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Experiential
Using active curiosity, openness and willingness to experiment with many possibilities for resolution and pathways towards healing.
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Holistic / Integrative
bringing together the psychological, emotional, physical, social and spiritual parts of clients, so they can work together to best complete a whole, fully-integrated person.
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Person Centred
Using empathic understanding, genuine curiosity, care and unconditional positive regard to focus is on the person, not the problem.
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Trauma Informed
Therapy grounded in the understanding of and responsiveness to the impacts of trauma. Emphasising physical, psychological, and emotional safety to create opportunities for a renewed sense of possibility and empowerment.
Integrative Counselling
I bring together a variety of therapeutic approaches to create an integrative counselling experience that meets you where you are.
This flexible, client-centered approach honors your unique life experiences and allows each session to adapt to your needs, goals, and pace, giving you space to feel heard, understood, and supported.
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Connecting mind and body to apply psychotherapy and physical therapies. Increasing capacity to experience and express both pleasant and unpleasant emotional sensations in the body.
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Developing new ways of relating to self, others, and the world.
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A holistic approach offering an atmosphere of support, empathy, and trust that nurtures client authenticity, self-acceptance, and compassion.
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Addressing unhelpful thought patterns and their associated behaviours to improve emotional regulation.
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A gentle, deeply respectful approach based on the idea that we all have different "parts" of ourselves—like the part that wants to step up and the part that hesitates—and a core, wise Self. Instead of fighting or trying to "fix" those protective parts, IFS helps you listen to them, so you can heal old burdens and let your core Self lead with calm and clarity.
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Shifting to more empowering stories.
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A compassionate non-authoritative approach inviting clients to engage in self-discovery; uncovering what hurts and what is needed to repair it.
(AKA Rogerian Therapy)
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A future-oriented, goal-directed approach to solving problems. Focussing on strengths and helpful skills, resources and coping abilities, rather than weaknesses or deficits.