How I work

“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.”

Haruki Murakami

I believe that therapy is a shared journey, where you are the expert in your own experience, and only you can decide the best course of action for your life. My role is to provide a safe, non-judgemental space for you to explore your feelings and thoughts, to feel heard and seen, and to uncover who you truly are – and not just who you have had to be.

My core training is in Integrative Tanspersonal Psychotherapy, which draws upon the wisdom of many other psychotherapy traditions, including psychodynamic, humanistic and existential perspectives, whilst also looking beyond to the unique essence of each individual.

I believe in a holistic approach that includes explore all aspects of your life and experience, from your thinking patterns and life scripts, dreams and intuition, as well as the felt sense.  In our sessions, we explore your past experiences, significant relationships, present challenges, and your goals. I work creatively and intuitively, and may offer dream analysis, breath work, somatic enquiry and creative imagination exercises. The content and structure of each session may look very different and are dependent on is most suitable and accessible in each moment, and what spontaneously and intuitively arises.

The therapeutic relationship

I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!

                                                           Hafiz

Research reveals that it is the strength of the therapeutic alliance, rather than a particular technique or approach, that is the greatest indicator of success in therapy. I am committed to providing a supportive and safe environment for therapy and ask that you commit to the process as well. I use a holistic, integrative approach and endevour to meet each client wherever they are in their journey, honouring their life experiences, while also looking beyond, to who they truly are.

I provide a safe, confidential space for you to work through your life’s challenges, develop new, healthy resources and coping strategies, and develop an increased sense of self awareness. This can allow for something new to emerge, and for old, unhelpful patterns to be left behind.

Areas of focus

I work with individuals to help understand and resolve a wide range of emotional difficulties including, but not limited to, depression and anxiety; life crises and bereavement; relationship problems, trauma, attachment issues, and existential concerns. I use an integrative approach that incorporates a combination of therapeutic modalities in order to meet you wherever you are in your journey. 

Exploring early childhood experiences and relationships

"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.”   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              T.S.Eliot

While we cannot change what has happened to us, we have the power to reshape our relationship to our past experiences, to no longer be in a place of reactivity, and to choose our responses in the present moment. In our sessions we may identify past patterning and life scripts and examine whether these beliefs and habits continue to serve and support us. The intention is that in so doing, we empower ourselves to move forward in ways that are authentic and can enable us to achieve our goals.

Life’s Transitions

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

                                    Victor Frankl

Life’s transitions and crises can challenge us, they may strip away our former identities and attachments, and leave us feeling ungrounded.  I believe that every life crisis and transition presents as an opportunity and invitation about how to move forward in a way that is more aligned with who we are, and where we want to me. How do we move forward in a way that honours what we have experienced?

Trauma

“Trauma is not what happens to you. It’s what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you.”     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Gabor Mate

Difficult experiences in our lives can sometimes overwhelm our ability to cope, and can leave deep, long-lasting imprints on our minds, often residing silently within us as trauma. Whether stemming from childhood experiences, accidents, or attachment wounds, trauma can affect how we perceive and interact with the world.

I believe that we are not defined by what happens to us, and have agency in determining how we would like to move forward. My goal is to provide a trauma-informed, safe and empathetic space to help you navigate and heal from these experiences, to process emotions, discover and strengthen resources, build a sense of security and foster residence.