Starting psychotherapy can feel like a real challenge. It can be hard to muster up the courage and energy to open up to someone new. Some people tell themselves their problems don't count. Others have learnt from a young age to hide their feelings to get by. And some people worry about being judged if they speak honestly and vulnerably. I understand that.

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Whatever you are feeling and going through, I really welcome you. My hope is that you will find me to be warm and compassionate, and that we will build a therapeutic relationship that will help you to explore the hurts and challenges that have brought you to seek therapy, with a view to better understanding their origins, paving the way for the changes you need to live your life in more satisfying and full ways.

 

Therapy offers the opportunity to:

• Feel heard

• Experience a relationship where you are welcome to bring all facets of yourself

• Make sense of and work through challenging feelings and experiences

• Welcome emotions

• Recognise patterns of thinking, feeling and behaviour

• Explore the places where you feel stuck with yourself and others

• Think more clearly and kindly about yourself

• Strengthen your sense of self

• Feel more at home in yourself and in your relationships with others

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You might decide to contact me if you are:

• Struggling with confidence and self-esteem, or think and feel badly about yourself

• Feeling lonely, empty, lost, disconnected, flat or depressed

• Experiencing difficulties in relationships with partners, family members or friends

• Preoccupied by memories or feelings about childhood

• Overwhelmed by strong emotions or recurrent, anxious thoughts

• Suffering following a challenging or traumatic experience or loss

 

This list is not exhaustive. While some people know exactly why they are seeking therapy, others may struggle to define why. Either way, that's ok. We will get there at your pace.

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