My practice

I believe everyone has the capacity to grow and to find meaning in life no matter. Therapy can help you make choices that serve you and ultimately lead to a more authentic and contented existence. The first step towards change is choosing to do something differently. Perhaps seeking therapy is your first step.

As a relational therapist, I will use our therapeutic relationship to reflect on how we are relating to one another in the moment. This helps us to understand your patterns of relating to others. Therapy will help you develop new ways of relating to others that are more in line with your authentic self. Setting you free from harmful patterns that you find yourself stuck in.

Working with Trauma

My approach to working with trauma is based on modern scientific understanding of the relationship between trauma and the body. By incorporating the body in therapy, we are able to understand how your emotional pain manifests physically. The physical symptoms of trauma can be debilitating and bringing awareness to these feelings can make them feel less scary. My primary motivation is to keep you feeling safe at all times.

Another part of recovering from trauma is to find meaning in what can feel like a meaningless situation. This will involve some exploration around how to live meaningfully despite what you have been through. Trauma can destroy one’s sense of self and meaning in life, and cause feelings of isolation, loneliness, and despair. We will explore how the trauma has affected and continues to affect you. We will also search for a way for you to live meaningfully and with purpose.

Mindfulness and Breath in Therapy

As a trained Yoga, Breathwork, and Meditation teacher, I incorporate practices that either calm or activate the nervous system depending on what the client wants and needs. Calming breathing techniques are particularly useful for trauma and anxiety. Energising breath is useful for stuckness and depression. These techniques are an optional part of the therapy. The choice is yours.