How does therapy work?
Counselling or psychotherapy sessions provide a regular time and space in which to share, explore and understand the nature of your problem or difficulties, along with associated feelings, thoughts and behaviours. Therapy is not the same as giving advice. The counsellor or therapist is there to help you identify and understand more clearly what is bothering you. They can help you to gain a different perspective on yourself and/or your problems and aid you in making choices and changes that feel right for you. All sessions are confidential and provide a safe space to explore and discuss difficult and sometimes hard to say issues. You can benefit enormously from the opportunity to share what you want to talk about with a dedicated person who is able to really listen to you. This can be a very powerful experience.
How could I help you?
As a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist, I have considerable experience in helping clients make sense of their issues and difficult feelings. My aim would be to help you achieve a new and healthier perspective by better understanding the connection between your past and your present, by highlighting the origins of your problems and by making sense of who you are and why you’ve been feeling the way you do. Through this process of self-discovery and acceptance it would be possible to have more realistic and satisfying relationships with others. And recognising and understanding these feelings and patterns of behaving may also mean avoiding destructive and unhelpful relationships and ways of living in the future. Whether we met in person in my rooms in Balham, or if we worked online, I offer you the time to talk, the space to think and an opportunity to explore and make decisions in a safe and confidential environment.
What kind of problems can you bring to therapy?
Anything that is worrying you and disrupting your normal work or personal life can be talked over in therapy. This could be related to your relationships, whether with family, friends, work colleagues or partners. You might be struggling with major life events such as the birth of a child, divorce, ill health, the menopause, retirement and bereavement. You might be feeling unsafe in the world, fearful about the future, or struggling with an existential anxiety. If it’s troubling you, bring it to therapy.
