About Therapy

For religious trauma clients my focus in our sessions will be to help you process your experience, to find ways to integrate your beliefs with your values and your day to day life, to help you find new ways to relate to people who may not support your changes in belief, to help you find your way in a secular world if you are unused to that, and to help you find new pathways forward in your life. I am not here to persuade you away from or towards any particular beliefs; I am here to walk with you as you explore your way forward. I do not offer religious guidance or instruction from any faith perspective; you should approach religious leaders or practitioners for this kind of support.

For neurodiverse clients my focus is on helping you understand your experience, process how you feel about it, and to explore strategies that help you manage symptoms and gain control and elasticity in your life.

My Therapeutic Approach

The key elements of my approach to therapy are:

Integrative

I do not adhere exclusively to one or two theoretical approaches, but draw elements from a number of approaches to construct a cohesive approach that nests with my worldview, and borrow techniques from many theories to suit my clients.

Person Centred

I believe that the client should be the director of their therapy. I will not construct an agenda or program that I expect you to move through, instead I will respond to you each session, as your goals and foci change.

Psychodynamic

I consider that many of the patterns and dynamics that shape our adult lives are rooted in our earliest years - learning who we are, how other people are, how the world is, and how we relate to everything. By exploring these patterns we can gain control over them, and change them for our benefit.

Feminist

I believe that our experiences and circumstances play a significant role in our mental health. Understanding yourself in the context of a larger system helps to de-pathologize many very normal responses to our environment.

NeuroAffirming

I view neurodiversity as something that is "built in" to a person and how they function in the world, something they are rather than something they have. It is not something to be fixed or treated, but a way of being to be worked with.