How I Help
I offer a range of therapeutic approaches, and we can explore what feels right during our initial conversation.
Gestalt Therapy
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you truly are." — Joseph Campbell
Gestalt therapy is a warm, collaborative approach. Rather than sitting back and analysing you, I work alongside you to help you better understand yourself, recognise what you need and make choices that feel right for you.
We will look at you as a whole person, including your thoughts, feelings, physical responses, relationships, past experiences, identity, culture and current circumstances.
Together, we can slow things down and explore what may be happening beneath the surface, including what you feel, avoid, need, protect or find difficult to express.
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Internal Family Systems & Parts Work
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a gentle, non-pathologising approach that understands the mind as naturally multiple. We all have different parts of us, and these parts often hold different feelings, needs, fears and longings.
In IFS, there are no bad parts. Even the parts that feel difficult, extreme or
disruptive are understood as trying to help in some way.
Parts work can be especially helpful if you feel pulled in different directions inside, notice a strong inner critic, or feel caught in patterns you cannot seem to shift. We work collaboratively and at your pace, helping you understand these inner conflicts with more compassion and less shame.
Learn more"We live in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out the windows."
Mindful Self-Compassion
"Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame." — Brené Brown
Many of us know how to be compassionate towards others, yet turn inward with criticism when we are struggling. Mindful Self-Compassion offers another way: learning to respond to ourselves as we might respond to someone we love. Mindfulness helps us notice what is happening inside us. Compassion helps us turn towards that experience with warmth, courage and care.
This is not about positive thinking, self-pity or letting ourselves off the hook. It is about meeting difficulty honestly and asking, gently: what do I need right now? Self-compassion can help us take responsibility, make changes and grow from a place of care rather than punishment.
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Walk-and-Talk Therapy
"In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks." — John Muir
Walk-and-talk therapy offers the chance to meet outdoors rather than sitting opposite one another in a therapy room. We walk side by side at a gentle pace, allowing movement, fresh air and the natural environment to support the work.
For some people, walking side by side can make it easier to speak freely. There is less direct eye contact, the body has room to move, and the rhythm of walking can help thoughts and feelings unfold more naturally. Depending on what you need, we may walk, pause, sit, talk or spend time in silence. We go at your pace.
- Acton Park
- Gunnersbury Park
- Kew Gardens