My Approach

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an exploratory approach. This means taking time in therapy to explore and reflect on your feelings and past experiences, to help make sense of the present. We all carry within us an internal landscape made up of people, places and experiences, which help shape who we are and how we relate to others. Sometimes, what we learn from the past can free us from feelings and expectations in the present, which may no longer be true for us and which we no longer need.

Psychodynamic in Nature, outdoor therapy offers a way of exploring our interior world outdoors in nature, allowing the external landscape to reflect and illuminate our past and present relationships with self, other and place.

I currently offer both indoor/online psychotherapy and outdoor therapy.

Psychodynamic therapy is concerned with;
• the influence of past experiences on our present lives
• the power of unconscious processes
• the recurrence or repetition of patterns in relationships
• defences or the strategies we use to try to survive
• the connection between mind and body and place

About Me

I am a UKCP Registered Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with over 20 years’ experience working with adults and young people in diverse settings. These include private practice, NHS Adult Mental Health services, sixth form college and university counselling, employee assistance and staff counselling. My experience also includes teaching counselling students, supervising therapists and working with groups.

During 2024 I launched my Psychodynamic in Nature, outdoor therapy practice. This is a form of psychodynamic psychotherapy taking place in an outdoor setting (also known as Eco-psychotherapy or Nature-Allied therapy). For details please see my website https://newleaftherapy.co.uk/

I work with

• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

Types of Therapies Offered

• Group Analytic Psychotherapist
• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• Age-related Issues
• Anorexia
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bulimia
• Bullying
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Employment Difficulties
• Gender
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Mental Health Issues
• Obsessions
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Phobias
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Relationships
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Suicide
• Supervision
• Trauma
• Workplace Counselling