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Personalised Talking therapy for the workplace
“The cost of poor mental health is £1,652 per employee, per year. That cost is for every employee, not just those who are ill. (For some industries this is double)”
Deloitte 2023
supporting the human
behind the job title
Trusted Partnership
An open, understanding, two-way relationship.
Get to know your therapist
A relaxed introductory call prior to therapy - ensuring a match between client and therapist.
Tailored Recordings & Activities
To support and build on progress between sessions.
The same Dedicated Therapist
For every session - maintaining the relationship & supporting progress.
Online sessions
Therapy conducted via Zoom or MS Teams - increasing flexibility & confidentiality.
This is NOT crisis therapy
If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, feelings and/or making plans, please seek urgent specialist support. Click header for contacts
- Anxiety Reduction & Nervous System Regulation
- Burnout Recovery & Emotional Recalibration
- Fear of Public Speaking & Performance Readiness
- Imposter Phenomenon & Restoration of Confidence or Self Worth
- PTSD & Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
- Menopause-Related Symptoms & Wellbeing Support
- Phobia Release & Desensitisation
- Habit Change & Behavioural Repatterning eg: Smoking Cessation
5:1
Is the ROI for investing in the mental health of employees
Deloitte 2022
52%
of employees feel burnt out
MHFA 2024
83%
of employees are more likely to join organisations that visibly prioritise mental health
Oxford Brookes University 2024
£24 bn Annually
presenteeism due to poor mental health is the largest cost to employers
Deloitte 2024: Mental Health & Employers
Talking Therapy with a difference
The Organisational Ripple of Poor Mental Health
Poor mental health and burnout quietly ripple through teams and across organisations — eroding wellbeing, engagement and performance. It shows up within team dynamics and affects external relationships with customers, clients and supply chains. All of which affect the bottom line.
In 2023, Deloitte reported that 57% of all working days lost to sickness are mental health-related. The CIPD’s 2025 Health and Wellbeing at Work Report echoes this. It cites mental ill health as the top cause of long-term absence and the second main cause of short-term absence. With average absence levels rising to 9.4 days per employee per year compared with 5.8 days in 2022.
The human and financial costs are significant — yet not inevitable. Change this picture by proactively supporting the human behind the job title. Investing in mental health is not a “nice-to-do”; it’s a strategic decision that supports people for their impact on the organisation’s purpose, performance and profit.
Preventative Care for Today's Workplace
Therapy is viewed as a reactive response, turned to after a crisis. At Connected Ape we see it as a proactive and pre-emptive approach. It’s better to prevent and sustain before issues escalate, than to crash and repair.
For leaders, this work is essential. Leadership wellbeing sets the emotional climate of a team or organisation. In 2023, an article published by Forbes stated that 69% of employees cite their manager as the greatest influence on their mental health. (Why Leaders Matter Learn more →)
Whether in leadership, the caring profession, creative or customer facing roles or just operating in high-pressure environments, this preventative approach enables people to show up with clarity, composure and compassion. Supporting the human, their best qualities and their capacity for sustainable performance without sacrificing wellbeing.
Private Practice Standards
At Connected Ape, we bring the quality and depth of private practice therapy to Life in Work. Our therapists are trauma-trained as standard — working with each unique client safely and effectively.
We integrate evidence-based approaches including EMDR, NLP, Cognitive Hypnotherapy, Somatic and Solution-Focused Therapy. Cognitive Hypnotherapy is a valuable addition for a more comprehensive workplace offering. Complimenting other more common modalities like CBT for enhanced, more sustainable therapeutic outcomes.
For those in high-pressure / high-compassion frontline support roles, first responders or caring professionals, secondary trauma, PTSD & Complex PTSD can quietly accumulate through the nature of their work. Compassion fatigue is also a very real risk. Our trauma-trained therapist are equipped to support people and safely work in these spaces.
Why our Approach is Different
As you’d expect our approach is ethical, confidential, professional and focused on achieving outcomes safely. We don’t follow arbitrary limits such as a “six-session” model. Some employees need fewer sessions; others more — particularly when working with complex trauma or long-standing patterns of negative thoughts, beliefs and behaviours.
Our focus is always on creating meaningful progress for each unique person and their situation as safely and efficiently as possible. It’s not in anyone’s interest to extend therapy beyond what’s needed to support lasting change that benefits the individual and the organisation.
To build on progress between sessions, we also offer tailored audio recordings and additional activities. We find this really adds momentum to the therapeutic process.
Working with the Whole Human
At the heart of every organisation are human beings — complex, capable, and occasionally in need of additional support.
When people are seen and supported as whole human beings, it helps them feel good and function with fluency and fluidity. Even when facing or building back from adversity.
For therapeutic support for you, your people or your organisation please drop us a line. We are happy to talk it through with you whether it is proactive and prevent escalation or reactive and repair.
Therapy designed to fit the individual & the organisation
Therapeutic Approaches we offer:
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing
This approach helps the brain reprocess distressing experiences so they lose their emotional charge and stop driving present-day reactions.
In organisational settings, EMDR is effective for C-PTSD, single-incident trauma, chronic high stress, moral injury and secondary trauma—issues that can emerge in high-pressure, people-focused or leadership roles.
Our trauma-trained therapists use a phased, contained approach: stabilisation and nervous-system regulation, targeted reprocessing with bilateral stimulation, and integration back into day-to-day work.
EMDR can be delivered as a stand-alone intervention or woven into talking therapy.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
NLP explores the relationship between language, thought and behaviour—how internal patterns shape communication, decision-making and emotional responses.
In organisational settings, NLP is effective for reframing limiting beliefs, reducing triggers, and enhancing confidence, communication and performance—particularly in high-pressure, people-focused or leadership roles.
The strength of NLP lies in how it is woven into talking therapy—enhancing emotional regulation, perspective and self-awareness to help individuals respond with greater clarity, flexibility and composure in daily interactions.
Working with what drives us
Hypnotherapy works with the unconscious mind to transform limiting beliefs, habits and behaviours that can quietly hold people back at work.
In organisational settings, Cognitive Hypnotherapy is effective for addressing patterns such as imposter phenomenon, low confidence, anxiety and performance-related stress—issues that often limit potential rather than capability.
By accessing the unconscious level where these patterns are stored, this approach enables sustainable change in how individuals think, feel and respond—supporting clearer thinking, emotional balance and greater self-belief.
The strength of Cognitive Hypnotherapy lies in how it is woven into talking therapy, enhancing insight and resilience in ways that conscious effort alone often cannot achieve.
Working with the body
This approach works with the body as well as the mind, recognising that stress and pressure are stored physiologically, not just mentally.
In organisational settings, Somatic Therapy is effective for burnout, chronic stress and high workloads—helping regulate the nervous system and build awareness of fight, flight or freeze responses that can arise when presenting, managing conflict or feeling overwhelmed.
Through practical, body-based techniques involving breath and grounding, this approach restores calm, focus and balance—reducing the physical impact of stress and supporting sustainable performance.
Somatic Therapy is woven into talking therapy, integrating body and mind for lasting wellbeing.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
This approach draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles to help individuals identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns that influence mood, behaviour and performance.
In organisational settings, these techniques are effective for reducing anxiety, managing pressure and reframing limiting beliefs that can affect confidence, communication and focus.
By increasing awareness of the connection between thoughts, emotions and actions, this approach supports practical, solution-focused change—helping individuals respond to challenges with greater clarity and control.
CBT techniques are woven into talking therapy, providing structured tools to build resilience and sustain positive change.
looking to the future
This approach focuses on practical solutions in the present rather than analysis of the past—helping individuals identify what works and build on existing strengths.
In organisational settings, Solution-Focused Therapy is effective for managing workplace challenges, enhancing communication and supporting progress during periods of change or uncertainty.
By focusing on small, achievable steps, this approach promotes clarity, confidence and momentum—empowering people to move forward with purpose and direction.
Solution-Focused techniques are woven into talking therapy, creating a results-oriented approach that supports sustainable growth and wellbeing.
What our clients say..
My anxiety was exhausting. On the outside to everyone else, I was confident. By the time the weekend came I was worn out from pretending to play a role. I had a bad case of imposter syndrome and promotions didn't go my way, I rarely spoke up in meetings and it seemed that the anxiety was impacting my life more and more.
I am amazed at how much has changed in my life. How much easier life is. I am confidently speaking up in meetings, I got a promotion. I also have tools in case I get triggered. I am work in progress and that's ok. Every session I came away with new insights or shifts. I often laughed with Bernadette too! I still listen to my recordings that I was sent.
I am amazed at how much has changed in my life. How much easier life is. I am confidently speaking up in meetings, I got a promotion. I also have tools in case I get triggered. I am work in progress and that's ok. Every session I came away with new insights or shifts. I often laughed with Bernadette too! I still listen to my recordings that I was sent.
I experienced anxiety, low confidence and self sabotage at work and social situations.
I was dubious about therapy but was instantly put at ease by Bernadette. She used a variety of techniques, set me homework and I started to notice positive changes.
Bernadette helped me re-evaluate my outlook on life and self belief. The coaching method used has also had a huge impact. I've gone on to have a promotion at work and am more relaxed about speaking up and sharing my knowledge. My team has given me great feedback for being supportive too as I have been able to apply these learnings to those around me.
I was dubious about therapy but was instantly put at ease by Bernadette. She used a variety of techniques, set me homework and I started to notice positive changes.
Bernadette helped me re-evaluate my outlook on life and self belief. The coaching method used has also had a huge impact. I've gone on to have a promotion at work and am more relaxed about speaking up and sharing my knowledge. My team has given me great feedback for being supportive too as I have been able to apply these learnings to those around me.
"I had a crippling fear of public speaking, which was holding me back in my own business.
I had reservations about therapy BUT in a shorter time than expected I was feeling free of this fear. I'm enjoying the challenge of presenting, of getting out there and my business has grown because of this."
I had reservations about therapy BUT in a shorter time than expected I was feeling free of this fear. I'm enjoying the challenge of presenting, of getting out there and my business has grown because of this."
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Investing in People & Performance
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