“Know thyself” a simple yet profound invitation that lies at the heart of my therapeutic approach.

"I Am" Therapy believe we each carry a life script: a story shaped by early roles, relationships, and the environments we've passed through. Over time, these scripts can begin to define us, but they are not who we truly are.

In our work together, I offer a sacred space to pause, reflect, and gently explore the many layers of your script. I see you not as broken, but as whole, perhaps just entangled in stories that no longer serve you.

I draw from Humanistic traditions; Person-Centred, Gestalt, and Transactional Analysis. I work relationally, spiritually, and compassionately. Together, we can begin to unravel inherited patterns, understand where they came from, and reconnect with your essence the still, unchanging presence beneath it all.

This is your space to remember who you are to come home to yourself.

Areas of Practice

Trauma

Trauma isn’t just what happened, it’s what’s still held in the body, the mind, the heart. In this space, you’ll be met with safety, patience, and care. Together, we’ll honour your pace, gently tend to the wounds, and begin the journey from surviving to living.

'Substance and addiction'

Addiction often speaks the language of pain, escape, and unmet need. This space is here for you, without judgement. Together, we’ll explore what the substance is soothing, and gently uncover new ways to cope, heal, and come home to yourself.

Sexual orientation LGBTQIA+

This is a space where you don’t have to explain who you are, only be. Whether you're exploring your identity, facing rejection, or seeking deeper self-acceptance, you’ll be met with respect, care, and understanding. Together, we’ll honour your truth and support your journey to living it freely.

Body image issue

Your body holds your story, not just how it looks, but how it’s felt, judged, and carried you through. In this space, we explore your relationship with your body with compassion, not criticism. Together, we’ll move towards acceptance, respect, and a gentler way of seeing yourself.

'Sexuality and sexual health'

Your sexuality is a sacred part of who you are. Whether you're questioning, exploring, or healing, this space holds your truth without shame. Together, we’ll gently unpack the layers, honour your body’s story, and support you in reclaiming confidence, clarity, and wholeness.

Relationships

Relationships can be our greatest teachers, and our deepest wounds. Whether you're navigating conflict, disconnection, or repeating patterns, this space invites honest reflection and healing. Together, we’ll explore how you relate to others and, most importantly, to yourself.

Anger management

Anger often masks deeper pain, unmet needs, unheard stories, unseen wounds. In this space, anger isn’t judged, it’s understood. Together, we’ll explore what lies beneath the surface, finding healthier ways to express, release, and reclaim your voice with clarity and care.

'Sex and intimacy issues'

Intimacy begins with knowing yourself. Whether you're facing disconnection, shame, or uncertainty, this space invites you to explore your relationship with touch, trust, and vulnerability. Together, we’ll peel back the layers and move towards connection that feels safe, authentic, and true.

'Bereavement and loss'

Grief has no timeline, no map, only waves. In this space, you are free to feel, remember, rage or rest. Together, we’ll honour your loss and gently hold the love that remains, as you find your way through, one breath at a time.

'Depression and Anxiety'

When life feels overwhelming, it’s easy to lose your centre. Here, you’ll find a calm, non-judgemental space to breathe, reflect, and gently untangle what’s beneath the surface. Together, we’ll slow the noise, tend to the pain, and reconnect you to steadiness within.

Low self-esteem

Beneath self-doubt often lies a forgotten truth: "you are already enough". In this space, we gently unpick the inner critic and the stories you’ve carried. Together, we’ll rebuild from within, grounded in self-worth, not performance.

Loneliness

Loneliness isn’t just about being alone, it’s about feeling unseen. Here, you’ll be met with presence and care as we explore the deeper longing beneath the silence. Together, we’ll journey back to connection, with self, others, and the soul of who you are.

Motivation

This space is for those feeling disconnected, stuck, or searching for meaning. Through self-inquiry and gentle reflection, we’ll uncover what truly moves you not from pressure, but from purpose. Your inner voice knows the way.

'Identity and belonging'

I offer a safe, grounded space to explore identity, culture, and belonging. Together, we’ll honour your roots, unpack what no longer serves you, and reconnect you to a deeper sense of self, where true belonging begins within.

Meet Angel Ogden

BSc Hons Integrative Humanistic counsellor (BACP)

The most beautiful invitation I’ve ever received was this: “Know thyself.” Not as interrogation, but as a sacred turning inward, a gentle yet profound inquiry into the layers we’ve gathered over time. Beneath those layers lives something unchanging. Something true. "I Am".

I see our lives as scripts, each of us born into a play already in motion. Cast with characters like family, friends, teachers, lovers. Each scene shaped by the environment, the era, the emotion. As children, we absorb these roles and settings, and from them, we build our identities. Scripts become beliefs. Beliefs become behaviours. Over time, we forget we were ever the writer.

In my work, I offer a new metaphor: imagine yourself as a TV. The life script plays out on the screen, flickering scenes, old stories, moments of joy and pain. But the TV itself, the source, is never altered by what plays upon it. It is steady. Still. Whole. But many of us forget how to switch off the script. We become entangled in the drama, thinking we are what we see.

I too have been lost in my own life script. Through therapy, spiritual practice, and deep self-inquiry, meditation, stillness, presence, I remembered how to switch the screen off. I reconnected with that place within that is untouched by the stories I’d lived.

This is how I sit with you. Together, we will gently explore the scenes, characters, and turning points of your life script. We’ll uncover how those moments shaped your view of yourself and the world, and begin the work of healing, placing those chapters to rest with love and peace.

My role is not to fix. You are not broken. Pain is part of being human, but suffering is the story we attach to the pain. That story can become a loop that keeps the screen running, disconnecting us from our resilience and essence.

Our work is to walk together, at your pace, through the layers. To create a space where you can safely explore, feel, and remember who you truly are.

My practice is rooted in Humanistic modalities that honour your whole being.

Person-Centred Therapy is the foundation. It represents the constant signal beneath the noise, the self-actualised ‘TV’. I believe we all carry this essence, but sometimes we lose sight of it. My role is to hold space while you reconnect with that deep inner knowing.

Gestalt Therapy brings the past into the present. It invites us to look at how our early environments and experiences shaped the ways we make contact with others, with life, and with ourselves. We explore those moments with curiosity, how you adapted, the roles you took on, the figures that shaped you. Importantly, the relationship we build in therapy becomes part of that healing. I believe the therapeutic relationship itself is a sacred space for transformation, a living encounter that fosters self-awareness for both of us.

Transactional Analysis (TA) helps us trace the roots of the life script, the developmental blueprint written in childhood through interactions with caregivers and key authority figures. TA brings clarity to the patterns, drivers, and beliefs that keep your internal screen on constant replay. By understanding the origin of these characters and messages, we can bring awareness, choice, and new direction.

About

My Services

Individual Therapy

At "I Am" Therapy, individual sessions offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space for you to explore your thoughts, emotions, and life experiences.

Sessions are held online or by telephone only at this time, offering you the comfort and privacy of your own environment.

· Session length: 1 hour

· Cost £50 per hour

*Concessions available: fees are discussed during your initial consultation.

*This service is open to adults aged 18 and over.

Please note that I do not offer crisis support, but I am happy to signpost you to appropriate services if needed.

If Individual Therapy feels like a path you’d like to explore, please get in touch to book a free consultation.

Walking Therapy

Walking Therapy is a gentle yet powerful way to reconnect with yourself through movement and nature.

Held in Victoria Park, East London, these sessions invite you to step outside the traditional therapy room and into open air, where body, mind, and spirit can breathe more freely.

Walking Therapy can feel especially helpful if you find it easier to reflect while moving, or if you feel confined or overstimulated by screen-based interactions. Nature offers a powerful container, not just for healing, but for remembering who you are beneath life’s demands.

· Location: Victoria Park, East London

· Session length: 1 hour

· Cost £55 per session

*Concessions available — fees are discussed during your initial consultation

*These sessions are available to adults aged 18 and over, and while they are therapeutic in nature, they are not suited for crisis intervention. If that’s something you need, I can help signpost you to the right support.

If Walking Therapy feels like a path you’d like to explore, please get in touch to book a free consultation. The first step can be a gentle one and you won’t have to take it alone.

Contact Me

Mail

Phone

Email: Angeltherapyogden@hushmail.com

Telephone: +44 7907415363

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