Psychotherapy for Founders & Business Leaders

Founder Burnouts

Psychotherapy for Founders

For founders and leaders who are still functioning on the outside, but something underneath isn’t holding. Psychotherapy for founders gives you a confidential space to work through the stress, anxiety, and emotional strain that build up from carrying constant pressure and responsibility. So it stops following you into every room you lead.

At this level, the personal and the professional rarely stay separate. Anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, loss, and old patterns resurface under stress. They don’t stay at home. They shape how you sleep, think, and show up for your team and the people closest to you. High performers often make space for this last.

I’m a BACP-registered counsellor with a Master of Counselling, and I’ve worked with leaders across three continents. I understand the startup world from the inside, so you won’t spend sessions explaining what a funding round or a co-founder fallout feels like. We start with what matters to you.

My Approach

Integrative, person-centred, and trauma-aware.

Together, we:

  • Make sense of what you’re experiencing and why it’s showing up now
  • Explore the patterns, beliefs, and past experiences shaping how you respond to pressure, relationships, and setbacks
  • Work through anxiety, stress, low mood, loss, or relationship difficulties
  • Build ways of coping that hold up when work and life get demanding

How This Differs From Coaching

Coaching is forward-focused. It works on how you think, decide, and lead. Psychotherapy goes deeper, into your emotional wellbeing, your relationships, and experiences that may be affecting you well beyond work.
If you’re unsure which you need, we can work that out together on a free 15-min Clarity Call. Book here.

The Result

Greater steadiness from the inside out. A clearer relationship with yourself and the people around you. And room to lead and live without holding everything together on your own.

Psychotherapy isn’t an emergency service.

In the UK: if you’re in crisis, contact your GP, call NHS 111, or call Samaritans free on 116 123. If your life or someone else’s is at immediate risk, call 999.

Outside the UK: contact your local emergency services, or find a free helpline in your country at findahelpline.com.

Get in Touch

Whether you're exploring coaching for yourself or your team, I'd love to hear from you. Send a message or book a free clarity call to get started.

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