Therapy

For me therapy is essentially a series of private and confidential conversations.

It usually starts with a puzzle that you haven’t been able to solve yourself. The hardest part is often reaching out. Paradoxically asking for help is often hardest when we need it most. Finding a safe-enough co-detective to enter the maze with you and explore your internal and external landscapes can help you find vital clues and potentially solve the mystery.

At best, therapy is engaging, challenging, provocative and, most importantly, it is a relationship where learning takes place. It involves a commitment to meet regularly and enter the presenting puzzle with a curious mind, a willingness to ask difficult questions and have conversations that you might not have risked so far.

I qualified as a psychodynamic counsellor in 1992 and then as a psychotherapist in transactional analysis in 2000. Since then I have continued to learn and deepen my practice by writing, presenting at conferences, being involved in professional development groups and spending time on beaches walking my dog. I am also trained in EMDR and the Safe and Sound Protocol.