My Approach:

As an integrative therapist, my approach draws from multiple therapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, person-centred, and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), allowing me to tailor my approach to suit your individual needs.

‍At the heart of my approach is genuine empathy and compassion. I believe the client-therapist relationship plays a vital role in the therapeutic process, so my priority is to develop a relationship with you in which you feel heard, feel seen, and feel safe. I also believe therapy should be a collaborative process, where your goals and wishes are respected, and where we work together at a pace you feel comfortable with, regularly reviewing how you are finding the therapeutic process.

Through our work, you may find:

• Insight and Self Awareness: Gaining a deeper understanding of yourself and your patterns of thinking and feeling. Gaining insight into the ways your past may have shaped your present, therefore empowering you to make more self-aware and liberated choices about your future
• Healing: Processing past wounds and how these may have impacted you, and beginning the healing process
• Self-Compassion: Building your self-compassion and self-care, developing your ability to question or challenge your self-criticism‍
• Building Resilience: Exploring new coping strategies, exploring new ways to care for yourself, empowering yourself, and feeling more self-confidence in navigating life's challenges

My Experience:

Following a career working in addiction treatment and eating disorder treatment, I retrained as an integrative counsellor/psychotherapist. I have since supported clients with a wide range of challenges including anxiety, bereavement, low self-esteem, trauma, and family and relationship issues. I am also experienced in working with eating disorders, using and adapting the Maudsley Model to various presentations of disordered eating and difficult relationships with food.

Qualifications:

• MSc Degree in Addiction Studies
• BSc Degree in Psychology
• Qualified Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist
• Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
• Degree in Integrative Counselling