Dorcas Upshall

Dorcas Upshall places each person’s goals at the centre of the therapeutic process, collaborating with clients to help them become more authentically themselves, make sense of current difficulties, or deepen self-understanding. When life, work, family, money, anxiety or stress begin to feel overwhelming, she offers a therapeutic space to explore and process those pressures.

Working together, Dorcas supports clients in examining thought patterns that may be holding them back, identifying behaviours they wish to change, and processing past experiences that continue to cause distress. The relationship she builds with clients is a confidential, trusting space where people can develop practical tools to become more emotionally confident and capable.

Her professional background includes roles in domestic abuse services, women’s centres, pastoral care in schools, LGBTQ+ charities, and addiction and recovery work. She is kink-aware and comfortable supporting people in a variety of relationship structures. Dorcas has also worked with adult and young person special needs provisions, and has experience as a teacher for over 10 years. In each setting she has learned from the resilience and diversity of the people she has supported.