My approach is grounded in a trauma-informed understanding of distress, alongside a genuine curiosity about you and your story. I’m interested in what has happened in your life, and how your mind and body have adapted in response, even when those ways of coping now feel overwhelming, exhausting, or difficult to understand.
Many of the difficulties we experience develop in response to threat, loss, or relational hurt. When we begin to understand these responses rather than fighting against them, something often begins to shift.
I see therapy as a collaborative process. Together we create space for experiences that may not yet have felt fully seen, heard, or understood.
This is the primary model that informs my work. It offers a way of understanding the different parts of ourselves, including the ones that might feel overwhelming, critical, or hard to be with. Rather than trying to get rid of these parts, we begin to understand them, and to relate to them with curiosity and care. IFS teaches us that there are no bad parts, only parts that haven’t yet been understood. Over time, this can create more space, and a different kind of relationship with yourself.
Integrated where helpful, particularly when working with trauma. I draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS) alongside Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to ensure the work feels safe and well-paced before and during processing.
Used to understand patterns in how we relate to others and to ourselves, especially those that can feel hard to shift, and often have their roots in earlier relational experiences.
I draw on these approaches in an integrative and carefully considered way, guided by your needs and what emerges in the work.