About Ann Moorhouse
I've always been drawn to people's stories: the real ones, the ones underneath the tidy version most of us give at first. Someone close to me spotted that in me when I was eighteen, and asked me how I would put it to good use in my life. I named it as my future then, though it's taken more than half a lifetime to actually get here. I always knew I would.
What hasn't changed since is the belief underneath it: that the moment someone unpacks their inner world, often for the first time, is a significant one. It deserves to be treated that way: not glossed over with technique, and not buried in theory.
Who I work with
Most of the people I sit with are in their twenties or thirties, and from the outside, their life looks like it's going to plan: the job, the relationship, the milestones everyone said would feel good once you got there. But underneath, something feels off. Decisions loop endlessly, either dreaded beforehand or picked apart afterwards. Achievements land flat instead of proud.
There's often a quiet grief sitting underneath all of it: for the relationship that ended, the friendship group that drifted, the version of life that didn't unfold the way it was supposed to. Disappointment that's never really been let out, let alone named.
If any of that sounds familiar: feeling behind, stuck on loop, disconnected from your own feelings even while everyone around you thinks you're doing fine, it's the kind of work I know well.
What matters to me in the therapy room
Ethics come before technique, every time. I work from an integrative, person-centred base, which in practice means I don't force the person in front of me into a model just because it's the one I trained in. I follow what's right for you.
I take the weight of what's shared in a session seriously. Someone saying the thing they've never said out loud is not a small moment, and I don't treat it like one. There's no rigid script here, and no performance either, just an honest exchange, held carefully.
What it’s like to work with me
Expect steadiness rather than rigidity. I bring real energy into sessions including the odd flash of dry humour when it's useful rather than a distraction. I'll follow the whole thread of what you're feeling, not just the headline: the contradiction that doesn't add up, the guilt that doesn't make sense, the thing you've skirted around for months.
I'll challenge you, directly but not bluntly, when it's useful to. And hopefully, somewhere in all of that, you'll find some of the kindness toward yourself that you don't currently give yourself.
Training, experience and registration
I hold an MA in Counselling, alongside Level 4 and 5 qualifications in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice, and my experience in the therapy space spans back to 2012. I’m a registered member of the BACP (419873) and an Accredited Registrant with the NCPS (NCS22-01475).
Alongside my private practice, I work clinically with Cruse Bereavement Support, which has given me particular experience with bereavement and complex loss including the kind of disenfranchised grief that doesn't always get recognised as grief at all: a friendship that quietly ended, a future you'd already imagined stepping into, a life that didn't turn out as expected.
I work in two ways: Online Therapy across the UK and in-person Walk & Talk Therapy in Rushcliffe and South Nottinghamshire. I keep my training fresh, so my practice continues to develop alongside the people I work with.
Is this the right fit?
There's no set script to how we'll work, so this tends to suit people who come ready to actually open the door, not just talk around the edges of what's going on, but explore it fully and, if it's right, do something different with what you find. You might arrive because of one clear moment or experience that tipped things, or a slower build that's just reached its limit. Either is a good enough reason.
What matters more is being ready for something to actually shift, rather than just wanting to talk about shifting.
Outside of sessions, I find my own perspective outdoors, in the quieter moments that don't ask anything of you. It's part of why I believe in giving people room to properly pause, rather than just rush through to find a quick fix.
If this sounds like what you've been looking for, the next step is a free intro call: a low-pressure way to ask questions and get a feel for whether we're a good fit, before deciding anything further.
Kind words from former clients