Hello and welcome!

Whether you’ve found your way here via a directory listing, a personal or professional referral, or through serendipity, welcome!

There are many reasons why you might be considering therapy right now. Are you holding it together on the outside but inside feel like you’re hanging on by your fingertips? The cost can be dear: unsatisfying relationships with others, never feeling that we’re realising our potential in our career or creativity, and fearing that the worst things we say to ourselves are true. Perhaps you have realised that you no longer want to go like this.  

Many of the people I work with are professionals, academics, creatives, or therapists themselves – capable often high(or over)-achieving, but privately questioning whether the life they’re living reflects who they actually are. Some have tried other forms of therapy and found it genuinely helpful, but sense that something has remained just out of reach. Others are coming to therapy for the first time and aren’t quite sure what to expect. Either way, you’re welcome here. 

I’m Garthine Walker, a UKCP-registered psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and EMCC-accredited senior coach based in Cardiff. I work with clients throughout the UK and internationally, primarily online. 

My psychotherapy practice specialises in trauma, developmental and attachment trauma, overwhelm and burnout, and neurodivergence, including ADHD, AuDHD, Autism, and High Sensitivity. I have particular experience of working with immersive or ‘maladaptive’ daydreaming, a little-known but significant area that can cause distress. I am a fully trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) therapist; EMDR is a well-evidenced approach for processing trauma.

I offer clinical supervision for qualified and trainee psychotherapists, counsellors and coaches, and mentoring for those developing their private practices.

As a dual-qualified senior coach practitioner and psychotherapist, I also offer coaching which integrates my training and expertise as a psychotherapist. Coaching with me draws on deeper psychological understanding and is intended to support people who don’t want to commit to regular ongoing psychotherapy, yet are aware that unhelpful or challenging patterns have persisted even though they understand them well. This tends to work well for people navigating their neurodivergence, experiencing blocks and obstacles that they understand intellectually but can’t seem to shift, or who wish to explore deeper meaning and purpose. Sessions can be longer or shorter than 50-minute therapy sessions, and be spaced according to what the work needs.