THERAPY

What makes you feel seen and heard?

How does it work?

Initial contact

It's very simple - if you're interested in working with me you can submit a contact form or email me.

We'll then arrange an initial phone call to find out why you're thinking about coming to therapy and talk about what you're looking for in a therapist. If we're a good fit I'll send you a short assessment form to fill in. Writing down what you're working towards and why you're coming to therapy can help make things feel clearer and give you a tangible sense of what you're doing.

First Session

I work online and in person, it will be up to you how you work with me. In our first session we'll look at a contract for work and begin to get to know each other. Therapy isn't a magic or quick fix, so first sessions can feel a bit different to what we imagine therapy is, as they are just the beginning.

We'll check in after a few sessions to make sure the process is working for you.

How I Work

Our sessions will be weekly and 50 minutes long. I offer open ended work so there's no set time limit on how long our therapeutic relationship will last. As part of our process we will set up occasional reviews of the work to ensure you are benefitting from our time together.

Fees will be discussed in our initial phone call.

I work largely psychodynamically and draw on my studies of other theories to support my work with warmth and openness. This means I'm interested in how your past experiences are impacting your present and possibly your future life. I believe everyone has the capacity to grow and change, if we can give ourselves the time and space to do so. My job is to listen to your experiences, encourage your self discovery and bear witness to your potential growth.

Going to therapy can bring up challenging experiences and feelings. It is not always something that makes you feel better or happy at the end of each session. While we'll sometimes focus on the day to day, we will also look at the bigger picture of how you have come to be who and where you are now.

My hope is that overall you'll feel like it is a beneficial experience to address what you need to work through in a safe and confidential space.

"Our job is not to help you feel better, it's to help you be better at feeling" - Gabor Maté

You might be going through a difficult time, struggling with expectations in daily life or having trouble working out what you should do next in a situation. We all experience painful moments or uncertainty in life - it is part of being human. Most of us would benefit from having some time to sit and talk to someone about what we need, without judgment.

So what does that look like?

I believe you deserve a confidential space of warmth and empathy to explore your needs, challenges and circumstances. I'll listen to you and work with what you need to be able to get a better, deeper understanding of yourself, your patterns of behaviour and how they affect your relationships with others.

Examples of some of the issues I've worked with include: depression, loneliness, anxiety, managing medical diagnoses, bereavement, rape, sexual trauma, childhood trauma including childhood sexual abuse, addiction, intergenerational trauma.

I am a registered therapist with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

I work with the BACP ethical framework in all aspects of my work and I stay up to date with training to ensure I continue to develop my practice and remain curious and open to learning.