MY APPROACH
My work is relational, collaborative, and values-led- not formulaic. Together, we explore your internal and external world to understand what’s helping and what’s hindering your growth.
THE PROCESS
I begin with a comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessment that looks at your emotional history, psychological patterns, relational dynamics, lifestyle habits, environment, and general health. This whole-person overview allows us to co-create a tailored plan based on your needs and goals and illuminates any sign posting to other professionals that maybe useful to you.
APPROACHES AND METHODS I DRAW FROM INCLUDE:
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Contemporary Relational Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Existential and Humanistic Psychotherapy
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Parts Work and Internal Family Systems
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Exposure Therapy and CBT-informed approaches for anxiety and OCD
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Somatic and creative exploration
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Behavioural and routine planning, drawn from my Occupational Therapy training
WHAT MAKES MY MODEL Unique
The Bio-Psycho-Social Model
I’ve developed a comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessment that forms the foundation of our work together. This 3-hour process takes a whole-person view of your life- from your physical health and mental wellbeing to your habits, social context, relationships, patterns, routines, and values. We explore the past and present—clarifying what’s helping and what’s hindering—and create a roadmap to guide future sessions.
Flexible, Depth-Oriented Work
Some sessions are deeply reflective and insight-based. Others are active and practical. You might spend one week in the therapy office exploring your belief systems or describing your unique experiences, another in the art studio exploring a feeling with different mediums, or another walking through nature practicing being in the moment. Although different forms, all though the containment of a supportive therapeutic relationship.You lead the pace. I hold the space.
Working with high-performing clients in demanding fields
A portion of my practice is with people whose presenting issues show up in work- traders managing risk, entrepreneurs making consequential decisions, leaders navigating succession or burnout. The work is psychotherapy rather than coaching. The setting is occupational, but the material is usually older than the work itself. People in these roles often arrive having tried coaching and behavioural approaches that did not reach the underlying pattern. I work with the pattern.
Informed by Practice, Grounded in Real-World Experience
Alongside ongoing education and evidence-based learning, my approach is shaped by years of experience working in diverse mental health settings. I’ve had the privilege of supporting people across NHS inpatient psychiatric units, crisis and home treatment teams, physical health services, schools, and homeless centres. I’ve worked with individuals with acute diagnoses, as well as those without any formal diagnosis—people simply seeking to explore existential questions, navigate life transitions, or fine-tune their lives toward deeper alignment and potential. This real-world practice continuously informs my model and deepens my commitment to compassionate, inclusive, and effective care.
Spirituality and Faith (Optional)
Some clients arrive with questions that are existential rather than purely psychological. Questions about meaning, faith, mortality, or what happens when an inherited framework stops being adequate to the life that has come. I work with these questions when they are present, drawing on existential and depth-psychological traditions. The work is reflective and grounded rather than prescriptive.