How I Work
As an integrative therapist, I draw on different approaches so that therapy is flexible and suited to your needs. At the heart of my work is the Person-Centred approach. This means that our sessions always begin with you—your experiences, your pace, and what feels most important for you to explore.
Leading from this, I may also bring in elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic Therapy. CBT can be helpful if you’d like practical tools for managing anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful thought patterns. It can also offer strategies you can use in daily life to break cycles that keep you feeling stuck.
Psychodynamic therapy, on the other hand, helps us explore how past experiences or unconscious patterns might be influencing your present. This can bring deeper understanding of your feelings and relationships, and open the door to lasting change.
Together, we choose what feels most useful for you. Sometimes that might mean focusing on present-day coping strategies, and other times it might mean looking more deeply at patterns and experiences. The integration of these approaches allows us to work in a way that is both practical and reflective—always centred on you.
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Person-Centred Therapy
Person-Centred Therapy is based on the idea that you are the expert in your own life. Sometimes, though, it can feel hard to connect with yourself or to trust your own voice—especially if you’ve been through challenges where you haven’t felt fully heard.
With this approach, my main focus is on creating a safe, non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and honestly. My role isn’t to give advice or tell you what to do, but to listen with empathy and help you explore your feelings and experiences at your own pace. Many people find this process allows them to reconnect with their strengths, gain clarity, and move forward with more confidence.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a practical, structured approach that looks at the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. The idea is simple: the way we think about a situation can shape how we feel emotionally and how we respond. Sometimes, patterns of unhelpful thinking can keep us feeling stuck, anxious, or low.
In CBT, we work together to notice these patterns and gently challenge them. For example, this might involve looking at how realistic or helpful a thought is, and exploring different perspectives. Together, we may look at behaviours—what you do day-to-day—and how certain habits might be keeping difficulties going.
CBT is not about “thinking positively” or ignoring problems. Instead, it’s about developing tools to understand your mind better, break unhelpful cycles, and build healthier ways of coping. If we decide it may be useful we might use exercises, worksheets, or practical strategies you can try between sessions, so the learning becomes part of everyday life. But as always the therapy is centred around what works best for you and we will come up with a plan that you are comfortable with together.
Many people find CBT helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress, but it can also be used in lots of other areas. It’s a collaborative process—you set the pace, and together we focus on what feels most useful for you.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences—often from early life—may be shaping the way you feel and relate to others today. Sometimes patterns repeat without us realising, and therapy can offer a chance to bring those patterns into our awareness, allowing us to break the cycle.
In our sessions, we might explore the deeper feelings and relationships from the past that influence your present struggles. With many of my clients this can help make sense of why certain situations feel so difficult, and open up new ways of responding. The goal isn’t to stay in the past, but to understand how it influences us presently.
Psychodynamic therapy can help us to move forward past difficult experiences by shining a light on our past connections and how they influence our decisions and thought processes today. This can allow us to move forward with greater self-awareness and most importantly choice.
