Life can be a complicated business. We can rub along quite happily for years, juggling a successful career with family life, yet feel there is something missing. Or we may have felt from the outset that we have never really known who we are.
Relationships may falter, illnesses may strike. Past failures may dog us. Or we may just have a nagging suspicion that things are not as they should be.
People may seek a therapist for a host of reasons. Protracted grief, after a loss; a feeling of being stuck in life; a daily struggle with a specific mental health condition. All are equally valid.
Psychotherapy offers a robust environment to come to terms with change - to take risks, to explore new avenues and to experiment with fresh perspectives.
When things are troublesome, the consulting room can provide a safe container for distress and confusion, in which tangles can be teased out, and new understandings can emerge.
Everyday issues
With a clinical background in the NHS, I have particular experience of working with people with problems such as anxiety and depression, self-harming, feelings of emptiness, confusional states, grief, loss and past trauma. I also work with people struggling with more 'everyday' concerns, such as mid-life crisis, sudden illness, relationship difficulties, trouble at work or a significant life event, such as a divorce in the family or leaving home for the first time.
Working both long- and short-term, I offer Jungian analytical psychotherapy to individuals aged 18 and over.