Meet the Therapist
Hayley Hildred
Integrative Therapist & Breathwork Practitioner
My work as a therapist and breathwork practitioner has grown out of both lived experience and a genuine curiosity about people.
Before training, I spent many years in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. That experience shapes how I work today, with an understanding of what it’s like to appear to be coping on the outside while carrying a lot internally.
I’m particularly drawn to parts-based, IFS-informed work, as well as trauma-aware and somatic approaches. I’m interested in how the breath can offer a way into emotional experience, and how self-compassion, curiosity and creativity can support change, especially when words feel limited or the body is holding more than the mind can easily explain.
I work in a way that is paced, relational and collaborative. There’s no pressure to perform, explain everything, or rush toward insight. Instead, I aim to offer a steady, supportive presence, and a space where you can begin to listen inward at a pace that feels right for you.
I have experience working with people across a range of experiences, including ADHD, Autism, menopause, relationship breakdown, burnout, panic attacks, grief, miscarriage and baby loss, childhood trauma, and sexual abuse.
Alongside my private practice, I also work with Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing CIC and Harmonia Women’s Wellbeing CIC.
My qualifications include a Level 3 Award in Breathwork (CPCAB), a Level 4 Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (NCPS), and a Level 2 Group Facilitation Practitioner qualification (CPCAB).
My Beliefs
There is nothing weak about wanting help. Choosing to understand yourself, to grow, to do things differently — that is strength.
Needing support is human, not shameful.
Burnout, overworking, people-pleasing, self-doubt — these are not character flaws. They are adaptations. They helped you cope, achieve, belong or survive. When we understand them, we gain choice.
Your patterns once made sense
Thinking can bring insight. But change often begins in sensation — in breath, in tension, in what happens beneath words. The body carries stress, memory and protection. When we learn to listen to it, something settles.
We work with the body, not just the story
This work is not about correcting you. It is about helping you relate to yourself with more clarity, agency and care.
You are not a problem to be fixed
Lasting change rarely grows from self-criticism. It grows from steadiness. From learning to stand beside yourself rather than against yourself. That is not softness — it is power.
Self-compassion is strength
Methods and models are important. But what changes people most is how it feels to work with someone. Safe enough. Steady enough. Honest enough. Whether online or in person, the space between two people is what allows the work to unfold.
The relationship matters
If you’re curious about therapy or breathwork and whether it might be supportive for you, you’re welcome to register your interest using this form.