You don’t need to ‘become’ worthy. You just need to find your way back to the part of you that already knows you are.
You may be capable, thoughtful, successful, caring or dependable — and yet, underneath all of that, you don’t feel good about yourself.
You may find yourself questioning whether you’re enough, comparing yourself to others, second-guessing your decisions, or looking to other people for reassurance. You might feel that you should be more confident, more secure, or somehow ‘further along’.
And yet, there may also be another part of you that knows, quite deeply, that you have something of value. You know somehow that you are more than your insecurities, your mistakes or the way other people see you. You can sense your own worth, but somehow you can’t quite seem to access it or hold onto it.
This can leave you feeling caught between feeling like ‘too much’ and ‘not enough’; too sensitive, too emotional, too needy, too ambitious, too difficult, while simultaneously never feeling quite good enough.
Psychotherapy with Camilla Dobson
A space to understand yourself differently
You may feel disconnected from yourself, stuck in patterns that you understand intellectually but can’t seem to change, or confused by the gap between how others see you and how you experience yourself.
Sometimes this can become even more complicated when your sense of self has been shaped by different cultures, relationships, families or places. You may have become very good at adapting to what is expected of you, while finding it harder to know what you actually need or want.
Therapy can be a place to slow this down and begin to understand what is happening underneath it.
When your relationship with yourself feels complicated
We can explore the beliefs, experiences and relationships that have shaped the way you see yourself, and the ways you may have learned to adapt, achieve, please, withdraw or strive in order to feel secure or valued.
Rather than trying to turn you into a more confident version of yourself, our work can be about developing a more genuine and compassionate relationship with who you already are.
You don’t have to arrive knowing exactly what is wrong. We can work it out together.
What I work with
Your relationship with yourself
You may struggle with self-doubt, perfectionism, comparison or a harsh inner critic. Perhaps you find yourself seeking reassurance, putting pressure on yourself to get things right, or finding it difficult to trust your own judgement.
Your relationships with others
You may find it difficult to set boundaries, say no or express what you need. Perhaps you notice patterns of people-pleasing, fear of rejection, difficulty with intimacy, or feeling responsible for other people’s feelings.
When life feels overwhelming
Anxiety, overthinking, stress and burnout can make it difficult to switch off or feel present. You may be used to coping and keeping everything together but find that your usual ways of managing aren’t working as well as they once did.
When life is changing
Transitions can raise questions about identity, belonging and what you want next. This might be a change in a relationship, career, family circumstances or where you live. It can be particularly complex when you’ve lived between cultures, spent time away from home, or find yourself navigating different expectations and identities.
I also work with the impact of difficult or formative experiences from the past, particularly when they continue to influence how you feel, relate to others or understand yourself today.
A culturally aware perspective
I believe that who we are cannot always be separated from where we come from, the relationships we have had, or the cultures and communities we have lived within.
This might mean navigating family or cultural expectations, or it might mean growing up between cultures, having a multicultural identity, or spending significant periods of life away from home.
Having lived abroad myself, I understand something of the experience of adapting to a different cultural environment and of seeing yourself — and being seen by others — through more than one cultural lens.
Living abroad can bring freedom, perspective and possibility, but it can also complicate your sense of identity and belonging. You may find yourself constantly adapting, becoming different versions of yourself in different environments, or feeling that people around you don’t quite understand the whole picture.
I bring this awareness into my work without assuming that I know what your experience is. Your culture, family, relationships and life experiences are part of the context of who you are, but they don’t have to define you.
Whether you’ve lived in one place all your life or many, I am interested in understanding the world as you experience it.
A space to understand yourself differently
My approach is integrative, collaborative and grounded. I believe therapy works best when you feel able to bring your whole self into the room, including the parts you may usually hide, minimise or judge.
I am curious about the gap between how you appear to others and how you experience yourself. Together, we can explore where that gap comes from, what it has protected you from, and what it might be keeping you from now.
Training and Qualifications:
I am an MBACP Registered Therapist based in Central London, offering therapy both in person and online.
Contact:
If something here sounds familiar, you are welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation. You don’t need to know exactly what you want to talk about; we can start with where you are.
Rates:
£85 per session. (A limited number of concessionary spaces are available for students).
Session Format: 50-minute individual sessions. Weekly ongoing work is standard to build meaningful momentum.
Sessions:
Psychotherapy sessions at City Therapy Space:
Thursday
