Meet Tom Coates & Kyla De Graauw
As therapists ourselves, we know how important the right space is. That’s why we created a therapy centre with beautiful, comfortable and safe rooms — the kind of environment clients instantly relax into and therapists feel proud to work from. If you’re looking for a room that elevates your practice, we’d love to welcome you.
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Counselling Psychologist & Director of The Henley Wellbeing Centre
Kyla is a Counselling Psychologist who works with adults and couples around depression, anxiety, low self-worth, identity, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. Kyla’s style is relaxed, collaborative and person-centred, drawing on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy to help you feel heard, understood and gently supported to move forward.
Kyla’s previous work as a Research Psychologist at an International Architectural and Interior Design firm looking at the importance of space and biophilic design inspired her to think more broadly about the therapeutic experience. Kyla has also contributed to a number of published articles in the area of interior design and the importance of the right space for therapeutic effectiveness.
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BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist & Director of The Henley Wellbeing Centre
Tom is a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with extensive experience supporting people with OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety and depression. Alongside his clinical training, Tom’s own journey with OCD and burnout informs his warm, curious and down-to-earth approach. Tom is passionate about making evidence-based therapy feel human, relatable and deeply compassionate.
Our Vision
We first crossed paths while renting therapy rooms in the same building. There was no grand plan — just two therapists doing the work we loved, passing each other in the hallway between sessions, sharing brief reflections about our days, therapeutic approaches and the realities of private practice.
Before long, those short conversations revealed something very meaningful: we shared the same vision of what therapy should feel like. We both believed that therapy deserves a space that is just as safe, warm and healing as the relationship itself — not clinical, not cold, but stylish, comfortable, human and thoughtfully designed.
As we got to know each other, we realised that our values aligned almost perfectly. We both wanted:
A centre where clients could walk in and breathe out — a sanctuary.
Therapy rooms designed with intention, beauty and comfort.
A place where therapists feel relaxed, supported and able to thrive in their challenging role.
An ecosystem where both clients and therapists can make use of a wonderful, welcoming space together.
What began as two practitioners renting rooms in the same building gradually evolved into a vision of something bigger: a therapy centre that looked and felt different — combining high-quality, evidence-based therapy with an environment that encourages calm, trust and deep emotional work.
That shared vision eventually turned into action. And now, together, we are building a centre that brings it to life: a welcoming, stylish and safe space designed for clients to focus entirely on their wellbeing, and for therapists to feel valued, connected and fulfilled in their work.
Our journey didn’t start with a business plan — it started with connection, shared purpose and a belief that therapy deserves a beautiful space to exist in. And that belief is still at the heart of everything we’re creating today.
