Looking for counselling or psychotherapy?

Seeking therapy can feel daunting. It’s important to find someone you feel comfortable with – someone you can ask questions of or say, ‘that doesn’t feel right’; someone you can sit in silence with; someone who is deeply interested in you and your experience of the world.

If you’d like to see whether I’m that person, the first step is for us to have a free initial phone call and, if it feels right, to meet for an introductory session. If it feels like a good fit, we can arrange a time to meet regularly, for around 60 minutes each session, at the same time each week. We might agree to meet for a short time (usually 12 sessions), a longer time (6 months to a year), or without any fixed ending.

My training and way of working is integrative, which means that I draw on different ways of understanding human experience to find an approach that works best for you. You might have heard of some of these before – relational, person-centred, existential, psychodynamic, or body psychotherapy, for example – or you might not. 

Either way, the most important thing to know is that I will be guided by your experience of the world and the relationship between us. My role is not to provide a diagnosis or give you solutions but to help you to re-connect with your own feelings, desires, and insights – to find your way back to yourself. In doing so, we might explore dreams, drawings, music, writing, physical sensations, and early childhood experiences. We might also pay attention to what is happening between us in therapy, as this can often be a microcosm of your experience in the wider world. 

You can find out more about me here.

For more information about counselling and psychotherapy and how to make the most of it, take a look at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s guide, Thinking about therapy?