Break The Cycle Therapy

Break The Cycle Therapy Therapy for girls and women struggling with anxiety, body image and low self-esteem. Helping you to build confidence from the inside out ✨️

There was a time I believed that if someone had the space to talk, that would be enough, and sometimes it is, but not al...
29/04/2026

There was a time I believed that if someone had the space to talk, that would be enough, and sometimes it is, but not always in the way I was originally taught.

I think it’s a really easy thing to believe that if someone just opens up, or tries a bit harder, or does the “right” things to help themselves, things will start to feel better.
However, what I’ve come to understand, through sitting with people (and honestly, through my own experiences too), is that it’s rarely that straightforward.

✨Some people do need space.
But they also need something to hold onto when things feel overwhelming, some tools they can take with them into the moments that don’t happen in the therapy room.

✨And it’s not just about effort either.
The environments we’re in, the pressure we’re carrying, that constant sense of needing to get things right! All of that shapes how we feel far more than we often give it credit for.

I also used to carry this belief that I needed to fix things, for myself and others.
That if I was doing my job properly, people would leave therapy feeling completely better, like everything had been tied up neatly in a pretty bow 🎀

Now, it feels much more about sitting alongside someone, helping them understand themselves a little more clearly, and supporting them in finding what actually helps them, not what looks right from the outside.

I've done a lot of personal unlearning alongside this, the biggest thing for me is discovering that my worth isn’t found in getting everything right, or being liked, or fixing things for other people 🩷

If you can relate to this, I help women and teenage girls manage anxiety and build self worth and confidence from within. I offer face to face sessions in Burscough, Lancashire and online throughout the UK. Drop me a message if you'd like to learn more or book in a free consultation call via the link in my bio 📩✨

26/04/2026

1️⃣ You feel uncomfortable when you think someone might be annoyed with you.
💫Small shifts in tone or language stick with you, because getting things “wrong” once didn’t feel safe.

2️⃣ You take responsibility for other people’s emotions
💫You smooth over, try to fix or over-explain, because that used to keep things calm.

3️⃣ You link how you look to how likeable or acceptable you are.
💫Like your body or skin affects how confidently you can show up in the world.

4️⃣ You find it hard to open up to others, even when you’re struggling.
💫You’re used to dealing with things on your own.

5️⃣ You downplay your needs because “others have it worse."
💫So your feelings don’t quite get the space they deserve.

6️⃣ You overthink how you came across in social situations.
💫Replaying things, doubting yourself and overthinking every little interaction.

All of this probably made sense at the time, when being liked and getting things “right” felt like the most important thing, so of course you learned to be more aware, careful, and self-critical.

🩷 But you don’t have to keep earning your place anymore.

Can you relate to this? I'm a therapist helping women and teenage girls build self worth and confidence from the inside out ✨️
You’re welcome to book a free intro call via the link in my bio or drop me a message to learn more about how I can support you 📩

24/04/2026

This belief can feel so true and all consuming at times. If you’ve spent years being taught (subtly or not) that your body is something to fix or change, of course it starts to feel like confidence is waiting on the other side of that 🙏

"If I just looked different, I’d finally feel better in myself."

For a moment, it can seem like that works, but clients often tell me that the feeling never quite settles in the way you hoped. This is because it was never just about your body.

It’s about how safe you feel being seen, the pressure you put on yourself to be “enough”, and the way you speak to yourself when no one else is around 🩷

So what looks like a body image struggle is often something much deeper, because of what you’ve learned along the way.

If this feels like you, you’re very welcome here ✨️
I'm a therapist working with women and girls struggling with anxiety, self-worth, and body image in Burscough and across the UK 🩷 Feel free to drop me a message if you want to learn more about how I work 📩

It can feel really isolating to live with constant thoughts and feelings like this, especially when on the outside it mi...
22/04/2026

It can feel really isolating to live with constant thoughts and feelings like this, especially when on the outside it might look like you’re coping, holding things together, or “just overthinking a bit”…🧠

But internally, you're doing so much analysing, questioning, and feeling the pressure to be a certain kind of person, to look a certain way, to not get it wrong.

When you’re in this pattern of thinking, it’s easy to turn that back on yourself and wonder what’s wrong with you, or why things feel harder than they seem to for everyone else 😔
But these patterns don’t come from nowhere, they develop for reasons, and when you start to understand them, even just a little, something can begin to shift and soften towards yourself.

If you can relate to this and are interested in finding out how therapy can support you, feel free to drop me a message 📩✨

21/04/2026

It makes sense that you’d want to wait until you feel more confident, more secure in yourself, more “ready” before you do the things you actually want, especially if you’ve spent a long time feeling not quite good enough, second guessing yourself, or worrying how you’ll come across.

Whether thats around starting dating again, wearing certain clothes, taking that holiday or looking for a new job etc. Somewhere along the way, it can start to feel like confidence is the entry requirement for living your life, rather than something that grows ✨️because✨️ you’re living it.

That feeling of “I’ll do it when I feel better about myself” often keeps you stuck in the exact place that’s reinforcing the doubt in the first place, where you’re holding back and waiting for a version of you that feels more certain in herself, more polished, more acceptable.

But confidence isn’t something that suddenly arrives one day, no matter what you look like or have achieved, it’s something that builds in the doing, in the showing up while it still feels a bit uncomfortable.

So instead of waiting until you feel “good enough,” what would it look like to let yourself do things first and allow the feeling to catch up later? 🩷

Feel free to follow for more support with anxiety, self-worth, and building a more compassionate relationship with yourself ✨️

There’s something I hear so often in therapy, its usually something along the lines of "but my childhood was great" or "...
15/04/2026

There’s something I hear so often in therapy, its usually something along the lines of "but my childhood was great" or "nothing that bad has ever happened to me."

But what tends to sit underneath that is confusion, and sometimes even a bit of self-blame, like if you can’t point to something obvious, then maybe you shouldn’t be struggling in the first place😩

A lot of the work we end up doing together in therapy isn’t about finding something dramatic or labelling your past (or your parents) as “bad." It’s about gently noticing the moments where your needs weren’t fully met, where you didn’t feel heard, or where you learned to put yourself to one side to keep the peace or protect others.

Those experiences are often quieter and harder to notice, but they still shape how you deal with experiences and emotions now.

🩷Therapy can be a space where you don’t have to justify or prove why you feel the way you do. Instead, we just get curious about it together, at your pace, and start making sense of what’s there

If you relate to this and you’ve been feeling a bit stuck or confused about your own experiences, you’re always welcome to drop me a message or book a free consultation call via the link in my bio 📩✨

18/11/2025

If you’re struggling to feel comfortable in your body right now, you’re not alone 🩷 Motherhood changes everything, including how you see yourself and your body.

You deserve support that isn’t about shrinking your body, but about rebuilding your self-worth and feeling more at ease in your own skin 🥰

If this speaks to you, you’re welcome to book a free chat with me to see how I can support you, DM me or book through the link in my bio ✨️

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