Naomi Howard

Naomi Howard is a counsellor with five years' experience who combines psychodynamic and trauma-focused ways of working. She supports people facing anxiety, depression, grief, anger and problems linked to past abuse. Naomi aims to help clients feel steadier and regain a sense of control over day-to-day life.

She has spent much of her career supporting people affected by child abuse, sexual trauma and domestic abuse. Naomi also works with those who struggle with self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and with people managing addictions, relationship strain and parenting pressures. Her background includes safeguarding work alongside therapeutic practice.

Naomi draws on psychodynamic therapy to help people make sense of how past experiences affect present behaviour. She uses attachment-based ideas and trauma-focused methods to build safety and reduce constant hypervigilance. Sessions include talking, psychoeducation and creative exercises so people can find different ways to express and process difficult feelings.

In the room she often explores different parts of a person's experience, such as the inner critic or the inner child, to understand where strong emotions come from. Naomi aims to help clients feel grounded and able to manage intense reactions like anger or impulsivity. She works at a pace set by each person and pays attention to practical coping skills as well as emotional work.

Naomi is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She provides therapy from the United Kingdom and meets people in English. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling sessions.

How Naomi's approaches translate to online therapy

Naomi uses psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused approaches that can work well in remote sessions. Psychodynamic work helps people notice patterns from earlier experiences and how these show up now, which can be explored through conversation and reflective questions. Trauma-focused methods aim to build stability and understanding of body and mind responses, using grounding techniques and paced processing to reduce ongoing hypervigilance.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Naomi will work collaboratively to identify which methods suit a person's needs and goals. She will check in about pace, what feels manageable and whether to include creative exercises or parts work as therapy progresses.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy life and reducing travel time. Online work can make it easier to schedule shorter check-ins around work or to meet from a location with fewer distractions. As the biography doesn't list specific session formats, please confirm current options before booking so you know what is offered.