Hayley Manning
About me
I’m a UKCP accredited Humanistic Psychotherapist, specialising in grief, loss and trauma.
I work with people who may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, anxious or low, often after an experience of loss or change that has left them struggling to make sense of what has happened. Sometimes the loss is clear; sometimes it is harder to name. Either way, it can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and from the life we once knew.
I believe that having a safe, supportive space to explore what you’re experiencing can make a real difference. Therapy offers the time and space to slow things down, make sense of what has happened, and begin to understand what you need now. You don’t have to work through it all on your own.
Alongside my private practice, I host the Time to Talk TFMR podcast and have worked with bereavement charities and within The Royal Marsden NHS.
How I work
I offer therapy both in person and online, and my approach is integrative. This means I draw on different therapeutic perspectives, including Person-Centred, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis, alongside Attachment Theory and trauma-informed thinking.
But for me, therapy isn’t about fitting you into a particular model or having all the answers.
You are the expert on you.
I believe that people have an innate capacity for resilience, growth and change, even when that can feel very far away. My role is to offer a relationship where you can feel heard, understood and accepted, without judgement, and where we can gently explore whatever feels important to you.
The relationship we build together is at the heart of my work. From there, we can begin to make sense of your experiences, understand patterns that may no longer be serving you, and find ways of moving forward that feel right for you.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. Your therapy will be shaped around you, your experiences and what you need.
Who I work with
Loss is a common thread in the work I do with both men and women.
When we think about loss, we often think first about the death of someone we love. But loss takes many forms. It can be the end of a relationship, the loss of work or health, a change in the life we expected to have, or a part of ourselves that we no longer recognise.
Sometimes we grieve the paths we didn’t take, the future we imagined, or something we hoped would happen but didn’t. These experiences can bring feelings of sadness, anger, regret, guilt or shame — and sometimes we may not even recognise them as grief.
I’ve found that many of us are given very little space to grieve these losses. We are often expected to carry on, even when something fundamental has changed. When losses remain unacknowledged or unprocessed, they can build up over time, leaving us feeling isolated, anxious, low or simply stuck.
My work is particularly informed by my experience and special interest in pregnancy-related loss and complications, including infertility, miscarriage and termination for medical reasons (TFMR), as well as ill health and terminal illness, particularly cancer.
Whatever has brought you to therapy, I want to get to know you and your story, and we can start wherever you are in it.
Fees
15 min free phone call
Initial session: £90
Ongoing sessions: £85-90 per session.
Call or text: 07940 717459
Email:
hayley@hayleybmanning.com