How I work
I work to create a safe, respectful, accepting non-judgemental environment that values mutual respect, trust and transparency. I am committed to bringing a consistently professional and compassionate stance to clients from all backgrounds in either a long term psychodynamic approach or shorter term therapy. Using integrative, evidence based and collaborative approaches, I tailor therapy to meet a client's own personal needs and to achieve their goals.
Being listened to in such an environment can help you become aware of what is happening in your mind and body and to identify areas of difficulty that may be holding you back in your life. I also work to help my clients to touch deeply into their being, so that they can better to tolerate and integrate their thoughts, feelings and emotions into their lives.
I work closely and collaboratively together with clients across a wide range of mental health, personal growth and development issues. I am deeply committed to making a difference in the lives of those who have experienced trauma and I am focused on continuously developing and improving a deeper understanding of many complex issues and suffering. My work as a psychotherapist is based in honouring and deeply respecting each individual and where they are in their lives.
My earlier life created a strong drive in me to want to really understand myself and others. I am passionate, therefore, about the nature of this important work and how I might be able to help clients to recognise their inner blocks and remove such resistance to experiencing a deeply fulfilled life, to connect with others and be successful in what matters most to them.
My training and experience enables me to draw on elements of a wide range of research-based approaches to create the best therapy programme for each individual rather than being limited to any one particular method of therapy. Each person is different and has unique requirements and needs and I tailor the therapy accordingly. I achieve this by meeting with each client for an initial assessment process that enables me to tailor a treatment programme specific to your particular needs. I decide the methods and elements of therapy that might best work for you taking into account your unique profile, your problems and your aims. I take time to get to know each client, to understand their individual circumstances and the difficulties they may be experiencing, taking into account their personal background, circumstances, experiences, skills, resources, life style, their particular belief systems, personality, constitution and areas of challenge and potential for growth.
We tend not to be aware of the habits and tendencies we hold about who we are and how this influences the ways that we relate to our experience. I aim to help you develop awareness of underlying patterns which shape your experiences; allowing thoughts, feelings, beliefs and emotions to come into the open and to be accessible, helps you to become aware of how you are in your life. By allowing the past to come into the present the problems can be resolved, or the feeling accepted, and it is the process of allowing and letting go which is transformative. Self awareness and self acceptance emerge leading to greater freedom and choice. The practice of self-enquiry allows our true potential to emerge and this can lead to growth, inner strength and greater wellbeing.
I regard the therapeutic relationship as a very important factor in the healing process and it is important to me that each client feels comfortable and safe in our joint work. I work in a very collaborative and enabling manner and will seek to explain the rationale behind particular ways I may work together with you. My aim is to strengthen your inner resources and empower you so that recovery and healing can take place from a basis of inner strength and connectedness with your authentic Self.
We can learn to work with the natural rhythms of our body through developing body consciousness:
· life is lived in the present moment
· body awareness keeps us in the present moment
· the body is our true "home"
· healing happens in the relaxed present
· health is not something we acquire but a constant balance in the present
· stress can be positive and stimulate creativity but the wrong kinds of stress can create illness and body consciousness can help us recognize the difference
· we learn not through reading self-help books but through feeling our bodies connect to the earth by gravity
Regular weekly sessions provide a steady platform to uncover what really matters inside, and help you find balance and resolution.
Being listened to in such an environment can help you become aware of what is happening in your mind and body and to identify areas of difficulty that may be holding you back in your life. I also work to help my clients to touch deeply into their being, so that they can better to tolerate and integrate their thoughts, feelings and emotions into their lives.
I work closely and collaboratively together with clients across a wide range of mental health, personal growth and development issues. I am deeply committed to making a difference in the lives of those who have experienced trauma and I am focused on continuously developing and improving a deeper understanding of many complex issues and suffering. My work as a psychotherapist is based in honouring and deeply respecting each individual and where they are in their lives.
My earlier life created a strong drive in me to want to really understand myself and others. I am passionate, therefore, about the nature of this important work and how I might be able to help clients to recognise their inner blocks and remove such resistance to experiencing a deeply fulfilled life, to connect with others and be successful in what matters most to them.
My training and experience enables me to draw on elements of a wide range of research-based approaches to create the best therapy programme for each individual rather than being limited to any one particular method of therapy. Each person is different and has unique requirements and needs and I tailor the therapy accordingly. I achieve this by meeting with each client for an initial assessment process that enables me to tailor a treatment programme specific to your particular needs. I decide the methods and elements of therapy that might best work for you taking into account your unique profile, your problems and your aims. I take time to get to know each client, to understand their individual circumstances and the difficulties they may be experiencing, taking into account their personal background, circumstances, experiences, skills, resources, life style, their particular belief systems, personality, constitution and areas of challenge and potential for growth.
We tend not to be aware of the habits and tendencies we hold about who we are and how this influences the ways that we relate to our experience. I aim to help you develop awareness of underlying patterns which shape your experiences; allowing thoughts, feelings, beliefs and emotions to come into the open and to be accessible, helps you to become aware of how you are in your life. By allowing the past to come into the present the problems can be resolved, or the feeling accepted, and it is the process of allowing and letting go which is transformative. Self awareness and self acceptance emerge leading to greater freedom and choice. The practice of self-enquiry allows our true potential to emerge and this can lead to growth, inner strength and greater wellbeing.
I regard the therapeutic relationship as a very important factor in the healing process and it is important to me that each client feels comfortable and safe in our joint work. I work in a very collaborative and enabling manner and will seek to explain the rationale behind particular ways I may work together with you. My aim is to strengthen your inner resources and empower you so that recovery and healing can take place from a basis of inner strength and connectedness with your authentic Self.
We can learn to work with the natural rhythms of our body through developing body consciousness:
· life is lived in the present moment
· body awareness keeps us in the present moment
· the body is our true "home"
· healing happens in the relaxed present
· health is not something we acquire but a constant balance in the present
· stress can be positive and stimulate creativity but the wrong kinds of stress can create illness and body consciousness can help us recognize the difference
· we learn not through reading self-help books but through feeling our bodies connect to the earth by gravity
Regular weekly sessions provide a steady platform to uncover what really matters inside, and help you find balance and resolution.
