Specialised support for compulsive behaviors, relationships and anxiety

Individual Counselling for a better relationship with yourself and others

It is not always an easy decision to make changes and reach out for support, but you have made it this far. You may be struggling with relationships and behavioural patterns that are no longer serving you and/or unprocessed pain and trauma. In my practice I am passionate about helping people with problems that are arising in the now (the things pushing them into wanting to change) with processing of the difficult life experiences that have contributed .We all experience pain that stems from the parts of ourselves or the things we have gone through that have created immense shame. It is important to me to be able to provide the space where a person can feel safe enough to explore and share these parts of themselves and learn to bring and feel compassion to these parts and move forward.

My therapeutic philosophy combines Humanistic (Person Centered and Existential) with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. I believe in providing an empathetic and unconditionally supportive space that allows for processing and linking what has happened in the past to the present to support shame reduction and empathy toward one’s self with practical psychological tools that people can take with them moving forward and have agency in their recovery.

Tools I tend to utilise in my practice with clients are to support a more peaceful relationship with the different parts of themselves, self compassion, creating distance from unhelpful narratives and learning to surf urges that the person may want to address.

How what you are bringing to therapy is showing up for you is important (eg. Addictive behaviours, obsessions etc), but ultimately we want to get to what core fears are keeping this going and what core yearnings are you wanting to get met, but do not know how to, or unsure of what they even are.

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