My Approach

Trauma therapy

About Me

My approach is to work within a relationship of trust, presence, non-judgemental dialogue and confidentiality. My client and their experiences are the centre of my practice, based on empathy and conscious attunement. I tailor each session to match my clients’ individual needs and their unique experiences, ensuring that all therapeutic work takes place within their window of tolerance, in order to reduce the risk of re-traumatisation and dissociation in therapy. For some clients, especially if they have experienced complex trauma the therapeutic journey can take time as it is of utmost importance to work always within what feels possible and safe to a client at any given point in time and to strengthen, empower and resource each client as much as possible.

It is my experience, however, that within a trusted and holding therapeutic relationship previous attachment-based trauma can be re-patterned, survival-based fear structures can be transformed and new healthier ways of being can be experienced and embedded in life. This leads to a reduction in distressing symptoms, an increase in self-regulation and overall improvement in health, functioning and well-being.

As a therapist I see myself as a facilitator of each of my clients’ unique healing journey. I believe it is therefore of vital importance that I have also undergone my own therapeutic work and travelled on this journey.

I hold an M.A. in Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and a Ph.D. in natural sciences. Since starting in private practice in 2008, I incorporated elements from Gestalt therapy as well as mindfulness into my work. In 2020 I began working for the Oxford Development Centre specialising in the treatment of Trauma. I have subsequently trained with Lisa Schwartz in the Comprehensive Resource Model (CMR), with Janina Fisher in Trauma Informed Stabilisation Treatment (TIST) and Michael Paterson in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

I work with

• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• Addiction
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Employment Difficulties
• Gender
• Identity Problems
• Mental Health Issues
• Relationships
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma