What brings you to therapy?

As adults, our lives are shaped by many interconnected parts: our early experiences, past and present relationships, work, families and the responsibilities we carry. Some of these influences are clear to us, while others may sit outside our conscious awareness, quietly shaping how we think, feel and respond in the present.

We also exist within wider systems, cultures and structures that affect us in ways we cannot always see or control.

You may be here because you are looking for a safe, non-judgemental space where you can slow down, reflect and begin to untangle what you are going through. If so, I can offer this to you alongside my private practice experience supporting clients with a range of issues, including:

  • Anxiety

  • Low mood or depression

  • Grief and bereavement

  • Stress, overwhelm or burnout

  • Relationship difficulties

  • Parenthood or motherhood

  • Coping with change or life transitions

  • Work-related challenges

My approach to psychotherapy

If, after our initial chat, we both feel that we would be a good fit, I would work alongside you to explore these interconnected parts of your life and begin to make sense of what may be troubling you.

I offer a space grounded in trust and curiosity, where we can build a strong therapeutic relationship and explore what has brought you here.  You may arrive with a clear sense of what is troubling you. Or perhaps you simply know that something does not feel right but do not yet have the words to explain it. We can begin wherever you are.

As a qualified integrative psychotherapist, I draw on a range of established therapeutic approaches and techniques to shape the therapy around your needs. These include:

  • A person-centred focus, which involves listening deeply to what you say, what remains unspoken and what emerges between us. I may also use metaphors and imagery to help us make connections and give expression to experiences that are difficult to put into words.

  • Psychodynamic therapy, which explores how your early experiences and relationships may continue to influence how you feel, relate and respond in the present.

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which can help you identify automatic thoughts and recognise how patterns of thinking may affect your feelings and behaviour. Together, we can explore and develop more helpful ways of responding.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS), which can help us explore the different parts of you, the roles they have come to play and how they may sometimes create tension within you.

  • Gestalt techniques, which invite us to work creatively with what is happening in the present moment and explore how different feelings, experiences or parts of you might be brought into greater dialogue.

Together, we will craft a way of working that responds to who you are, what you bring and what you need from therapy.