Ultimately the benefit and overarching goal of psychotherapy is to help you work towards a more peaceful, integrated, and purposeful life aligned to your values and life goals. You will set your own specific therapy goals with the therapist which you will work towards during the sessions. At times it will naturally be difficult and sometimes exhausting to discuss and focus on issues throughout the session but there can also be light heartedness and celebration. Reflection often continues beyond sessions and at times there might be an ‘emotional hangover’ where you continue to process your feelings towards issues discussed, however this is a necessary part in the journey of therapy. Developing coping mechanisms together will help you to tolerate this, if required. At the same time, it's hoped you will leave feeling more empowered, relieved of emotional burden and having achieved the goals you have set yourself for therapy.

Psychotherapy is a deep exploration of yourself that will shine a light on particular issues, processes and dynamics you experience from different angles in a confidential space within a trusting relationship with the therapist. It creates a deep understanding of yourself that empowers you to find your own path forward over time, enabling you to live the life you want for yourself and meet your therapeutic goals. It requires you to be open, honest and have some ability to reflect. While psychotherapy happens within the session, reflection often happens between sessions, which is a rich resource to bring to your future sessions. As always, psychotherapy happens at your own pace, within your own tolerance levels.

Integration means bringing different parts together to make a whole. In psychotherapy this has meaning on a number of levels: - Working with different parts of yourself that are not in alignment to develop a more cohesive sense of self. - Aligning your thoughts, emotions, somatic (bodily visceral feelings) and behaviour, to enable you to live more purposefully, intentionally, and cohesively. - From a therapist’s perspective, bring together different approaches within their tool box and expertise together to create a unique approach for each individual.

The length of therapy varies depending on the individual and their specific needs. Some may only need a few sessions, while others may establish within the process of therapy a need for support more longer term.

To get started, after you make contact with me, I will offer an initial free online consultation to meet each other. The purpose of this session is to understand what brings you to therapy, and share a bit about myself and my approach. Please note this isn’t a therapy session in itself. After the consultation I will encourage you to take some time to think about whether I’m the right fit for you away from the consultation and allow you to contact me again if you feel you would like to work together. If we agree to work together I will send you a contract to sign that covers our ways of working, fees, and policies. The first few sessions we will scratch the surface of what brings you to therapy in more detail and in the context of your life, both past and present. We will also use this time to set some therapeutic goals together and set a review point to check in how we are progressing against them. For more detailed view of the process, and emotional journey, please see the blog section.

There are different expectations on how much talking a client does in therapy, from the Fruedian picture of lying on a sofa talking to a silent therapist, to expecting the therapist to do most of the talking and solve problems for the client. In reality there is a balance, leaning more towards the client to doing more talking than the therapist, however this is a collaborative process that requires input from the therapist too. They will prompt and guide the session for the client to identify what's relevant and most prominent to focus on. At times they may interject to highlight specific areas, share processes that are going on for them as useful information for the client, use silence purposefully to allow processes to arise, and/or share academic theories where relevant. Mutual feedback is encouraged and the therapist will be checking in frequently with the client to see how each unique approach is landing for them.

Being given direct advice is a misconception of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a collaborative process that will help you gain the tools for coping. This is to empower you to be in a position where you are able to make autonomous decisions throughout difficulties in your life which should build over time. Given direct advice contradicts this process. Ultimately, you are the expert on your life, and the therapist has expertise in helping you increase your tolerance, enhance self-awareness and guide you towards your goals.

My standard fee is £50 for a 50 minute session. If you feel you are unable to pay this amount then we can discuss a concessionary rate.

You are not contracted to commit to any number of sessions, however, everyone’s therapeutic needs are unique and different, and is taken at your pace. My approach is tailored to your needs and circumstances. We will collaboratively set a therapeutic goal and review where we are against it after 6 sessions. Therapy is taken at your pace and the first few sessions tend to scratch the surface and provide context of your issues against the backdrop of your life. Deeper exploration tends to take longer and is enabled through the trust and relationship we build over time. Your reflective ability will also strengthen over time which allows you to view your circumstances through different lenses.

Payment is required at the point of booking via bank transfer. Please ensure you put the date of session in the reference. I have a 48 hour notice of cancellation to ensure the slot can be reallocated if necessary. If you cancel your session within the 48 hour period your session is non-refundable.

I only see individuals of 18+ years old.

I am based in Tardebigge. When we agree to work together I will send you my exact location and how to get here. The easiest mode of transport is car and there is onsite parking. Bus number 52 also pass by.