I am an experienced, psychodynamic counsellor and clinical supervisor. I work with adults of all ages. In the past I have worked with clients in a variety of settings, including the NHS, schools and the voluntary sector.
Working in a psychodynamic way means my aim isn’t just to help you to feel better, but to empower you by helping you to understand and make sense of your relationships, identify patterns of behaviour, and be able to express feelings and emotions which may have been buried for a long time. We can’t change the past, but we can find hope for the future by understanding and reframing past events.
Although long-term psychotherapy is my main way of working, I also offer a slightly more structured and time-limited therapy called Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or “DIT” which lasts for 16 weeks.
In my experience, people come to therapy for all sorts of reasons, but loss is often a common thread. This might be the loss of a person, a relationship, a job or a much-loved pet. Or it could be the loss of something more ambiguous – a sense of identity or belonging, or even just a vague sense that something is missing. It could also be the loss of something yearned for, but which never happened, such as the pain of miscarriage or the inability to conceive a longed-for child.
Whatever you are struggling with, I invite you to get in touch and book a free session without any obligation to continue. Starting therapy can be daunting and it’s important to find the therapist who is right for you.
For more information about me and my way of working, please visit my website.