"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens."
-C.G Jung
I offer a holistic heart centred talking therapy where each session is tailored to you and your needs. My aim is to walk with you through your life challenges and help you find your way forward. Through compassion, empathy and non-judgment I offer an environment for exploration and hope for change.
Life can be hard, challenges can bring us pain, we can feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or lost. Our struggles can also bring us the opportunity for change and growth. Our wounds do not have to define us. I believe through exploration, insights and empathy we can transform our battles, our shadow, into something more.
Therapy is a path of self-discovery, it is an inner journey which can empower us in taking charge of our life. We cannot control the people around us, or how they respond; the more we try, the more we can struggle. However, we can learn to control ourselves and our response.
The Integrative Model
I offer an integrative model, through a transpersonal lens. This means I draw upon a diverse range of modalities, techniques and tools to suit you and your circumstances.
- Psychodynamic
We may explore unconscious patterns, childhood messages which shaped your blueprint on life or we may explore where resistance arise. - Humanistic
We may explore your relationships, how you build attachments or how we connect in the therapy room. - Gestalt
We may work in the here and now connecting to the present or use creative techniques (movement or role play) to look at blocks or to gain a new perspective. - Existential
We may address concerns around mortality, the meaning of your life, loneliness and responsibility for your life path. - Transpersonal
We may use breathing techniques, visualisations or explore synchronicities to help make sense of the purpose of your life. The heart centre attunement may help facilitate rediscovering who you are and the qualities you want to move your life forward. - Trauma
We may look at how to makes sense of past experiences, focus on coping techniques and digesting your life responses.
Therapy is not a process where I offer you advice or instructions, though we may explore coping techniques and tools. Therapy is about empowering you to understand your life, to make decisions that are right for you and to design the life you want to live. Therapy offers the opportunity to understand yourself better with the benefit of an experienced and understanding companion.
To find oneself is the most powerful gift in life, and sometimes this can take work. To change oneself and build a better world Gandhi famously invites us to “Be the change you want to see in the world”. However, often we need help to do this.
Confidentiality and My Ethical Framework
Therapy is a confidential process offering the freedom to explore the depth of your mind, psyche and soul. These are received in confidence, with sensitivity and compassion. In exceptional circumstances, therapists have a professional, and ethical, responsibility to take information outside of the therapy room. These circumstances are limited to actual/ or intended harm to yourself or others or if ordered by a court of law. Any breach confidentially will be discussed with you first where possible.
I am an accredited member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (“UKCP”). The UKCP is a governing body for qualified psychotherapists with a mission statement of “Improving lives by providing high-quality psychotherapists”. Membership requires completion of extensive training, experience and ongoing education. Membership is the gold star standard of the psychotherapy service. I also undertake regular supervision to provide further comfort of my quality of services as well as my own therapy to ensure I have no personal blind spots.