How I work

I provide a safe and confidential environment for you to explore the issues that you may be struggling with. These issues may be affecting the way you feel about yourself and your loved ones around you. I offer a nonjudgmental, supportive environment that facilitates self-development, supports the exploration of possible solutions to problems, and helps you work towards becoming your ideal self.

Everyone will experience distress at some point in their life, either through the loss of a loved one, low self-esteem, career change, or deeply embedded painful emotions triggered by a current life event and help you to better understand and make sense of them.

I practice as an Integrative therapist, which combines Humanistic Therapy,  Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Feminist Therapy.  I also work with couples.

Humanistic Therapy (Person Centred and Existential)

Humanistic Therapies focus on self-development, growth and responsibilities. I seek to help individuals recognise their own strengths, creativity and choice in the ‘here and now’. Within the Person Centred framework, ‘every individual has within themselves vast resources to grow and develop if the right environment is provided’. The Person Person-centred therapy is non-directive and non-judgemental which provides you with that environment to be the person you are, whereas Existential Therapy gives you a chance to explore a particular situation to clarify your meanings, values and priorities in your life. 

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

We examine the role of your thoughts (cognitions) on your negative emotions and behaviour. In becoming more aware of your thinking patterns, we can begin to elicit those that are more and less positive and begin to replace the less positive ones with thoughts that are empowering and help you to move towards positive change.

Feminist Therapy

Clients are encouraged to explore their individual identity, focus on their strengths, and, by doing so, begin to feel greater power in society at large. As well as the traditional therapy and making sense of what it all means, as a feminist therapist, I may employ tools and techniques such as role-playing and assertiveness explorations to help clients build their identity and self-esteem. A core aspect of feminist therapy is power analysis, or the consideration of how differences in power and privilege between genders or various social or demographic groups can affect feelings of self-worth, mental health symptoms, routine behaviours, and life choices. We will together unpick what role the gender dynamics may play in your relationships and work towards making sense of them so you feel you are in control.