CBT, EMDR & Psychological therapy for adults & children in Glasgow & online
Specialist psychotherapy and psychology clinic
Connection Psychotherapy is a specialist clinic led by Gem Thomson, working with adults and young people experiencing anxiety, low mood, trauma, burnout, neurodivergence and repeating emotional or relationship patterns.
We help people join the dots between what is happening now and what happened then, understand what is keeping them stuck, and find the kind of therapy and clinician best suited to their needs.
We offer online therapy across the UK, with some in-person appointments available in Glasgow.
Enquiries are usually answered within one working day.
Meet the team
Connection Psychotherapy is a small, carefully curated team of experienced therapists and psychologists in Glasgow, offering both in-person and online sessions.
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We bring together clinicians with complementary areas of expertise chosen for their depth of expertise, warmth, and genuine clinical skill — so whatever brings you to therapy, you're working with someone who really knows that area.
​Do you experience:
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Anxiety, panic, or a persistent sense of being on edge
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Physical symptoms of anxiety such as a racing heart, tight chest, dizziness, or restlessness
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Low mood, emotional flatness, or a sense of emptiness
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Burnout, emotional exhaustion, and feeling overwhelmed by responsibility
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The effects of past trauma or difficult childhood experiences (including PTSD)
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Repeating relationship patterns that lead to anxiety, guilt, or self-doubt
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Feeling disconnected from yourself, or unsure who you are anymore
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A critical inner voice or sense of not being good enough
If any of these feel familiar, we can help.​​
Therapy for children and young people
Is your child struggling with:
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Anxiety, panic, or a persistent sense of being on edge
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Physical symptoms of anxiety such as a racing heart, tight chest, dizziness, or restlessness
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Emotional regulation
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Low confidence
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School stress
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Trauma
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Low mood
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Neurodiversity-related challenges
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Difficulties at home or with peers.
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If this sounds like your child, we can help.​​
Our main therapy approaches
Our team offers evidence-based and depth-informed approaches, including CBT therapy, Schema Therapy and EMDR.
CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps you understand the links between thoughts, feelings, body sensations and behaviour. It is often useful for anxiety, panic, OCD, low mood, trauma symptoms and stress.
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CBT is structured and practical. It can help you notice unhelpful patterns, test out new responses, and build tools you can continue using after therapy.
Schema Therapy
Schema Therapy is particularly useful for long-standing emotional and relationship patterns. These patterns often develop earlier in life and can continue even when, rationally, you know things should be different.
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Schema Therapy helps you understand the different parts of you, the emotional needs that may not have been met, and the protective coping styles that may now be keeping you stuck.
EMDR
EMDR is a trauma-focused therapy that can help people process distressing memories and experiences that still feel emotionally active in the present.
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It can be helpful for PTSD, trauma, difficult childhood experiences, phobias, panic, shame and other experiences where the nervous system still reacts as though the danger is happening now.
How therapy works
Therapy begins with an initial conversation about what has brought you here, what is happening now, and what you would like to feel or experience differently.
We can often help people feel better in the present by reducing distress, making sense of symptoms and introducing practical ways of coping. But we also look beyond the immediate problem.
A central part of our work is helping people join the dots between what is happening now and what happened then. Patterns that feel like part of your personality may actually have developed as ways of coping with earlier experiences, relationships or unmet emotional needs.
We use different evidence-based approaches depending on what will be most helpful. CBT can help identify and change the cycles maintaining current difficulties. Schema Therapy can help uncover deeper emotional patterns and unmet needs. EMDR can be used where past experiences or trauma continue to feel active in the present.
The aim is not simply to understand these patterns intellectually, but to help change them at a deeper level — including developing a stronger felt sense of safety, self-worth, emotional connection and choice.
Therapy may include:
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reducing anxiety, low mood, panic or trauma symptoms
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understanding the cycles that keep difficulties going
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identifying repeating emotional and relationship patterns
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recognising unmet emotional needs
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processing difficult or traumatic memories where appropriate
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developing healthier boundaries, confidence and self-compassion
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building new ways of responding that feel more freeing and less automatic
What my clients say
male 60's
Therapy with Gem helped me find myself again. From our first session, Gem identified the issues I was struggling with and gave me a clear plan forward. Over the months, I understood so much more about myself, learned how to manage stress, and gradually felt like myself again. I had always been sceptical about therapy, but the benefits have been amazing.
female 50's
I felt I could finally open up.
Gem was amazing. I felt an immediate connection with her, which made it easy to talk about things I had hidden inside. She listened without judgment and then offered insights on how I could cope with what I shared.
male 40's
I felt safe and supported.
Gem is an excellent professional, and I always felt completely comfortable in our sessions. That sense of ease helped me open up and make real progress.