Naomi Howard , BACP

Naomi Howard is a counsellor who uses psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches to help people recover from past harm and overwhelming experiences. She combines warm listening with practical ways to manage distress. Naomi holds BACP accreditation and works from the United Kingdom.

She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how earlier experiences continue to affect feelings and relationships now. That can help when patterns repeat or you feel stuck. Attachment-based thinking is woven into sessions to explore how important relationships shaped trust and safety.

Trauma-focused methods are used to stabilise intense reactions and reduce flashbacks or overwhelming memories. Naomi offers grounding techniques and simple psychoeducation so people understand bodily and emotional responses. Creative methods are sometimes introduced to find new ways to express difficult material.

Sessions tend to be conversational and paced to what the person can manage. Naomi pays attention to parts of the self such as the inner critic or inner child and helps people notice how those parts affect choices. Work can include looking at boundaries, control issues, shame, and problems with intimacy.

She has five years of experience in therapy and safeguarding roles, supporting people through grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, and complex trauma. Naomi aims to help people feel steadier, more connected to themselves, and able to make clearer decisions about the future.

Therapeutic approaches for online recovery and regulation

Naomi draws on attachment-based and trauma-focused approaches to guide online work. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and patterns, helping people understand why they may struggle with trust, intimacy or feeling safe in relationships. Trauma-focused work concentrates on reducing the intensity of traumatic memories and reactions, offering grounding strategies and paced techniques to help manage flashbacks, hyperarousal or overwhelming emotions.

Finding the right model is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will check your goals, preferences and the kinds of difficulties you bring, then recommend ways of working that fit. Sessions can blend talking, parts work and brief creative tasks so the plan matches what you need right now.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or mobility needs while keeping the focus on steady progress.