How I Work

I understand distress as arising from the interaction between nervous systems, relationships, and the conditions of a person’s life, rather than as something located solely inside an individual.



I’m also attentive to the existential dimensions of distress — the ways difficulty can arise when life feels constrained, overwhelming, or out of alignment with who someone is or how they are able to live. Questions of identity, choice, responsibility, loss, freedom, and belonging often sit quietly beneath symptoms, even when they are not named directly.



At times, experience may also touch something transpersonal — moments where feeling, meaning, or perception extend beyond the personal story alone. This might show up as a sense of connection, absorption, symbolic richness, or a shift in how someone relates to themselves, others, or the wider world. These experiences are not assumed, pursued, or required, but recognised when they arise and approached with care and grounding.



I do not assume that therapeutic depth comes from staying longer with intense experience. Often, difficulty arises from mistiming rather than avoidance — from being asked to carry more than is workable in the moment. I pay close attention to limits, early signals of strain, and when something has done its work.



Therapy, for me, is as much about supporting movement, clarity, and choice as it is about exploring feeling and meaning.



At times, we may explore dreams, images, or symbolic language, where this feels helpful. I also work intuitively, noticing shifts, resonances, or emerging meaning in the room. These ways of working are offered tentatively and collaboratively — as possibilities rather than conclusions — and are always set aside if they are not helpful or timely.



I work with the assumption that difficulty, misattunement, and limits are part of ordinary human life. The aim is not perfection or constant regulation, but greater flexibility, repair, and self-trust over time — and a life that feels more inhabitable.