Let's think of therapy as a journey into a client's inner landscape, on which client and therapist embark on together. It needs to be collaborative and responsive. And so I don’t follow a script; I listen for what feels most alive in you, in the moment, and we follow that thread together. We co-create the work and the space between us. Sometimes the work is steady and reflective. Sometimes it surprises us.

We pay attention to what you say, but also to what happens between us. You might notice feeling close, guarded, irritated, relieved. These responses are not random. The way you experience me — and yourself with me — often reflects older patterns. When we can bring them into awareness, something new begins to take shape. A central aim is to bring unconscious patterns into awareness, so you are no longer quietly steered by them. With awareness comes choice.

We might slow down and include the body, its memory and wisdom. We might work with imagery, dreams, or different parts of your psyche through roleplay or chairwork. We will work intuitively and creatively. We might choose symbolic work, visualisation practices or sandplay — particularly when words feel alien or too difficult to find. 

We might be playful. We might laugh a little (or a lot). We will at times be challenged by one another, and sometimes you will find the work confrontational and possibly difficult, but my aim is that you will always find me steady and fully present in the room with you, at these times as at all others.

At the heart of my work is relationship. We humans are relational creatures, and the unconscious patterns we live out every day were formed in relationship with others, often from a very early age. The therapeutic relationship is a space in which we can safely and intentionally bring these patterns of feelings and behaviour into awareness and, if you choose to, change them. This awareness is key to building greater freedom and choice in how you live and relate to yourself and to others. 

Underlying all is my deeply-held belief that we are- each of us- fundamentally OK, and have the capacity to change if we choose. You may not begin therapy feeling this way, I know. But my hope and aim are that you will come to.