Services provided & modalities

 The core foundation of my work is based on the therapeutic relationship I have with you, my client in the here and now, moment by moment exchange we share in session together. In this regard I am influenced by Gestalt Therapy. 

I am currently completing my third year of training in Somatic Experiencing and this underpins much of my work. I also provide EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to process trauma. I have also trained in G-TEP Group Traumatic Event Protocol. I am working towards an advanced accreditation for EMDR beyond the Level 1 & 2 EMDR practitioner trainings. 

In addition I use Emotion Focused therapy to understand the feelings and needs you have underneath your “story”.  I may draw on Acceptance and Commitment therapy to support you to get clearer about the aspects of life that are in your control and those that are not. This is also a useful tool to get clear on the values that drive our motivations and it also offers fantastic Mindfulness tools to help us tune into ourselves better and diffuse from troubling thoughts.

Another tool that is well worn in my toolbox is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which is a powerful evidence based approach to assist in managing challenging thoughts and feelings.  
I am also drawn to the work of Dan Siegel and Interpersonal Neurobiology which considers how we influence each other human to human as well as how trauma is held and healed in the body.   

When it comes to work with couples, I draw a lot from on the work of John Gottman and his “Sound Relationship House” and David Schnarch‘s “Passionate Marriage”, the work of Esther Perel as well as Emotional Focused Therapy and Attachment theory.

When it comes to work with families I use many of the approaches above but framed within the model of Family Systems Theory and Attachment Theory.