Step beyond OCD's rules. Step into life.
Online therapy with a compassionate psychotherapist & mental health nurse.
Specialising in CBT, ERP & ACT for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and health anxiety.
Calm Minds Therapy
Step beyond OCD's rules. Step into life.
I’m Ashley, a registered mental health nurse and BABCP-accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapist. I have over 13 years’ experience working in mental health and have undertaken specialist training in OCD, including advanced CBT for OCD skills and training with leading OCD clinicians.
I offer 1:1 therapy online to clients across the UK.
I support clients using evidence‑based approaches, primarily Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Poor mental health can make your world smaller.
You might find yourself avoiding, seeking reassurance, researching, checking, performing compulsions or spending hours caught up in intrusive thoughts and uncertainty. Over time, it can feel as though you are being ruled about where you go, what you do and how you live.
But you can learn to respond differently. You don't have to live by OCD's rules.
At Calm Minds Therapy, I provide warm, compassionate and evidence-based therapy to help you break free from the patterns that keep OCD and health anxiety going - so you can spend less time caught in the cycle and and back to living the life that matters to you.
You don’t have to wait for OCD to disappear before you start living.
Therapy isn’t about getting rid of every unwanted thought or achieving complete certainty. It’s about learning that you don’t have to listen to OCD’s demands.
Together, we’ll work towards helping you:
● Understand the cycle that keeps OCD or health anxiety going
● Reduce compulsions, safety behaviours, reassurance seeking and avoidance
● Face uncertainty without needing to resolve it
● Respond differently to intrusive thoughts
● Reconnect with the things that matter to you
● Build confidence in making choices based on your values, rather than fear
● Create a life where you are in control
Therapy is active, but we work at a pace that feels manageable for you.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before you begin.
My aim is to provide a space where you feel understood, supported and never judged - while giving you the practical tools to make meaningful, lasting change.
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The goal isn’t to have a life without difficult thoughts.
It’s to have a life that isn’t controlled by them.
Step beyond OCD’s rules. Step into life.
Ready to take the first step?
Book a free consultation to talk through what’s been happening and whether therapy with Calm Minds Therapy could be right for you.
** PLEASE NOTE THAT I DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE SPACE FOR NEW CLIENTS HOWEVER YOU MAY CONTACT ME TO BE PLACED ON MY WAITLIST **
Your progress is my passion
Intrusive and obsessive thoughts do not require the attention and importance you give them.
Evidence based approach such as CBT which is recommended by both the NHS and NICE (National institute for health and care excellence).
Learn how to be present in life.
Learn how to be present in life.
About Calm Minds Therapy
Ethics & Values
Code of conduct
Ethics & Values
I hold myself to high ethical and moral standards.
- Maintain appropriate boundaries.
- Ensure lines of communication are clear and open.
- Be polite and considerate.
- Listen and consider any feedback given.
- Be open and transparent.
- Continue professional development.
- Provide information when requested in a timely and understandable way.
- Practice only
I hold myself to high ethical and moral standards.
- Maintain appropriate boundaries.
- Ensure lines of communication are clear and open.
- Be polite and considerate.
- Listen and consider any feedback given.
- Be open and transparent.
- Continue professional development.
- Provide information when requested in a timely and understandable way.
- Practice only in the areas of appropriate knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Deal with complaints, comments, and compliments as appropriate.
- Act in an honest and non-judgemental way.
Data protection
Code of conduct
Ethics & Values
- I am responsible for keeping session notes and ensuring these are held securely and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR 2018). Session notes are kept in a password-protected file on a password-protected computer.
- Everything we discuss in our sessions is confidential, except if you disclose something that sugg
- I am responsible for keeping session notes and ensuring these are held securely and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR 2018). Session notes are kept in a password-protected file on a password-protected computer.
- Everything we discuss in our sessions is confidential, except if you disclose something that suggests that you or someone else is at risk of serious harm, In these cases, I would always aim to make a shared plan about how to report the issue however this may not always be possible.
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
- I hold the following qualifications – Degree in Mental Health Nursing & Post Graduate Diploma in CBT.
- I am a member of professional governing bodies including the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 10I1690S) and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP 00001025029) and I adhere to their ethical statem
- I hold the following qualifications – Degree in Mental Health Nursing & Post Graduate Diploma in CBT.
- I am a member of professional governing bodies including the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 10I1690S) and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP 00001025029) and I adhere to their ethical statement and codes of conduct.
- I am accredited with BABCP (00001025029).
- I provide short and long-term therapy for a wide range of issues; however, I am not a crisis service. Anyone requiring immediate and/or life-threatening crisis support should contact the emergency services on 999. Mental health assessment and support can also be found at NHS 24 / NHS 111 by calling 111.