Psychotherapy in Richmond upon Thames
Vernon Stokoe
MSc, BA (Hons), PsyDip
Individual therapy offers a space to step outside the pressure and momentum of daily life, and to reflect more deeply on how you relate to yourself, your relationships, your work, and the direction your life is taking.
I work with individuals navigating heartbreak, emotional overwhelm, career and business pressure, questions around meaning and identity, and periods of transition where life no longer feels fully aligned or sustainable. Much of my work is with ambitious, creative, and psychologically minded people who recognise the importance of maintaining balance whilst pursuing demanding professional or personal goals.
My approach is thoughtful, exploratory, and person-centred, drawing heavily from relational psychology, attachment theory, and Jungian ideas around individuation and self-development.
Areas I Help With
- self-understanding and personal growth
- feeling stuck or disconnected
- business, ambition, and success
- relationship patterns and attachment
- heartbreak and relationship endings
- spiritual crisis
- emotional wellbeing alongside success
- meaning and direction
- identity and life transitions
- ambitious and fast-moving lifestyles
- creative pressure and uncertainty
- balancing ambition and personal life
- anxiety and emotional overwhelm
- emotional burnout
- confidence and self-esteem
- loneliness and isolation
Get in Touch
If you’re considering relationship counselling or psychotherapy, you’re welcome to get in touch.
Abount Vernon
I work with individuals from my practice in the heart of Richmond upon Thames, a short walk from Richmond Station. My work focuses on emotional wellbeing, self-understanding, relationships, and the psychological challenges that can accompany modern life.
Alongside psychotherapy, I also work with ambitious professionals, creatives, and entrepreneurial individuals who recognise the importance of psychological balance, emotional awareness, and healthy relationships alongside demanding personal and professional lives.
Alongside psychotherapy training, I also studied hypnosis and hypnotherapy as part of a deeper interest in the psyche and human behaviour.
Fees
Individual Therapy
60 minute session • £100
Relationship Therapy
90 minute session • £150
Location
The Greenhouse Therapy Rooms
36 Paradise Road
Richmond upon Thames
TW9 1SE
Phone: 07833 505 040
Email: vernon@citypsychologist.com
What Brings People to Therapy?
- Feeling stuck in the same emotional patterns
- Relationship difficulties and disconnection
- Anxiety, overthinking, or emotional overwhelm
- Low self-esteem or self-criticism
- Difficulty trusting others or feeling emotionally safe
- Feeling disconnected, numb, or lost
- Struggles with boundaries, intimacy, or identity
- A desire for deeper self-understanding and personal growth
Therapy offers space to explore these questions more deeply, helping you better understand yourself, your relationships, and the patterns shaping your emotional life.
What can psychotherapy help with?
People come to psychotherapy for many different reasons. This may include anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, stress, life transitions, loss, self-esteem, emotional overwhelm, or a general feeling of being disconnected from themselves or others.
Psychotherapy can also help people develop greater self-awareness, understand recurring emotional patterns, and explore parts of themselves that may have been difficult to face alone.
Rather than offering quick fixes, therapy is often about creating deeper understanding, emotional clarity, and more sustainable ways of relating to yourself and your life.
You do not need to be in crisis to begin therapy
A lot of people delay therapy because they believe they need to reach a breaking point before seeking support. In reality, psychotherapy can be valuable long before things become overwhelming or unmanageable.
Many people begin therapy because they feel stuck, disconnected from themselves, emotionally exhausted, or aware that certain patterns in their life keep repeating. Others simply want a deeper understanding of themselves and the way they relate to the world around them.
Therapy can provide a space for reflection, emotional growth, and meaningful change, even when it is difficult to put into words exactly what feels wrong.
Why do I keep feeling stuck in the same patterns?
Many emotional patterns begin as ways of coping. A person may learn to withdraw, please others, stay guarded, overthink, or avoid conflict because at some point these responses helped them feel safer or more in control.
Over time, those same patterns can begin to create stress, distance, anxiety, or relationship difficulties. What once protected you may now be getting in the way of feeling connected, understood, or emotionally free.
Psychotherapy can help you understand where these patterns came from, why they continue to repeat, and how to relate to yourself and others in a more conscious and compassionate way.
Why do I feel emotionally numb?
Many people experience emotional numbness without fully understanding why. Feeling disconnected from your emotions can develop gradually through stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, burnout, or unresolved emotional pain.
For some people, emotional shutdown becomes a way of coping with difficult experiences. Over time, this can create a sense of distance from yourself, your feelings, and the people around you.
Psychotherapy can help you reconnect with your emotional experience, better understand what you are carrying internally, and develop a stronger sense of emotional connection and self-awareness.
