Professional Counselling and Therapy
Tailored counselling for adults, young people and couples — space to navigate life’s challenges at your own pace.
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Find your path to emotional balance
Discover a sanctuary for Counselling, CBT Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, and a range of psychotherapeutic services, located in a serene, semi-rural setting in Ford End, Chelmsford.
Why choose us
A sanctuary for your mental health
Safe practice
Committed to safe practice and raising standards in every session.
Professionally compliant
BACP, NCPS and ICO compliant, adhering to recognised ethical and data-protection frameworks.
DBS checked
Enhanced DBS checked and fully insured, so you can arrive knowing the practice is properly safeguarded.
Free private parking
Free on-site parking a few steps from a discreet, private entrance.
Purpose-built setting
A professional, purpose-built therapy setting — not a residential one.
A range of services
Counselling, CBT, clinical hypnotherapy and more — so support can match what you need.
Our services
A Range of Services
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Evidence-based CBT for anxiety, low mood and the thought patterns that keep repeating.
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Clinical Hypnotherapy
A focused way to make lasting change — for habits, confidence, sleep, stress and the things that feel stuck.
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Couples Therapy
A supportive, impartial space to be heard, rebuild understanding and move forward together.
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Corporate Wellbeing
Wellbeing workshops and pay-as-you-go therapy to support the mental health of your team.
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Meditation and Mindfulness Workshops
Guided meditation and wellbeing sessions for calm, balance and resilience — one to one or in a small group.
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Therapy for Under 18s
Gentle, age-appropriate therapy for children and teenagers — and support for the parents beside them.
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Neurodiversity Informed Therapy
Therapy that respects autistic, ADHD and otherwise neurodivergent ways of thinking, feeling and communicating.
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Our location
Essex Therapy Barn at Hill Farm in Ford End, Essex
On a quiet farm in Ford End, just outside Chelmsford. Free parking sits a few steps from a private, step-free entrance, with fields around you — so arriving feels calm rather than clinical.
Our team
About usWe have a highly trained team
Our team
About usWe have a highly trained team
Essex Therapy Barn was founded by the lead therapist Lynda Gooby, who works alongside Michael Gooby. They work with people individually — the therapist you are matched with is the person you work with, session after session.
Lynda is a psychotherapeutic counsellor, CBT therapist and clinical hypnotherapist — a Registered Member of the BACP and an Accredited Member of both the NCPS and the National Hypnotherapy Society. With over 18 years of experience, she works with adults, young people and couples.
Michael is a pluralistic therapist and clinical hypnotherapist, accredited with the NCPS and the National Hypnotherapy Society. He draws on CBT, psychodynamic and person-centred approaches alongside hypnotherapy, and offers face-to-face and online sessions — including evenings and Saturday mornings — for adults, couples and organisations.
Between them, they have a wealth of professional training and qualifications, alongside lived experiences of trauma, the impact of addiction, and neurodiversity.
Testimonials
What people say about our practice
Thank you for introducing me to my ‘free child’ which I had managed to ignore and squash. I am now so much happier, less critical of myself and others. The little me is so alive. Life can be fun!!!
Anonymous
I was amazed to find someone who understood my ways of thinking. Helped me see these as distorted - not every thought is real, even though it feels like that! I was even more amazed to learn that there are whole books written about this stuff. Thank you for your patience, your challenges, the homework and not to mention your humour.
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You have helped us both to see things from each other’s perspectives. The exercises you suggested actually worked! We will both remain very grateful.
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I think your great at your job, easy to speak to. I liked the creative arty stuff we did when I couldn’t talk about things. You have helped me rock my world.
Anonymous
Thank you for helping me grab hold of my anxieties with both hands. It was pretty scary at times, the exercises and mindful meditation you taught me helped. Finally, I am learning to be in control of my anxiety.
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