My Therapeutic Approach
Many people experience relief when they have someone to listen to them when facing life and events that feel difficult or overwhelming. Especially if we don’t feel able to share what is concerning us or what we are feeling with other people (family or friends) in our lives.
Psychotherapy provides a confidential and supportive space in which you can explore how you feel, think, and behave with a non-judgemental professional. There are lots of different sorts of psychotherapy and counselling. It is important that you think about what you need and what you think will work for you.
I qualified as a psychotherapist in 1999 and have also completed training in Somatic Trauma Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Deep Brain Reorientating (DBR), Person Centred Expressive Arts Therapy, Online & Telephone Counselling.
I am an experienced, kind, competent, clear, and reliable therapist who is committed to supporting you to explore, question and, at times, challenge yourself to change in ways that work for you. I work within the UKCP code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
I work with adults (over 18 years) on a wide range of issues including:
Their past.
Their identity.
Their mental and/or physical health.
Their relationships.
Their choices.
My Therapeutic Approach
My model of psychotherapy is integrative and humanistic. This means that I will use different approaches from different therapeutic models that offer a way of working that is unique to you.
Examples of things we might explore together are:
Your relationship with yourself
How you think and feel about yourself.
Your relationship with others
How you interact with those around you.
Your childhood
Looking back can support you to move forward.
Your emotions
Exploring how you experience and express your emotions.
How you communicate
What works and what doesn’t for you.
How you live your life
What you can change and what you can’t.
Surviving in an unequal society
How power operates in your life. What are your choices?
Loss and Grief
The death of loved ones or other life events.
How you adapt after addiction
Empowering yourself to get past your past.
Get in touch
You can contact me by email through this contact form. I am the only person that has access to my emails.
When you contact me, please let me know your name and provide a telephone number which you are happy for me to use to contact you (e.g. if we have technical issues).
I usually reply within 48 hours (weekdays) unless I am away. If I am away, you won’t receive a response to your email until I am back at work.
If you contact me and leave an email, I will assume it is ok to get back to you. If you don’t want me to reply to your email or ring you back (e.g. if I need to use your phone number in a remote session due to tech issues), please tell me. If this is the case, I will wait for you to re-contact me.
Please remember – these contact methods are not secure. This means we cannot guarantee complete confidentiality. I therefore suggest it is best not to write or discuss personal or sensitive information in an email.