My core therapeutic model is the relational model – a really powerful model that brings together the warmth of humanistic therapy and the insight of the psychodynamic approach. Sometimes there is so much going on for us that it is difficult to know exactly what we think or how we feel about something.

 

The relational model also believes the experience of being valued and accepted in the counselling relationship plays a part itself in healing our distress. It is a unique relationship and one that I feel very privileged to be part of.

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This model can offer an effective way to look at and resolve present difficulties, but it can also support clients to explore their past, building their understanding of how the two may be connected. It can throw light onto our relational patterns  - what we need from our relationships, what we expect from them and the ways in which our needs and expectations can help us or hurt us. In essence, it offers a chance to increase our understanding of ourselves and therefore increase our choice about who we are and what we do.

 

​I work integratively, which means I blend together other therapeutic approaches in my practice. I have completed further training and professional development for working with particular theories and methods and focusing on issues including:

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• ​Managing anxiety

• IAPT Counselling for Depression

• CBT

• Working somatically and Polyvagal-informed therapy

• Transactional Analysis

• Trauma and dissociation

• Childhood sexual abuse

• Inner Child Therapy

• Compassion Focused Therapy

• Working therapeutically with shame and low self esteem

• Experiencing narcissism

• Solution-focused approach

• Disordered eating

• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

• Assessing risk and Safeguarding