My aim is to establish safe counselling relationships that are built on respect and trust. My role is to walk alongside you without judgement as you explore your experience and how it is impacting your life now.

 

The way I work is based on the person-centred approach, which means that I consider you to be the best expert on you and your experience. In essence, You are unique so there is no model that fits you exactly. Instead, I will encourage you to use our relationship to explore your experience so that you can reconnect with who you really are – rather than the person that you have become due to difficult circumstances or because other people expect you to be that way.

I sometimes also use other techniques and skills that I feel are compatible with the way I work. This is known as an integrative approach because I am integrating other theories from outside of the person-centred tradition.

 

For example: Anxiety can lead to feelings of isolation and panic, and a sense that no one around you understands how you are feeling. It may be that a specific event has triggered your anxiety and is making you fear things that used to be so very ordinary to you, or it could be that you learned very early on in your life that the world is a frightening and untrustworthy place.

I understand how crippling anxiety can be and how real it is for you, and I will treat it with the respect and seriousness it deserves by providing you with a safe space to explore your feelings without judgement.

By listening to the messages that our bodies are constantly sending us – rather than just relying on old and sometimes unhelpful ways of trying to solve our problems – counselling can give you the tools to reduce your anxiety through exploring what your anxiety means to you and how it affects your life.

 

Breaking the cycle of negative thinking can be an important part of lifting yourself out of depression. Having the opportunity to talk through your feelings in a safe and confidential way may be what you need to break that cycle.

Exploring the roots of your depression with someone who understands how your depression is affecting you can allow you to put your depression into context. Making connections between your past and present can go a long way to helping you understand why you are feeling low, and could be what you need to help you to feel more like yourself again.

 

my integrative approach can explore inner child and early experiences and there impact upon current patterns, I work with unconscious motivations, emotional impact and internalization of past experiences. where appropriate I use the theoretic relationship to explore possible transference. I have a strong and natural tendency to interpret experience of the client through psychodynamic principals and believe that great healing can be gained through this way of working.I allow attachment theory to inform my work. I do believe that a person centred foundation is key to all relationships and safely holds any exploration within the integrative or psychodynamic methods of working