Every human being is unique in their story, strengths, struggles and life trajectory.

I use an integrated approach that sees the person in their context and uses the therapeutic relationship as the essential promoter of change.

I am always looking to expand my clinical knowledge to offer flexible psychological support that meets the diversity of client's needs.

In my practice, I integrate:

Systemic Theories

These approaches to therapy tend to see the person in their contexts (individual, family, work, society, culture, religion) and aim to make sense of symptoms within the relational contexts in the person's life.

Systemic approaches look at reducing the power imbalance between therapist and client/system, using appropriate self-disclosure and empowering collaboration. The therapist is seen as part of the system they are observing and influences it.

Pg Certificate in Systemic Practice,

Institute of Family Therapy London (2021)

Psychodynamic Theories including Mentalized Based Therapy

This approach tends to focus on early experiences and attachment styles as lenses to look at current difficulties, both within the individual and in interpersonal relationships, including the therapeutic relationship.

Internal Family System

This approach derives from systemic approaches and tends to look at the psyche as composed of parts that evolve with the person. In times of struggle, a part might become fixated on extreme roles. and create unwanted consequences. This approach aims to restore balance in the internal world.

https://ifs-institute.com/

Trauma-Informed Perspective

This perspective aims to consider the impact that potentially traumatic events have on the individual and sees symptoms as learned coping mechanisms.

Every person has some level of resilience to adverse life events, and when this ability gets overwhelmed, the person might experience symptoms like anxiety, depression, OCD and needs for control, self-harming of different sorts, flashbacks, dissociation, depersonalisation or derealisation.

The goal is to collaboratively help the person find the inner and external resources to cope with the consequences of their experiences and create an alternative empowering narrative.

Trauma Master, Beck's Institute Rome, 2023

Sensorimotor

This approach integrates talking therapy with body-oriented approaches, aiming to elicit the healing power of the body, and restore safety and trust in self, and connection with others.

https://sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org/

CBT

This approach looks at the interconnection between thoughts, feelings and behaviour in the individual, and aims to help in developing alternative thinking patterns to deal with current struggles.