Individual therapy
People come to therapy for all sorts of reasons.
Maybe your brain won't switch off. You're worrying, overthinking or replaying conversations when you're trying to get to sleep.
You might be feeling low, flat or just not quite yourself. Your confidence has taken a knock. A relationship is difficult, something has ended or life has changed in a way you weren't expecting.
Perhaps you're grieving, carrying the impact of something painful from your past, or finding yourself in the same situations you promised you wouldn't end up in again.
You might notice yourself saying yes when you want to say no. Keeping busy so you don't have to think. Pushing people away when what you really want is to feel closer to them.
Or maybe you're starting to realise that things which happened a long time ago are still affecting how you feel about yourself and relate to the people around you.
You might know exactly what's wrong and be fed up that knowing hasn't been enough to change it. Or you might not have a clue where to start.
Either is a perfectly good place to begin.
What might bring you here?
Anxiety, worry and overthinking
Feeling low, flat or depressed
Struggling with confidence or self-worth
Grief, loss and bereavement
Difficult relationships, separation and divorce
Abusive or controlling relationships
Trauma and experiences that still affect you
Difficult family relationships or things from childhood
Stress, overwhelm and burnout
Life changes and not knowing what's next
Finding it hard to say no or put yourself first
Making sense of neurodivergence
Feeling unsure of who you are or where you fit
Feeling stuck or repeating the same patterns
There’s no one type of client who comes to therapy and so there’s no one way of doing therapy.
I work integratively, which is just a fancy way of saying I don't believe one type of therapy works for everyone. We'll figure out what works for you.
We might explore why you keep ending up in the same situations, make sense of things from the past or notice patterns you hadn't quite spotted before.
I'll ask questions, share what I notice and sometimes gently challenge you. There might be difficult conversations. There'll probably be a few laughs too. Therapy doesn't have to be serious all the time.
And not everything needs fixing. Some things are genuinely painful. Grief, loss, relationships ending, things that shouldn't have happened.
Sometimes therapy is simply about making sense of what you've been through and finding a way forward that feels right for you.
What Influences My Work
I don't believe there's one way of doing therapy that works for everyone. I draw on different approaches, depending on you, what you're going through and what might help.
Relationships, emotions and understanding yourself
Much of my work is about understanding how your experiences have shaped you, the patterns you find yourself in and the ways you relate to yourself and others.
Emotion Focused Therapy
Making sense of feelings and what they might be telling you.
Attachment & Relationships
Understanding the patterns that show up in your relationships.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Finding ways to live alongside difficult thoughts and feelings.
Compassion Focused Therapy
Changing the way you respond to your inner critic.
When life leaves it’s mark
Trauma & EMDR
Working with experiences that continue to affect how you feel, respond and relate, including EMDR where appropriate.
Grief & Loss
Making room for what you've lost and finding your own way of living with what's changed.