Anna Koolen

People usually come to therapy at a crunch point, not when life feels like smooth sailing, but the reasons and the timing are as individual as we all are. Some people arrive in crisis, others with a quiet sense of being stuck or disconnected. 

Sometimes there's something you can name clearly: old wounds that still haunt you, or something that's just happened. Other times it's harder to pinpoint or just a sense that things don't feel right. Maybe it's something you are terrified of approaching, things you have carried alone that feel too difficult to be with and need a safe space to figure out and explore.

I've worked successfully across a wide range from the everyday weight of stress, anxiety and feeling low, to more complex presentations like trauma and disorders. In short – anything  and everything that makes us human.

My goal is to create the conditions where change can happen at a pace that feels possible. You set the direction and we start where you are. 

I care deeply about the people I work with. I'm warm and steady, and I will always be honest about what I'm noticing and hearing. I believe real therapeutic work needs both compassion and truth, and that its core is relational. There is immense power in connection and feeling understood.

My foundation is integrative, meaning I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches and adapt them to you, rather than fitting you into one fixed model. I trained further in existential psychotherapy and reflective practice, which makes space for the bigger questions many of us wrestle with – about meaning, identity and purpose. 

I trust you already have what you need to grow, and my role is to create the conditions for that growth and be your companion on that journey. I'm interested in your experience exactly as you experience it, not a label or theory laid on top of it. 

At the centre of everything I do is a steady belief in our potential to grow and change.

Sessions take place weekly, either in person at my private practice in Surbiton or remotely via Zoom. 

I work on an open-ended basis and all details of notice of ending and cancellation policy are covered in the contract, which I will go through in our initial assessment and send to you ahead of our first session.