I work with people who want to understand themselves more deeply, not just manage symptoms - and who want to feel more settled, grounded, and at ease in themselves.
You might be looking for support with:
- feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally stuck
- understanding and regulating your nervous system
- repeating patterns in relationships
- low mood, self-esteem, or loss of direction
- making sense of past experiences and how they affect you now
- developing greater awareness of your thoughts and feelings
- connecting more fully with yourself and your life
You might be coming to therapy because something doesn’t feel quite right
At times, your nervous system may feel overwhelmed, anxious, or shut down. Together, we can begin to understand these responses and find ways to feel more stable, resourced, and in control of your emotional experience.
Perhaps you’re finding yourself repeating familiar patterns in relationships, or feeling stuck in some way.
You might be questioning things more deeply: wondering about meaning, direction, or how to live more fully as yourself.
Sometimes these experiences are clear and defined. At other times they’re harder to name; more of a vague sense that something isn’t quite aligned.
A space to slow down and understand what’s happening for you
I offer a space where we can slow things down and explore what’s going on for you, at your pace.
How I work
My approach is grounded in relational mindfulness. This means we pay attention not only to what you’re experiencing, but how you are experiencing it, bringing awareness to thoughts, feelings, and patterns as they arise.
This includes understanding how your nervous system responds to stress, how patterns from the past may still be shaping your experience, and learning how to stay with what you feel without becoming overwhelmed.
Over time, this can help you develop a clearer relationship with yourself, so you can feel more grounded, make clearer choices, and respond to life in a way that feels more aligned with who you are. This creates space for new ways of being and responding to emerge.
Working with patterns and protection
Sometimes, we develop ways of protecting ourselves that once made sense, but no longer feel helpful.
Together, we can gently explore these patterns, and begin to connect with the more vulnerable or hidden parts of your experience, at a pace that feels safe and manageable. We may also turn towards parts of your experience that have been difficult to face, helping you relate to them with more curiosity and compassion.
A collaborative process
Therapy with me is a collaborative process.
We work together to build a sense of safety and trust, so that you feel supported in exploring both what’s difficult and what matters most to you. This might include working with anxiety, low mood, grief, or self-esteem, as well as a deeper inquiry into who you are and how you want to live.
Beginning therapy
You don’t need to have everything figured out before you begin.
If something in you is curious, or senses that it might be helpful to talk, you’re welcome to get in touch.
“Awareness is our true self, it’s what we are. So we don’t have to try to develop awareness, we simply need to notice how we block awareness, with our thoughts, our fantasies, our opinions, and our judgments.”
— Charlotte Joko Beck
