Who I support
Sometimes you know exactly what has happened and why you’re struggling.
Other times, it’s harder to put your finger on.
You might be dealing with anxiety, feeling overwhelmed by your emotions, struggling in an important relationship, or finding yourself caught in patterns you can’t seem to change. You might spend a lot of time stuck in your head, replaying conversations, questioning your decisions or wondering why you react so strongly to certain things.
Perhaps you’ve thought, “I know I’m smart and capable, so why am I struggling so much to make a good life for myself?”
Or perhaps you are struggling to find your direction in life, not having the experiences you want, or feeling numb and disconnected.
Or maybe you simply have a sense that something isn’t right, even if you can’t explain what it is.
Your experiences continue to shape you
Many of the struggles people experience today make more sense when we understand what they’ve lived through.
For some people, that includes experiences they clearly identify as trauma, such as childhood abuse or neglect, family violence, sexual assault or intimate partner violence. For others, it might be grief and loss, attachment wounds, difficult family relationships, chronic health issues, growing up feeling different or misunderstood, or experiences that were never really recognised as significant at the time.
You might notice yourself repeating the same patterns in relationships. You might struggle to trust your instincts, hold yourself to impossibly high standards or constantly compare yourself to other people. You might understand your patterns intellectually and still feel frustrated that you can’t seem to change them.
Sometimes people have spent so much time thinking about themselves and trying to work out what’s wrong that they become mentally exhausted by it. Or other times, we avoid thinking about what’s wrong to avoid the pain of it - and feel stuck.
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Your experiences continue to shape you
I’m interested in helping you understand why you think, feel and respond the way you do. I believe that this is the key to understanding what you need - what is missing - to build the life that you want.
That means looking at what’s happening now, but also being curious about the experiences that have shaped you, the patterns you’ve developed, your relationships and what you notice in your body.
Therapy can be a place to understand where your anxiety, difficult emotions or repetitive patterns might be coming from, rather than only trying to manage them when they appear.
As you begin connecting the dots, your responses can start to make more sense. You can begin to understand what you need to develop that internal sense of security that allows you to respond to life’s challenges better, trust yourself more, and build healthier relationships with the people around you.
You don’t need to know exactly what’s wrong before you come to therapy. You also don’t need to decide whether what you’ve experienced was “bad enough” or whether someone else has had it worse.
And you don’t need to tell me your whole story in the first session.
We can start with what’s happening for you now and work from there, gradually making sense of the experiences and patterns that have brought you to this point.
Thinking about starting therapy?
If you’re thinking about starting therapy, you’re welcome to get in touch.
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You can ask any questions you have, learn a little more about my approach, or book an appointment if you feel ready to get started. If you’d prefer to speak first, you can also request a free 15-minute initial conversation to briefly talk about what you’re looking for and whether I might be the right therapist for you.