My Approach

Our sessions will be very interactive: a conversation in which I'll listen, clarify, ask questions- invite you to notice not only your thoughts and emotions but what is happening in your body. I'll help you explore your options, take different perspectives, and sometimes I'll help you find more of what's already within you or a new and different set of possibilities. There are well-tested and effective ways to become more aware of what is happening in yourself as a whole, which enable change to occur at more than just a cognitive/ mind level but in your felt sense as well.

I sometimes offer simple awareness exercises to do with breath and movement. We may also work with creativity (imagery, drawing if you find it useful, writing or journalling) and you may find you enjoy some resources to take into your daily life, although there is never any obligation to work in ways that don't resonate with you. I was a yoga therapist and yoga teacher for many years overlapping with my work as a psychotherapist, so my understanding of how we breathe, experience our felt-sense and how we move is an important part of what I offer you. If this is difficult to approach at first, please know there is no pre-requisite, nothing you need to be good at- you don't need to have done any specific exercise, practice yoga or anything- although people who do find they resonate easily with my approach. Working with mind and body together can be called 'somatic psychotherapy' and I'm well versed in working with various types of trauma as well as anxiety, depression, relationship issues, work conflicts and sleep, a main area of expertise.

About Me

We can see therapy as great gift- something we turn to in dark times that helps us bring more of ourselves to light. We can learn about ourselves, about how we relate to others- ultimately about living life with more clarity and enjoyment. Working together in therapy, we'll explore your world-view, your assumptions and even your body's responses to what happens in life.

I believe every one of us has a soul-nature and way of being that works well for us and it's our job in therapy to work with that. We'll use an integrative palette of approaches and tools. A good deal of our work will involve not only your thoughts and emotions but how they land in your physical self and your nervous system.

We'll learn about how you manage your world in ways that *work* for you, as well as where these ways of relating are causing pain or limiting you. In our work, we'll find how you can unblock and release those old response patterns that don't work anymore. The goal is to find new ways of seeing and being that help you to be more at-ease and authentically yourself and in relation to friends, family, work and other important people and situations.

I work with

• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Transpersonal Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Disability
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Relationships
• Sexual Abuse
• Spirituality
• Trauma