Annabel Brightwell

I work with highly self-aware adults who have tried therapy before but found it didn’t go deep enough. As an EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist I specialize in trauma and helping clients move beyond talk therapy alone. Together, we'll help you uncover and heal the patterns that keep you stuck, creating space for lasting change and deeper self-connection.

If you’re feeling weighed down by trauma, grief, shame, or anxiety, you don’t have to carry it alone. My role as a therapist is to walk alongside you, and to help you find the strength and resilience already within you. If you’re ready, together, we can turn wounds into wisdom and create space for hope, clarity, and renewal.

My approach is collaborative and deeply relational. I ask hard questions gently, offer clear reflections, and always respect your timing. I strive to create a space where even the most painful parts of your experience can be explored with dignity, curiosity, and care.

I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, where I guide clients through the process of reshaping the impact of trauma into resilience, strength, and healing. I also work from an attachment framework, and I weave in parts work, through Ego States and Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed techniques. These tools help us process trauma, navigate emotional blocks, and move toward lasting change.

Therapy with me isn’t about "fixing" you, because you're not broken. It’s about building a real, respectful partnership where your story is honored, your complexity is welcomed, and your healing unfolds at your own pace.

Therapy, in my view, isn’t a formula, it’s a relationship.

Clients tell me they feel deeply seen and remembered, and that consistent presence becomes its own kind of medicine.

I am not afraid to enter the emotional trenches that others may shy away from. I’ve been described as a kind of emotional alchemist: someone who can walk alongside you in trauma, shame, and grief, and not just understand pain, but metabolize it and turn it into medicine.

I'm not a distant expert, I show up as a real person, and I hold space for your full humanity too. If you're ready to go deeper, to stay with the hard things, and to be met with dignity every step of the way, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.