People come to me for a wide range of issues: anxiety, depression, relationship troubles, bereavement, work stress, and addictive self-soothing behaviours such as alcohol.

They might have a sense that their life has stalled, or they are going no-where or repeating old patterns. Their self-esteem might be low. They might find it hard to defend themselves or say ‘no’. They might worry that they are going to be ‘found out’ at any stage. They might feel angry and frustrated or they might feel scared and alone. They may not feel themselves. They might notice they are either dissociating or feeling that they are not quite in their body.

My clients and I usually work weekly generally at the same day and time. I have found that this provides about the right pace of working to sink into the unconscious. Sometimes people can’t work at this pace for a variety of reasons. In this situation I hold a day and time in a fortnightly pattern.

Sometimes people just want a few sessions or can’t work a regular pattern, then we just book the sessions week at a time.

The choice is yours.

It depends. Psychotherapy is usually open ended, taking as long as it takes. This is why we work weekly or fortnightly at the same time, to provide a comforting routine (the unconscious likes that).

If you are younger, you might want a year or two, depending on your goal and situation. If you are older, you might want to start with a year or two and reassess. Think of it this way, if you have taken all the years to get into the situation you are in, it will take time to turn things around.

Some of you might come with a more specific short-term goal. For example, something happened in your relationship that wobbled you, and you want the space to explore. In these cases, a shorter course of six sessions might be all you need.

I am a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist. The humanistic part reflects my belief in Carl Rogers work. He believed that people had the inner resources to heal, if they were given access to a therapist who showed empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard. This generally has a focus on the here and now. It means I am not telling you what to do but reflecting and being ‘curious’ with you. This is the foundation of my work.

On top of this foundation, I have a framework that is Jung’s model of Individuation, a process to allow you to be all you can be. Jung proposed that there are three layers to the psyche: the consciousness, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. This has a focus on the here and now along with earlier aspects of your life, and those in your family system, and ultimately shapes common in humanity (archetypes). This means our discussions can look at the here and now, or you might like to explore your earlier life. Often the work highlights how much people don’t know about their family system. Learning about your family history can be healing; things begin to make sense.

On this framework I integrate a wide range of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theories such as Freud, Klein, Bowlby and Winnicott. I also find the work of intersubjective psychotherapists, such as Stolorow and Atwood, useful to explore the unconscious rules we live our lives by. Finally, as I am attentive to preverbal and hidden ancestral stories, I like body psychotherapy such as Reich, Dychtwald and Van Der Kolk. I also make use of Jung’s focus on dreams.

I work with adults of any age.

People don’t need a mental health diagnosis to come to Psychotherapy. It is also common for people to want some regular space and time to consider their life, to determine what they are doing and if they want to change anything. A bit like a strategic plan for a business.

You can end at any time.

Usually in Psychotherapy we discuss endings and allow a session or two for this process. We usually cover three things.

Firstly, a review of what has stood out for you in the sessions, and my thoughts if you want them.

Secondly how have endings been for you and do we want to make our ending different to heal something for you?

Thirdly, now you are ending, a reflection on how you perceive your future. This might be as simple as, what will you be doing next week in the space that you have usually had psychotherapy?

Or what do you want to take from the sessions into your future behaviours?

Or what do you want your future to look like?

$145 per session. I will email you an invoice after the session, and you can transfer money into the bank account.