Georgina Sturmer

Georgina is an Integrative Attachment-Based Therapist, Supervisor, and Lecturer in Counselling. She works primarily with women, supporting them as they navigate anxiety, loss, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. Her approach is warm, compassionate, and curious, rooted in the belief that when we understand our story and our relationships, we can make meaningful changes to our everyday lives. Her journey into counselling began through volunteering with Home-Start, where she witnessed first-hand the power of empathy and active listening. Inspired by this experience, she enrolled on an Introduction to Counselling course – the first step in a career she finds deeply fulfilling. Since then, she has worked as a counsellor for Home-Start and the Watford Women’s Centre, as a crisis volunteer with the SHOUT helpline, and now runs a successful online private practice. Alongside her therapeutic and supervisory work, Georgina comments regularly for the press on a range of subjects relating to mental health and wellbeing. This has included appearances on BBC London, Radio Four Women’s Hour and a whole range of newspapers and publications. She is a Media Spokesperson for the BACP and a magazine advice columnist. Although her initial training was Integrative and rooted in Person-Centred theory, attachment theory became a major lightbulb moment during her studies. It offered what felt like a key to understanding the self, illuminating why we behave as we do and how our early relationships shape our emotional world. This inspired Georgina to complete the Level 5 Diploma in Attachment-Based Therapy and the Level 7 Diploma with Optima, deepening her relational work with clients and her understanding of herself. Coming from a long family line of teachers, Georgina feels at home in the classroom, whether in-person or online. Her career has gone full circle, and she is now a lecturer on CPCAB courses at West Herts College, where she originally trained, along with being a course tutor on the Optima Level 5 diploma. She finds great joy in exploring and explaining counselling concepts, weaving theory into practice, and learning from her students’ reflections and experiences. Her teaching style is warm, collaborative, and inclusive – and she brings curiosity and enthusiasm to her work without taking herself too seriously, creating a space where learning feels both supportive and alive. She believes that therapy, supervision, and teaching have an enormous amount in common – each offering lifelong opportunities for growth and development.