Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) & Emotional Intensity in Folkestone

I offer counselling in Folkestone and online for people who experience intense emotions, relationship difficulties, or have received a diagnosis such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).

Labels can sometimes feel heavy or stigmatising. In our work together, we won’t focus on a diagnosis or on pathologising you, but more on understanding your lived experience: your patterns, your pain, and the ways you have learned to cope.

You Might Recognise:

  • Rapid shifts in mood

  • Fear of abandonment

  • Intense or unstable relationships

  • Feeling overwhelmed by emotions

  • Self-criticism or shame

  • Impulsive or self-protective behaviours

  • A history of trauma or attachment disruption

These experiences often make sense in the context of your earlier relationships, and the way you learnt to survive hard times.

My Approach

I draw on DBT-informed skills to help you manage emotional intensity and develop practical tools for staying grounded.

I also integrate Internal Family Systems to explore different parts of you, for example the part that feels overwhelmed, the part that protects, the part that fears being left. Rather than pathologising these parts, we work towards understanding them with compassion.

I use attachment-based and psychodynamic approaches to help us explore how your past relational experiences may be shaping your present difficulties.

The aim is not to fix you: it is to help you feel more stable, more understood, and less alone in your experience.

Working With Complexity

I have experience supporting people living with:

  • BPD

  • Bipolar

  • C-PTSD

  • A history of psychosis

  • Complex trauma

If you are unsure whether counselling feels appropriate, you are welcome to get in touch to talk it through.

In-Person & Online Therapy

I offer sessions in central Folkestone (CT20) and online across Kent and the UK.

Therapy can provide a consistent space where intense feelings are met with steadiness and compassion rather than judgement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you offer DBT?

I am not a full DBT programme provider, but I integrate DBT-informed skills and mindfulness practices into therapy where helpful.

Will you judge me for my behaviours?

No. Therapy is a space to understand behaviours in context, not to criticise them. We work with compassion and curiosity.

Taking the Next Step

Beginning therapy when you experience emotional intensity can feel vulnerable. If you are considering counselling in Folkestone or online, I offer a free 20-minute introductory call so you can ask questions and see whether working together feels right.