Naomi Howard

Naomi Howard is a counsellor who blends psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches with client-centred care. She uses this mix to help people make sense of painful past experiences and find steadier ways to live day to day. Naomi draws on five years of hands-on experience in therapy and safeguarding across a range of complex concerns.

Naomi works with people affected by anxiety, depression, stress and grief. She also supports those coping with addictions, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and compassion fatigue. Eating and body image concerns are among the issues she helps people address alongside relationship and intimacy-related worries.

Her work often involves helping people who have experienced child abuse, sexual trauma or domestic abuse. Naomi focuses on grounding strategies, stabilising emotional reactions and building a stronger sense of self. She aims to help clients feel less hyper-vigilant and more able to make choices that suit them.

In sessions she explores how earlier experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. That can include gentle work with inner parts such as an inner child or inner critic. Psychoeducation is used so clients understand common brain and body responses after trauma.

Naomi also offers creative ways to express difficult feelings when words are hard to find. She invites people to set goals at a pace that feels manageable and to rebuild life with more freedom and agency.

Naomi is registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sessions are provided in English and take place within the United Kingdom. To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and book according to availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Naomi combines psychodynamic and trauma-focused strands with a client-centred attitude. Psychodynamic work looks at how earlier relationships and experiences influence current feelings and behaviour, which can help with patterns like attachment difficulties or repeated relationship problems. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on stabilising reactions to past harm, teaching grounding skills and helping people make sense of traumatic memories and their effects.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Naomi works collaboratively to decide what feels most helpful based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. That may mean starting with stabilisation and psychoeducation, then moving into deeper exploration when the person feels ready.

The practical benefits of online work can include fitting sessions into busy days and reducing travel time. Because the biography does not list specific formats, please confirm the session options available before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to keep continuity of care, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and support people who prefer not to travel for appointments.