Naomi Howard , BACP

Naomi Howard is a BACP practitioner based in the United Kingdom with five years of experience in therapy and safeguarding. She has worked with people facing a broad range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem and bereavement, and has specialist experience supporting those affected by child abuse, sexual trauma and domestic abuse.

Her practice also encompasses work with individuals struggling with self-harm, suicidal thoughts and related difficulties such as addiction, relationship and family problems, eating and sleeping issues, and challenges around intimacy and identity. Naomi pays close attention to how past experiences and relational patterns can continue to affect day-to-day functioning - for example through hyper-vigilance, dissociation or feeling disconnected from oneself - and supports people to find ways forward when coping feels overwhelming.

Her approach combines psychodynamic exploration of past experiences with parts work that helps people notice and dialogue with internal voices like an inner child or inner critic. She integrates trauma-focused methods to prioritise stability, offers psychoeducation about how the brain and body respond to stress, and uses creative techniques to help people express difficult material in different ways. Naomi holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and frames her work around helping survivors feel more grounded, safe and able to rebuild a meaningful life.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support and Healing

Naomi Howard uses psychodynamic therapy to help people explore how past experiences and early relationships shape present feelings and behaviours. This approach can be useful for those wanting to understand recurring patterns, attachment difficulties, or long-standing emotional struggles.

She also incorporates trauma-focused therapy to address the effects of abuse, violence or overwhelming experiences, helping clients build stability, process distressing memories and develop coping skills to manage symptoms that interfere with daily life. Additionally, Attachment-Based Therapy informs her understanding of relationship patterns and helps people repair or reframe how they relate to others.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and is treated as a collaborative process. Naomi works with clients and licensed professionals to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences, adapting techniques over time as understanding and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility - it allows sessions to fit around work, family and mobility needs and makes ongoing support more accessible. Many people find that remote formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care while still receiving tailored, theory-informed therapeutic work from a qualified practitioner.