Working with adults…

What brings you to therapy is my curiosity…

Maybe you don’t know, exactly. Something doesn’t feel right and you need someone to talk with. I often hear surprise from my clients that they ‘have not told anyone this before’, or they ‘don’t know how to put it into words’. That’s great, together we will look back at your past, sit with the present and prepare for the future you. Sessions can be ongoing, delving deeper and adjusting as we go, or they can be succinct and goal-oriented.

Clients most often present with some form of anxiety or depression. This makes sense as our negativity bias can get exhausted and we lose perspective. However, underneath the fear, grief, or anger are a number of feelings that we confuse as emotions, blocking our innate sense of awe and joy. My aim is for you to reconnect with your authentic self and realign with your purpose. You will remember your true self, and live it.

My skills involve listening to the story of your life, reflecting feelings and patterns of behaviour back to you. Often adults can get stuck in their story, so this witnessing encourages self-awareness and congruence between mind and body, leading to a greater sense of healing. Much of our work is talking therapy to build your sense of safety for deeper work where will may add in the use of creative imagination. This can include breathwork, visualisations, chakra balancing, bodyscans and drawing. Psychotherapy with me balances mind, body and soul.

As an integrative transpersonal psychotherapist, I adapt my approach to the needs of each client. My training to work with people of all ages and genders allows me to respond from a place of learning and intuition. It is said that your clients often bring you material you need to focus on as well. In that vein I have added further training to meet my client’s needs that also resonate with mine.

Please see the separate sections on Specialisms and Workshops around autism and sensory needs, boarding school syndrome and the impact of privilege, men’s work such as fatherhood and healthy masculinity and inner child work – reconnecting with joy, innocence and creativity through sandtray therapy, art and play.

I am also training as a clinical sexologist and as such am looking to work with individuals experiencing sexual function problems as explored through my Psychosexual page.