My Approach
How I Work
My work is collaborative, structured, and responsive to your needs.
Therapy provides a space to explore current difficulties while also understanding the emotional and relational patterns that shape how you think, feel, and relate to others. We work at a pace that feels safe and containing, with attention to both your lived experience and clear therapeutic goals.
I aim to offer a balance of reflection and practical support, helping you develop insight alongside strategies that can be applied in day-to-day life.
Therapeutic Focus
My approach is informed by evidence-based practice and guided by ongoing formulation.
Together, we explore how past experiences, attachment patterns, and relational dynamics influence present difficulties, particularly in relation to mood, anxiety, self-esteem, and relationships. This relational understanding supports greater emotional awareness, flexibility, and choice.
Alongside this, we work actively with skills that support emotional regulation, tolerance of uncertainty, and adaptive coping. This may include strategies drawn from cognitive and behavioural approaches where appropriate.
The aim is not symptom management alone, but meaningful and sustainable change — supporting improved functioning, emotional resilience, and a stronger sense of self over time.
Therapeutic Models I Use
I draw on different approaches depending on your goals, presentation, and stage of therapy:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
To help understand and work with unhelpful thought patterns, emotional responses, and behavioural cycles, particularly in anxiety and mood difficulties.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
To focus on relationships, communication, role transitions, and unresolved interpersonal experiences that impact emotional wellbeing.
Psychodynamic / Relational Therapy
To explore deeper emotional themes, long-standing patterns, and the relational dynamics that emerge both in life and within therapy.
ACT and Compassion-Focused Therapy (when helpful)
To support emotional flexibility, self-compassion, and values-based choices, particularly where self-criticism or avoidance are prominent.
What Therapy Focuses On
Therapy is not only about managing symptoms, but about understanding the patterns that sit beneath them.
We pay attention to how past experiences shape present responses, particularly in relationships, emotional regulation, and sense of self. This understanding helps loosen stuck patterns and creates more choice in how you respond to difficulties.
Alongside insight, we work practically. This may include developing strategies to manage anxiety, navigate change, tolerate uncertainty, and respond more flexibly to emotional challenges in everyday life.
The aim is not quick fixes, but change that feels meaningful, stable, and sustainable over time