The Therapeutic Relationship
Research shows that the quality of the relationship you have with your therapist is central to effective therapy. In my work, I focus on creating a connection that is responsive to your needs, where you feel seen, understood, and supported throughout the process.
Exploring Your Experiences
Alongside this relationship, I work with you to make sense of your experiences and the patterns that may have developed over time and shaped how you feel about yourself, others, and the world. This can include exploring emotions, relationships, and ways of coping that once felt protective but may no longer feel helpful. Together, we create space for reflection and understanding, allowing new possibilities to emerge.
Recovery through Reconnection
I also support people who have been impacted by trauma and who experience feelings of disconnection or being out of balance. Therapy can offer a place where you do not have to hold your story alone, creating opportunities to reconnect with yourself and others and to gradually restore a sense of balance, safety, and continuity.
Navigating Loss
Therapy can also involve having space to grieve. Grief may arise following bereavement, as well as through other losses or experiences that cannot be changed. I understand grief as a natural and deeply personal response. In therapy, we make room for your experience of loss to be expressed and understood in your own way and at your own pace, recognising that loss can affect not only how you feel, but how you experience yourself, your relationships, and your sense of meaning. Over time, opening space for this can allow loss to be integrated into life, allowing your experience of living to deepen and expand.
The Difference Between Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counselling and psychotherapy often overlap, but they can differ in focus and duration. Counselling often looks at specific difficulties, current challenges, or practical support, while psychotherapy can explore deeper patterns, past experiences, and how these shape your life. We can talk together about what approach feels most helpful for you and how we can work in a way that meets your needs.
