Therapy for adults

People come to therapy because the stories that are told about them do no match up with their preferred identities.

Michael White, family therapist

In the modern world, we can feel we are a long way from who we truly are, nudged out of alignment with ourselves and estranged from each other. Some of the structures and practices that helped us in the past may no longer be there. We have to work harder to stay grounded and clear-sighted. There are many routes back to self and towards greater connection with others. Click here for my take on ways to awaken and nourish your authentic self and join with other people.

Being human, we can often put off doing something until we are suffering too much., but I believe that we can always make positive changes. Key to that is having the intention to support our higher selves. We also need to understand what needs to change, to stick at the work, even when it feels uncomfortable, and we have to take meaningful actions.

Typical problems people identify to work on:

• Fears- about relationships, children, the future, illness, old age, infertility
• Stuck in cycles and repeating patterns in relationships with partner or family or work
• Overwhelmed by feelings- anxiety, sadness, shame, rage, numbness
• Difficult experiences- loss, betrayal, humiliation, abandonment, traumatic events
• Habits that won’t shift- over or under eating, self-harm, substance use, self neglect
• The challenges of being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world

I often suggest we work together for an agreed number of sessions, with regular reviews to consider whether more work is warranted and, if so, what the focus would be and what outcome is sought? I work in a quiet, low stimulation space. I adapt my practice to work sensitively with differences such as autism and ADHD. For example, the camera can be switched off for online sessions, and clients can incorporate movement into any session. We always bring the body into the work and sitting is certainly not a requirement! With some clients who prefer to move we walk the session in the park and woods.

I am registered with the main private health insurance companies- BUPA, Aviva, Vitality, Cigna, Aetna and AXA PPP. Please let me know if you want to pay for sessions via your health insurer and I can give you full details.

Cost: £150 per session/ £75 concessionary rate