Counselling and Psychotherapy Services

I offer Counselling, Mentoring and Workshops for individuals, Couples and Groups.
Below are some of the approaches I practice:

My Philosophy

I admire and embrace the innate ability we all have to heal and grow whatever our circumstances. I believe therapy can help us become more fully alive and creative, free from barriers that hinder our potential. By exploring and integrating parts of ourselves that can sometimes disproportionately influence our lives, we can become more aware. Aware of how we protect these parts of ourselves – with thinking and behaviour that may have been essential for our survival at one time, but now hold us back from enriching and rewarding lives.

When I began therapy myself some years ago, I tried so hard to change, going to great extents to find what I wanted and turn into something different – I exhausted myself in the process. What I found with great humility is that change is about sitting with what is true for me in the present moment and accepting this fully. Remarkably, this has been a key to unlocking the potential for change itself – this was paradoxical yet very powerful.

My Values and Beliefs:

My therapy work and life are grounded in these four values/beliefs:

• We are all unique and distinctive. What we bring to therapy is true for us – there is no overarching set of psychological truths or rules we must abide by.
• We thrive on connection and relationship. Conversation and contact with another person supports us to look at and deal with life’s challenges and issues.
• We are innately and abundantly creative. In therapy we can experiment with alternate ways of doing things that can assist us breaking through and making sense of issues.
• We naturally move towards integration and equilibrium. The different parts of ourselves are interrelated – physically, rationally, emotionally and spiritually. And we strive to make meaning of and purpose for our lives.

By tapping into these wisdoms, we are able to understand what fuels our living in an ever-changing and hectic world. My aim is to accompany you, so that you can begin to remember and explore what is most true and life giving for you and learn how to integrate these insights into your daily life.