I’m Cassie Crane, a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist supporting adults experiencing a range of emotional difficulties. I offer compassionate, evidence-based CBT tailored to each person’s individual needs. My aim is to provide a warm, collaborative space where we can understand what’s been keeping you stuck and work towards meaningful, lasting change.
Welcome.
How I can help
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I have a particular interest in supporting people who are recovering from high-control religious environments and/or spiritual abuse, navigating faith transitions, or rebuilding identity and confidence after leaving a religious community (please scroll down for specific information about what I offer in this respect).
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a lasting stress response triggered by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. It keeps your nervous system trapped in "survival mode," causing exhausting symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety.
I offer two of the most effective, gold-standard treatments to help you process trauma and regain control:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It helps you recognize how trauma has distorted your belief systems and gives you practical, everyday tools to challenge negative thoughts and reduce avoidant behaviours.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (from November 2026)
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (such as guided eye movements or taps) to help your brain reprocess stuck traumatic memories. It bypasses talking therapy to naturally dull the painful emotional charge attached to your past experiences.
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"Small t" trauma refers to distressing personal experiences that exceed your ability to cope, even if they aren't immediately life-threatening. While less obvious than major disasters, repeated events like bullying, a difficult breakup, emotional neglect, or chronic financial stress accumulate over time, leaving you feeling stuck, anxious, or unworthy.
We use tailored, evidence-based approaches to help you process these subtle but deeply impactful wounds:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps you pinpoint the negative, core beliefs—such as "I am not good enough" or "I am unsafe"—that grew out of your past experiences. Together, we safely restructure these thought patterns to change how you react to triggers today.
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Low self-esteem is a persistent negative view of your worth. It drives self-doubt, people-pleasing, and a harsh inner critic.
Through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), we target the automatic thoughts fueling your insecurity. You will learn to challenge distorted self-judgments, quiet your internal critic, and rebuild balanced self-compassion.
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Depression can feel like a persistent weight that drains your energy, motivation, and hope. It creates a cycle of negative thinking that makes everyday tasks feel monumental and isolates you from the things you love.
Through therapy, we help you break this cycle by identifying automatic depressive thoughts, gently reintroducing rewarding daily activities, and incorporating techniques tailored to your unique journey, allowing you to reframe your outlook and reclaim your life.
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Social anxiety is an intense, persistent fear of being watched, judged, or scrutinised by others. It can make everyday social interactions—like speaking in groups, meeting new people, or eating in public—feel overwhelming, often leading to isolation and avoidance.
Through therapy, we work together to understand the root of your social fears and quiet that anxious internal voice. By blending effective techniques from different therapeutic approaches, we help you challenge negative self-judgements, manage physical symptoms of anxiety, and gradually build the genuine confidence needed to engage comfortably in social settings.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterised by distressing, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive actions or mental rituals (compulsions) performed to ease the resulting anxiety. This exhausting cycle can take up hours of your day, making you feel trapped by your own mind.
Through therapy, we work to break this cycle by helping you safely confront intrusive fears without relying on repetitive habits. By blending evidence-based techniques tailored to your needs, we support you in retraining your brain's alarm system, reducing the power of anxiety, and reclaiming your daily freedom.
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Health anxiety involves an intense, persistent worry about having or developing a serious medical illness. This often leads to excessive body-checking, reassurance-seeking, or constant online researching, which ultimately fuels a distressing cycle of physical symptoms and escalating panic.
Through therapy, we work together to quiet these overwhelming health fears and break the cycle of constant scanning and checking. By blending evidence-based techniques tailored to your needs, we help you manage physical anxiety symptoms, challenge catastrophic thoughts, and build a more balanced, peaceful relationship with your body.
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) involves a persistent, overwhelming sense of worry about everyday things, even when there is no clear reason for concern. This constant state of high alert can trigger physical exhaustion, muscle tension, restlessness, and trouble sleeping, making it incredibly difficult to find mental rest.
Through therapy, we help you quiet this background noise of chronic worry. By combining effective strategies from different therapeutic approaches, we work together to manage your physical stress, challenge cyclical "what if" thoughts, and help you find a sense of calm and control in your daily life.
My approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) forms the foundation of my work. CBT is a well-established, evidence-based therapy that helps us understand the links between our thoughts, emotions, behaviours and physical responses, and how these patterns can keep us stuck. Alongside CBT, I have completed training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), which I may draw upon where appropriate and always in line with your individual goals. From November 2026 I will also be offering EMDR therapy. I also draw on Compassion-Focused Therapy techniques, as well as those found in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
My aim is to offer a compassionate space where you will be met with warmth and curiosity, to be fully heard and understood, with a view to equipping you with tools for lasting change.
The therapies I offer
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CBT is a practical, evidence based therapy that helps us understand the links between our thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and behaviours. Together we’ll identify the patterns that may be keeping you stuck and develop practical strategies to help you move forward.
CBT can be particularly effective for anxiety disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), depression, low self-esteem and trauma-related difficulties. I tailor CBT to your individual needs rather than using a one-size fits all approach.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a compassionate approach that helps us understand the different ‘parts; of ourselves. You might recognise an anxious part, an inner critic, or a part that wants to protect you.
Rather than trying to get rid of these parts, we become curious about them, helping them feel understood and allowing lasting change to happen in a gentle way. I often integrate IFS alongside CBT where it feels helpful.
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Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy developed to help people recover from traumatic or distressing experiences.
EMDR helps the brain reprocess memories that continue to feel emotionally ‘stuck’, reducing the distress they cause. From November 2026 I’ll be offering EMDR alongside CBT and IFS where appropriate
Therapy for religious trauma, spiritual abuse and faith transitions
Perhaps you’re feeling emotionally stuck following a change in your faith, beliefs or religious community?
Perhaps you’re feeling confused, worried, guilty or ashamed, or questioning beliefs that once felt certain?
Perhaps you’re struggling to trust your own judgement after being used to looking outside yourself for answers?
Perhaps you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed about rebuilding your life, relationships or sense of belonging?
Perhaps a change in beliefs has brought up difficult questions about meaning, mortality or what happens after death?
You don’t need to have left religion, or to have reached any particular conclusion about what you believe, to come to therapy. You may have left a religious community, moved towards a different faith or way of understanding things, or still value aspects of your faith while struggling with others.
These experiences don’t always fit neatly into a diagnostic label. You may be trying to rebuild your sense of identity, make sense of difficult experiences, manage guilt or an overwhelming sense of responsibility for others, or learn to trust yourself and your own choices.
My aim is to offer a space where these questions can be explored with compassion and curiosity, alongside evidence-based psychological therapy where this is helpful.
What to expect
I believe that good therapy should empower you as a person, and should never feel instructive or prescriptive. While I use established, evidence-based approaches and techniques, I have no interest in pushing people to fit any particular agenda. My role is to work alongside you. I won’t tell you what to think or how to live your life; instead, therapy can help you explore what feels authentic and meaningful to you.
Above all, I strive to create a therapeutic relationship where you feel safe, heard and respected. I believe lasting change comes not from being ‘fixed’ by someone else, but from discovering your own strengths and developing the confidence to move forward independently.
I know that beginning therapy can feel like a big step, and that feeling able to trust your therapist and decide whether they are a good fit for you matters. Your first session is an opportunity to talk about what has brought you to therapy, what you would like to achieve, and to ask any questions about how I work.
From there, I’ll help you develop an understanding of the difficulties you’re experiencing and consider a way forward that feels right for you. Therapy is collaborative and can move at a pace that feels manageable, while supporting you towards the changes that matter most to you.
About me
Outside of the therapy room, I’m happiest when I’m out walking in the Peak District, curled up with a good psychological thriller or gothic novel, spending time with my family and friends, and my cat, Bertie.
I love autumn days, the sound of rain and finding moments of calm in nature. I’m endlessly curious about psychology, personal growth and how people heal, which is probably why I never seem to stop learning.
I’m someone who values warmth, humour and authenticity. Therapy doesn’t have to feel clinical or intimidating, and while I take my work seriously, I don’t believe we have to be serious all of the time. I think laughter often has an important place in healing too.
Fees
Individual therapy - £80 per 50-minute session.
I offer a free 15 minute initial consultation, giving you the opportunity to tell me briefly what you’re looking for and ask any questions before deciding whether you’d like to book a first session.