withholding of love and approval, tend to become sad, ashamed people, who struggle to feel good enough.
They might struggle with:
Low self-esteem
Poor confidence
Wobbly personal boundaries
Complicated relationships
A persistent sense of dissatisfaction
Depression
Anxiety
And so we have to basically do the work of ‘Un-Bonsai’.
What the frilly heck is the
‘work of ‘Un-Bonsai’?
It’s all the stuff we do in therapy to help you to realise and absorb the fact that you are already good enough.
It takes time…but it’s worth the wait, because there are few things more beautiful in this world than watching a previously hurt and self-loathing, anxious, depressed, ‘not good enough’ human being begin to soften, relax into themselves and start to bloom.
And that’s what we can help you to do.