Liz 2025
I can’t recommend Ashley enough. I have recently worked with him on my sugar addiction, something that has been a problem all my life and never resolved with different therapies or hypnotherapy. Ashley is empathic and gentle, but does not shy away from challenging beliefs I held that were unhelpful. Sessions could be difficult sometimes but I always enjoyed them and felt I had made progress. I feel I have come a long way in resolving the emotional causes of my sugar addiction and this has made a huge difference. It has literally been life-changing.
— Liz, 2025
Alv 2023
After researching EMDR therapy I felt that it might enable me to address difficult feelings that remained after several extremely traumatic periods I experienced as a child. Having worked in the mental health and social care sectors I knew how important finding the right therapist was, and I am grateful that I was able to find Ashley’s practice. I had doubts that anything would be able to help me, but his reassurance and openness about the process meant that I quickly knew that I had found something effective.
From the outset Ashley had a strengths-based approach that reminded me of the value of the way in which I had been coping, and enabled me to take the useful elements of this forward. This made letting go of unhelpful beliefs and strategies much more accessible. It also meant I felt prepared to do the work that I knew would be required to achieve my goal of being free of the effects of past trauma. The EMDR process was at times intense, but throughout I instinctively knew that it was an important investment in myself. Ashley held a safe space; after decades of never being far from a flight or fight response this was incredibly valuable. It enabled me to remain focussed on intensely charged, pervasive feelings, and safely reprocess them. During the sessions I could feel them shifting and becoming manageable. The reprocessing continued between sessions, with important realisations and connections spontaneously emerging. Ashley had skilfully prepared me for this, had clearly understood my thinking style, and with gentle encouragement guided me towards accepting the experience in a way that was the most helpful for me. The feeling of emerging freedom was nothing short of life-changing.
The work done with Ashley was profoundly healing; session by session the burden of years of embedded distress was dispersed, and I came to a new, healthier understanding of myself. Most of all, it has given me clarity about how I now want things to be for myself, and how to ensure this happens. The objective of removing the weight of past trauma was fully achieved. Those feelings are over and done with. I am now free to think about past events, should I choose, without a distressing response. They no longer intrude, and are a part of my history that I manage on my terms, and not theirs.
— Alv, 2023
Lucy 2021
I began EDMR Therapy online with Ashley a few months ago and it has absolutely changed my life. Initially I was anxious but quickly felt at ease and reassured by Ashley, I can't express how wonderfully kind, skilled, professional and down to earth he is. I'd read into EMDR but hadn't been able to access it via the NHS so after a thorough search of google, I decided to reach out to Ashley and see if we could do some work together. I've engaged in many therapies to work on other issues but I hadn't been able to address my childhood trauma before which I felt was crucial to finally move forward. I went into this therapy knowing it would be tough and it was, some sessions I cried as it felt like opening Pandora's boxed after being closed for so many years; it was tiring and some nights all I wanted was to close off. However, using appropriate coping skills between sessions and reaching out to him helped immensely. Once we'd finished the last stages of reprocessing each memory, it honestly felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and life has been inexplicably better since. I'm no longer as reactive, it doesn't feel like my nervous system is continuously activated like it was before, I'm not in fight/flight mode as much, my sleep is better, I'm able to seek comfort in other ways and provide more compassion toward myself, trust myself and others; every part of my life is better and I'm so much happier. It's always within you, but sometimes you need a guiding hand to help you reach the other side and fully know in your heart that the experiences you endured were not your fault. EMDR is tough but absolutely worth it, thank you for helping change my life Ashley. I cannot recommend you enough :-)
— Lucy, 2021
James 2024
Couldn’t recommend Ashley highly enough, he is a very skilled welcoming and incredible therapist I saw Ashley at my lowest point and to work on myself, since working with Ashley it’s been a complete game changer for myself and he was a really important part and I will be forever grateful to him and what he did to help me become the man I am today.
— James, 2024
Jennifer 2020
Ashley created a safe space where I felt comfortable enough to revisit my past trauma. Over the years I had developed some ritualistic behaviours as a coping mechanism - these behaviours were having a negative impact on my life and in particular my current relationship. After a few sessions with Ashley my rituals were happening less and less and I can now say they have stopped completely. I feel so much stronger after having EMDR with Ashley and have developed the skills to accept what had happened in my past and no longer blame myself. I kept my trauma hidden for many years and I now feel so much lighter and able to let go. Ashley was professional throughout and I will forever be grateful.
— Jennifer, 2020
Gary 2022
Having spent over a decade struggling with a troublesome past experience, I made the decision to contact Ashley Russell for help, a decision that I am extremely glad I made. This was the first time I had any kind of therapy, so I was naturally quite nervous to start. However, after the first session I felt that Ashley had understood not only what I was struggling with, but completely understood me as a person. Ashley was patient, calm and kind throughout my sessions with him, and I felt that helping me with my situation was a genuine and personal aim of his. To say that I’m thankful is an understatement, as my time with Ashley has been one of the most positively impactful events in my life. Thank you for everything!
— Gary, 2022
I can’t recommend Ashley enough. I have recently worked with him on my sugar addiction, something that has been a problem all my life and never resolved with different therapies or hypnotherapy. Ashley is empathic and gentle, but does not shy away from challenging beliefs I held that were unhelpful. Sessions could be difficult sometimes but I always enjoyed them and felt I had made progress. I feel I have come a long way in resolving the emotional causes of my sugar addiction and this has made a huge difference. It has literally been life-changing.
— Liz, 2025
Alv 2023
After researching EMDR therapy I felt that it might enable me to address difficult feelings that remained after several extremely traumatic periods I experienced as a child. Having worked in the mental health and social care sectors I knew how important finding the right therapist was, and I am grateful that I was able to find Ashley’s practice. I had doubts that anything would be able to help me, but his reassurance and openness about the process meant that I quickly knew that I had found something effective.
From the outset Ashley had a strengths-based approach that reminded me of the value of the way in which I had been coping, and enabled me to take the useful elements of this forward. This made letting go of unhelpful beliefs and strategies much more accessible. It also meant I felt prepared to do the work that I knew would be required to achieve my goal of being free of the effects of past trauma. The EMDR process was at times intense, but throughout I instinctively knew that it was an important investment in myself. Ashley held a safe space; after decades of never being far from a flight or fight response this was incredibly valuable. It enabled me to remain focussed on intensely charged, pervasive feelings, and safely reprocess them. During the sessions I could feel them shifting and becoming manageable. The reprocessing continued between sessions, with important realisations and connections spontaneously emerging. Ashley had skilfully prepared me for this, had clearly understood my thinking style, and with gentle encouragement guided me towards accepting the experience in a way that was the most helpful for me. The feeling of emerging freedom was nothing short of life-changing.
The work done with Ashley was profoundly healing; session by session the burden of years of embedded distress was dispersed, and I came to a new, healthier understanding of myself. Most of all, it has given me clarity about how I now want things to be for myself, and how to ensure this happens. The objective of removing the weight of past trauma was fully achieved. Those feelings are over and done with. I am now free to think about past events, should I choose, without a distressing response. They no longer intrude, and are a part of my history that I manage on my terms, and not theirs.
— Alv, 2023
Lucy 2021
I began EDMR Therapy online with Ashley a few months ago and it has absolutely changed my life. Initially I was anxious but quickly felt at ease and reassured by Ashley, I can't express how wonderfully kind, skilled, professional and down to earth he is. I'd read into EMDR but hadn't been able to access it via the NHS so after a thorough search of google, I decided to reach out to Ashley and see if we could do some work together. I've engaged in many therapies to work on other issues but I hadn't been able to address my childhood trauma before which I felt was crucial to finally move forward. I went into this therapy knowing it would be tough and it was, some sessions I cried as it felt like opening Pandora's boxed after being closed for so many years; it was tiring and some nights all I wanted was to close off. However, using appropriate coping skills between sessions and reaching out to him helped immensely. Once we'd finished the last stages of reprocessing each memory, it honestly felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and life has been inexplicably better since. I'm no longer as reactive, it doesn't feel like my nervous system is continuously activated like it was before, I'm not in fight/flight mode as much, my sleep is better, I'm able to seek comfort in other ways and provide more compassion toward myself, trust myself and others; every part of my life is better and I'm so much happier. It's always within you, but sometimes you need a guiding hand to help you reach the other side and fully know in your heart that the experiences you endured were not your fault. EMDR is tough but absolutely worth it, thank you for helping change my life Ashley. I cannot recommend you enough :-)
— Lucy, 2021
James 2024
Couldn’t recommend Ashley highly enough, he is a very skilled welcoming and incredible therapist I saw Ashley at my lowest point and to work on myself, since working with Ashley it’s been a complete game changer for myself and he was a really important part and I will be forever grateful to him and what he did to help me become the man I am today.
— James, 2024
Jennifer 2020
Ashley created a safe space where I felt comfortable enough to revisit my past trauma. Over the years I had developed some ritualistic behaviours as a coping mechanism - these behaviours were having a negative impact on my life and in particular my current relationship. After a few sessions with Ashley my rituals were happening less and less and I can now say they have stopped completely. I feel so much stronger after having EMDR with Ashley and have developed the skills to accept what had happened in my past and no longer blame myself. I kept my trauma hidden for many years and I now feel so much lighter and able to let go. Ashley was professional throughout and I will forever be grateful.
— Jennifer, 2020
Gary 2022
Having spent over a decade struggling with a troublesome past experience, I made the decision to contact Ashley Russell for help, a decision that I am extremely glad I made. This was the first time I had any kind of therapy, so I was naturally quite nervous to start. However, after the first session I felt that Ashley had understood not only what I was struggling with, but completely understood me as a person. Ashley was patient, calm and kind throughout my sessions with him, and I felt that helping me with my situation was a genuine and personal aim of his. To say that I’m thankful is an understatement, as my time with Ashley has been one of the most positively impactful events in my life. Thank you for everything!
— Gary, 2022
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