Counselling and Psychotherapy

My approach is rooted in offering a non-judgemental, empathetic, and genuine space for you to talk about your feelings, thoughts and experiences. As well as exploring your relationships with other people, we will also explore your relationship with yourself, as this has a big impact on how we feel. Our emotions are powerful guides letting us know where in our lives things may be going wrong and where they may be going well — my approach is to help you tune into your emotions and make meaning of your experiences, which may then point us to where helpful changes could be made.

I strive to offer a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship, that is strong enough to sometimes gently challenge ways of thinking or doing things, if it seems like they could be holding you back. I will always respect you as the expert in your own life, while offering my knowledge and skills in the therapeutic process with the aim to help you feel better and live a more fulfilling life.

I believe that many factors outside of ourselves contribute to our experiences, including present day social issues and historical events; acknowledging and exploring these experiences in your life may be an important part of our work together and I am committed to understanding them as best I can, even if they are different from my own life experiences.

My work is grounded in humanistic therapy, specifically the person-centered experiential and emotion-focussed approaches. The person-centered experiential approach is one of a select number of therapies offered within NHS talking therapy services due to evidence that it is effective in helping people struggling with depression.