In my role as counsellor, I respect that you know your own life better than anyone else and will come from a neutral perspective – I am prepared and trained to act as the expert in the process. I will guide the therapy – provide a scaffold for our conversations and consistently consider the therapeutic pathway, offer useful tools and strategies from a diverse range of therapeutic modalities, which I have both studied and practiced.

My therapeutic approach begins with creating a space where people feel safe to be themselves and share their concerns. ‘Holding space’ is a term used to describe the creation of emotional containment. It’s recognised by the sense that you are securely held and able to be your true self. A great deal of the therapeutic work centres on being in the presence of a person who will accept you, listen without judgement, and offer empathy, genuineness, and unconditional regard, without interrupting, interfering or giving advice.

Talk therapy is sometimes approached with scepticism, but even talking is a physical experience and rarely the only process taking place in the therapeutic space. While engaging in therapy, the body is always involved, even during an online consultation. Our nervous systems sense whether there is safety in a space – with a person and in an environment - and can gradually or quickly regulate and attune. In therapy, we can try a variety of intentional breathing practices and body scanning techniques. When coherence is achieved, it is much easier for thoughts and feelings to harmonise and the experience leads to feeling more authentic, or fully you. My hope is that you can bring your whole self to therapy, when you feel it is safe, and when you are ready.