Naomi Howard, BACP

Naomi Howard is a United Kingdom based therapist with five years of clinical experience and membership of the BACP - a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She has worked across safeguarding and therapeutic settings with people facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem and loss.

Naomi specialises in supporting people who have experienced recent or non-recent child abuse, sexual trauma, domestic abuse and relationship difficulties, and she also works with those struggling with self-harm and suicidal thoughts. She recognises how abuse and trauma can leave lasting psychological, emotional and physical effects - such as heightened vigilance, disconnection from the self and a sense of no clear way forward - and places emphasis on restoring a sense of safety, grounding and agency.

Her clinical approach blends psychodynamic work to explore how past experiences shape present patterns, parts work to make sense of inner elements like the inner child or inner critic, trauma-informed methods to build stability, psychoeducation to explain typical brain and body responses, and creative techniques to support non-verbal expression. Naomi offers a steady, trauma-aware framework intended to help people heal, rebuild and move toward a life they find more freely lived.

Approaches for Online Trauma, Attachment, and Psychodynamic Work

Naomi uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the impacts of traumatic experiences by helping individuals process distressing memories and learn strategies to reduce trauma-related symptoms - this approach is often used for people coping with abuse, violence or overwhelming events. Psychodynamic Therapy is used to explore how past relationships and early experiences influence current feelings and patterns; it helps make unconscious dynamics more understandable so people can make different choices in their lives. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early attachment experiences shape relationship patterns and emotional responses, supporting people to develop safer relational ways of connecting and regulating emotion.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Naomi works collaboratively with clients and with registered professionals to identify the methods that best match an individual’s needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for scheduling and for choosing a way of communicating that feels most comfortable. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to fit therapy into busy or changing lives while still working with an experienced therapist.