Are you feeling stuck, despite everything you have already tried?
For many of the individuals I work with, the difficulty is not a lack of insight or effort. It is that the patterns they find themselves in, within relationships, their emotional and social worlds, and how they relate to themselves, are deeply rooted and persist despite their best attempts to change.
These patterns are often shaped by early relational experiences and developmental trauma, which continue to influence how you think, feel and connect in the present. Without addressing these underlying dynamics directly, change can feel temporary, inconsistent or just out of reach.
This is where focused, specialist psychological work becomes essential.
I am Dr Madeleine Roantree, a BPS and HCPC registered Chartered Counselling Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience in mental health, including extensive work within the NHS supporting individuals with complex and enduring psychological difficulties. My work also extends into media commentary and expert contribution, reflecting a recognised level of clinical authority in the field of relationships, mental health and human behaviour.
My approach is grounded in the understanding that lasting change requires more than coping strategies. It involves identifying and working through the relational and developmental patterns that underpin distress, often formed early in life and repeated in adult relationships, decision making and self perception.
Alongside my clinical training, I bring lived experience of anxiety and depression, which informs a depth of empathy combined with a clear and pragmatic focus on change.
I offer individual therapy, couples work and relationship focused interventions for clients who are ready to engage in a meaningful and sustained process. This work is structured, direct and collaborative, and is best suited to those who are willing to commit to the process over time.
The outcome is not simply symptom relief, but a fundamental shift in how you relate to yourself, to others and to your life. Working with me over time will shift something for you for the better. Ready to get to work?Book a consultation call today.
Explore My Core Services
Couples Therapy
Rebuild connection. Restore trust. Move forward together.
Couples often seek support when relationships feel stuck, distant, or full of recurring conflict. My approach helps you understand the emotional patterns beneath the surface and equips both partners with skills to communicate more effectively, resolve conflict and strengthen long-term connection.
- Communication difficulties
- Betrayal recovery & trust rebuilding
- Intimacy concerns
- Relationship stuck points
- Decisions about separation or repair
Therapy focuses on both resolving conflict and nurturing emotional insight so you can build a relationship you both want.
Date Coaching
Navigate dating with confidence and clarity.
Being single can feel confusing, discouraging or emotionally overwhelming, especially when old patterns keep repeating. My date coaching helps individuals:
- Understand dating behaviour and attachment patterns
- Improve online and in-person dating success
- Turn first dates into lasting connections
- Navigate exclusivity and commitment
- Overcome rejection, frustration and burnout
Date coaching blends psychological insight with personalised strategy to make your dating life more satisfying and effective.
Personal Therapy
For better emotional wellbeing and increased self confidence.
Life can feel chaotic, confusing, ostracising and overwhelming, causing strain on your relationships to others and experience of life. I offer therapy for individuals experiencing:
- Anxiety, chronic worry, panic attacks, low mood and depression
- Relationship break-ups and loss
- Commitment and intimacy concerns, including psychosexual issues
- Stress and life transitions
- Symptoms of ADHD, ASD and PTSD
Strong relationships and life satisfaction grow from psychological self-understanding and resilience.
Areas of expertise
Mental health is not all about illness but also flourishing. I cover a host of topics in my work including, but not limited to:
Confidence, Boundary Setting, Motivation, Secure Attachment, Resilience, Assertiveness, Imposter Syndrome, Growth Mindset, Mindfulness, Relational Joy, Life Satisfaction, and Optimism.
Psychological methods
I work with a broad understanding of each clients experience rather than led by a diagnosis driven approach - unless it's helpful to the understanding a psychological presentation. I draw on an eclectic mix of therapies and psychological models to tailor the therapy to my clients. These include:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT), Systemic and Person-centered therapies, Attachment Theory, 'Power Threat Meaning', Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Positive Psychology and Neurofeedback.
"Dating and relationships can be hugely confusing and frustrating. I help people navigate any stage of the relationship process, whether that figure out where to start the journey of finding a partner, setting up an optimised online dating profile, how to convert chats into dates, dates into more and how to talk about exclusivity and navigate the tricky stages of long term relationships. I help couples stop recurring negative arguments and teach them how to maintain a healthy flourishing relationship. I also help couples experiencing infidelity or psychosexual issues."