The process

I’ve worked to create a therapeutic space that feels safe, nurturing, and genuinely open. A space where every part of you is welcome - whether you’re sitting with loneliness, fear, confusion, or uncertainty - and where you don’t have to face these experiences on your own. We’ll take time to build a therapeutic relationship that feels steady, respectful, and free from judgement. From this foundation, we can begin to carefully explore the beliefs, relational patterns, and lived experiences that may be limiting you, and begin to name the things that have not yet felt safe enough to be spoken.

Supporting a deeper, kinder relationship with yourself sits at the heart of my work. This process often connects to how you experience closeness with others, your sense of self, and the ways you’ve learned to adapt, attach, and protect yourself over time. My approach is informed by psychodynamic thinking, a client-centred framework, and parts-based work, all held with attentiveness, curiosity, and care.

What is Integrative Psychotherapy?

Integrative Psychotherapy is an approach that allows the therapist to draw from a range of therapeutic models, weaving them together in a way that is responsive to each individual client. It recognises that people are complex, and that no single therapeutic model can meet every need. Central to this way of working is the belief that meaningful change emerges through a strong, collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Integration also refers to bringing together the different parts of yourself. This may involve meeting aspects of you that have been hidden, silenced, or pushed away for a long time, and discovering qualities or strengths you may not have recognised before. It’s about deepening your understanding of who you are - your fears, longings, values, and desires - and making space for the full range of your emotional world, including those feelings that may once have felt too much, unacceptable, or unsafe. This is sometimes called ‘shadow work’.

About me

I am a qualified integrative psychotherapist, trained in the UK. I have a BSc in Psychology, and I’ve previously worked within the adolescent mental health sector. Alongside this, I have volunteered with a number of organisations including BEAT, The Kids Network, Resources for Autism, and The Psychosynthesis Trust, a low-cost therapy organisation.

My work is grounded in a trauma-informed, anti-pathologising perspective. This means I do not view behaviours or emotional responses as signs of something ‘wrong’ or ‘disordered’ within you. Instead, we understand them as meaningful responses to difficult life experiences. Rather than asking, ‘What’s wrong with me?’, we gently move towards the question, ‘What has happened to me?’. Compassion, curiosity, and care are central to the way I work.

I regularly engage in extra training to make sure I am developing my practice and staying up to date with relevant and new information in the mental health field. To find out more about this please ask.