‘Each individual has the potential to become a unique and beautiful creation, but none of us can do this alone and unaided.’
I spent many years working on documentaries and came across people from every walk of life, which I loved. Eventually I began to feel that I wanted to work more closely and in a more supportive way with people on an individual basis. So I embarked on training to be a psychotherapist at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in London which offers a ‘humanistic integrative’ approach to therapy. This means it embraces a variety of theories and ways of working but overall sees the person who comes to therapy as a unique individual and offers a ‘holistic’ way of working with our clients – seeing the connection between mind, body and spirit.
The therapy I offer aims to help you express yourself and to explore your life and the problems you may have creatively, learning to understand yourself in a deeper way. Along with talking about your life this can also include drawing, writing, visualisations, exploring dreams, sand play, all of which can help make connection with parts of ourselves which may have become ‘lost’. In re-discovering these parts of ourselves they can be re-integrated and this is how we can feel ‘whole’ and more completely ourselves. Most important in therapy is to feel accepted and understood for who you really are and, to this aim, I provide a supportive environment for self discovery.
It is a universal desire for us to want to be happy and have meaning to our lives. I see part of the therapeutic work as connecting with our innate qualities which make us unique, and which can be developed and balanced so that we can move towards our full potential and thus lead happy and satisfying lives.
I work to the code of ethics as set out by the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. I also have ongoing supervision and continue with my own personal development.
People come to therapy for many reasons – there can be such a range of problems which we may encounter in our lives:
- stress
- depression
- low self-esteem
- relationship difficulties
- family difficulties
- abuse
- addiction
- bereavement
- fertility problems
- eating disorders
- mid-life crisis
- sexuality
- to unblock your creativity
- to achieve a certain, specific goal
- to make changes in your life
These are just some of the reasons you may consider therapy but there are, of course, many others. You may therefore like to come for an initial discussion and assessment to see whether you feel it’s appropriate to work with me and also to explore whether you are interested in long term therapy or shorter work.
If you would like to find out more, or book an initial assessment, you can contact me by the following ways: