You may seek or be interested in psychotherapy due to a specific incident or event in the past and/or present, or perhaps experience more ubiquitous feelings of loneliness, isolation, low mood, lack of motivation, feeling a lack of agency and a passive contender in one’s life, ungrounded, lost. It may be all of the above.

The purpose of psychotherapy and therapy with me, is to facilitate individuals in supporting themselves to develop a deep and authentic love for oneself and others and living a more meaningful and awakened life. I am drawn towards and struck by the prevalent modern struggle of isolation and disconnection.  Psychotherapy can address these issues by helping individuals understand and navigate feelings of loneliness, disconnection, and a lack of meaning. I attribute these experiences, in part, to a separation from the body, nature, and community, which can lead to emotional and psychological suffering, including depression, anxiety, and dissociation. We will work with integrating both individual and systemic factors; together we can reflect on oppression and power, and discover practical and psychological ways in your healing.

Each individual carries their own unique history of experience and has cleverly adapted, usually unconsciously, to live and survive in the world. Some of these adaptations may have been useful, necessary or even life-saving in childhood and earlier years, but no longer serve us in adulthood. Rather they entrap, suffocate or restrict us. We need help sometimes to bring the unconscious into the conscious realm of self-awareness, and re-navigate how to trust ourselves and others, to keep our hearts open whilst maintaining our boundaries, and to deeply heal our core wounding.

I aim to provide a consistent and safe space for individuals to explore, at their own pace, what may be happening for them. Through this process there is an opportunity to develop a relationship and connection with one another, which can provide a secure base and foundation, perhaps not experienced before, to learn more about oneself and one’s internal world. The psychotherapeutic relationship can advocate finding a voice to express these cut off, hidden, yet very loud inner experiences. There is a gradual moving towards a deeper, healthier and more conscious relationship with oneself, which begins a ripple effect towards healthier and more meaningful relationships with others.

 My goal is primarily to work with you, as the unique and complex individual you are, drawing out your personal relationship to your experiences.