If you're looking for counselling in Berkshire, my practice sits right on the county's doorstep — a quiet consulting room in Marlow, a few minutes across the river from Maidenhead and Cookham, with online video sessions for clients anywhere from Reading and Windsor to Bracknell and Wokingham. I'm Keeley Taverner, a Psychotherapist, BACP Accredited and author of Why Love Hurts.
This page explains how I work with people across Berkshire, the towns I cover, and the kinds of difficulty I support — with a particular focus on relationships, couples and recovery from toxic or controlling relationships.
A private therapist for Berkshire
As a private psychotherapist serving Berkshire, I offer something different from a short NHS course: longer-term, specialist therapy shaped around you, with no waiting list and complete confidentiality. Whether you've searched for a private therapist, a counsellor or simply counselling in Berkshire, the work is the same — a steady, considered therapeutic relationship over time, drawing on CBT, EMDR, person-centred and integrative approaches as they fit the person in front of me.
BACP Accredited is the higher tier of membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy — one step beyond Registered. My clinical practice, supervision and ethics have been independently assessed against the BACP standards, and my membership is verifiable on the BACP public register.
Relationship & couples counselling across Berkshire
Relationships are where most people in Berkshire first reach out — and they're the heart of my work. Relationship counselling, couples counselling and marriage counselling give you a practical, confidential space to be heard and to understand each other again — whether you're in crisis, drifting quietly apart, or simply stuck in the same argument. Where there's been an affair, affair-recovery work helps couples decide, honestly and without pressure, what comes next.
I also work extensively with the after-effects of toxic relationships and narcissistic abuse — the niche I'm best known for. Partners can join in the room together in Marlow, or from two different places online if one of you is away in the week. There's no quick fix and I'll never promise one; what I offer is a calm, neutral space to start seeing the patterns clearly.
Looking for a psychologist in Berkshire?
It's worth being clear about titles, because people often use them interchangeably. I'm a BACP Accredited psychotherapist, not a chartered psychologist — the difference matters. A psychologist (registered with the HCPC) trains in the science of the mind and may carry out formal psychological assessment or diagnosis; a psychotherapist trains specifically in the talking therapy itself — the long, careful work of helping someone understand and change difficult patterns. For most people in Berkshire looking for help with relationships, anxiety, low mood or the fallout of a toxic relationship, that therapeutic work is exactly what they need. If formal diagnostic assessment is what you're after, I'll say so honestly and help you find the right person.
Towns across Berkshire I work with
Marlow sits on the Buckinghamshire bank of the Thames, with Berkshire beginning the moment you cross the river — so much of east Berkshire is genuinely local, and online sessions cover the rest. Clients come to me from across the county, including:
- Maidenhead and Cookham (SL6) — just across the bridge
- Windsor and Eton (SL4)
- Slough and Burnham (SL1–SL3)
- Reading, Twyford and Wokingham (RG1–RG41)
- Bracknell, Ascot and Sunningdale (RG12, SL5)
- Newbury and west Berkshire (online)
By car, Marlow connects straight into Berkshire via the A404 to Maidenhead and the M4 (J8/9), and on to Reading at J11. By train, the Marlow branch line runs to Maidenhead — over the county line — onto the main Great Western route through Slough and Reading. If you're further west towards Newbury, online video sessions mean the distance need not be a barrier at all.
How I work — in person in Marlow, online Berkshire-wide
For many people the right answer isn't one or the other. Plenty of clients start with a couple of in-person sessions at the Marlow practice to build the relationship, then move to secure video when work, childcare or the commute around the M4 corridor makes travelling awkward. Online sessions are held over an encrypted platform, never recorded, and held to the same BACP confidentiality and UK GDPR standards as in-person work — you can read the detail in my privacy & data protection policy.
The simplest first step is a free, no-pressure 30-minute consultation by phone or video — a chance to ask questions and see whether we're a good fit before you commit to anything.
