I have over twenty years of clinical experience and have worked within organisations that specialise in resolving complex trauma and addiction issues as well as being self employed in private practice. I recently migrated to Australia from the UK. Over the years I have worked with individuals, couples groups and families although my private practice is largely centred around individuals needing short or long term work.
My main theoretical approach is as a Gestalt psychotherapists. I am interested in how we form specific patterns of relating, to both ourselves and others and the impact these have on our current life experiences.
I work with each individual's whole life experience to help them make sense of their presenting issues, develop a wider range of resources and expand their options for dealing with future life events.
I aim to use interventions that relate specifically to the individual, thereby adopting an integrative approach to my work. I have also had experience of utilising Cognitive Behavioural techniques especially in relation to substance misuse and over the years have gathered a range of knowledge that I now tailor to the individual needs of people I work with.
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.