Pace belongs to you
We never rush a feeling or a decision. Progress that lasts is progress you set the speed of.
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Our storyWe built the practice we wished had existed.
Selador grew from a simple frustration: the people doing the hardest emotional work were often the same people drowning in forms - and no one was holding both at once.
How Selador began
A name that means a sheltered place to grow.
Our founder, Esme Larkin, spent ten years inside stretched mental-health services watching the same pattern repeat: clients would make real progress in the room, then lose ground to a benefits letter, a missed deadline, an application that defeated them.
So in 2015 she opened a single room with two intentions - keep the therapy slow and human, and never let the practical world quietly undo it. Selador is the result: a place where the emotional and the administrative are treated as one piece of work, because for the people we serve, they always were.
What we hold to
Four principles, kept simple.
Plain language, always
Whether it's trauma or paperwork, we say things in words a tired human can actually use.
The whole person counts
Mind, body, admin, presence - we don't pretend any one of them lives in isolation.
A decade, measured
Small practice, real reach.
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The people in the rooms
Who you'll actually meet.
Esme Larkin
Founder · Trauma therapist
Somatic and inner-child trained, with ten years in NHS mental-health work behind her. Esme holds the deeper therapeutic threads and the practice's quiet philosophy.
Joren Adisa
Access & advocacy lead
A former benefits caseworker who knows the systems from the inside. Joren makes eligibility legible and stays with you until the outcome lands.
Tamsin Vey
Group facilitator · Expressive arts
Facilitator of our Reconnection Circles, blending writing, movement, and mindful play into a space that makes being seen feel safe.
When you're ready
Come and see if we're a fit.
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