I am a qualified therapist registered with the BACP, holding an MA and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling. I trained at The Minster Centre, one of Europe’s leading integrative schools.
As a registered member with the BACP I follow its code of ethics, with full insurance and a clear DBS check. I am committed to practicing in a non-discriminatory way and welcome all clients with different identities and backgrounds.
My integrative practice
Integrative therapy means drawing on a number of theories and using them together, which for me is:
Relational therapy
Paying attention to the therapeutic relationship and my experience of it. This helps understand clients’ inner world and process aspects of their past which might emerge between us. I consider different parts of the client, and which are present or missing in the therapeutic relationship.
Attachment Theory
Considering how our early relationships shape our expectations of others and emotional life.
Psychodynamics
Coming to understand what we might have needed and what was missing in our early relationships. Considering the means we use to manage anxiety and emotions and how these might be present in the therapy.
Body therapy
Paying attention to our bodily experience such as sensations or muscular tensions to help understand our emotional world. Considering bodily regulation in response to trauma and working in a trauma-informed way.
Intersectionality
Considering different aspects of our identity — how they connect and what this means in our immediate relationships and wider society. Holding how differences in my identity and that of clients might sit in our therapeutic relationship, such as age, race, class or sexuality.