Counselling

What to expect in therapy

If you're stuck in unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling and doing, counselling could help you find better, kinder and more aware ways to paddle your metaphorical canoe. 

These principles guide my approach to therapy:

• Listening: Growing a kind, aware space where all parts of you are welcome.

• Understanding: Exploring how your history has shaped both helpful and unhelpful habits.

• Creating: Using resourcing, creative approaches to find new perspectives.

• Balancing: Learning to better soothe and regulate your nervous system.

While I've got many years of experience working with university students, graduates and early career professionals, I enjoy working with people of all ages and backgrounds. Wherever you come from, I'm interested in your story and exploring ways to help you move from stuckness towards freedom.

Key topics covered in therapy

I love being a Gestalt counsellor. Here are some key elements of the human condition we'd explore. Follow the links for more background, including video resources.

• Relating: If you can learn to be better friend to yourself, this may improve other relationships in your life.

• Thinking: The stories you tell yourself profoundly shape your world. 

• Feelings and needs: Time spent connecting with your emotions and unpacking the messages they contain is time well spent.

• Doing: Yes, we're both human beings and human doings.

• Embodying: Your brain and body are deeply connected by your nervous system.

• Self-help: You can do lots of useful things between sessions to support therapy.