What I help people with


My professional experience brings the skills to work with a broad range of concerns, difficulties, and most importantly, you.

I draw from different psychotherapy approaches such as AEDP, Brainspotting, EMDR, and IFS Therapy these take a more holistic approach, than counselling alone. They tend to work at a deeper level with and with your nervous system which is where the root of problem is - not only in the thinking/cognitive part of the brain. While this brings me more complex longer term work, I also work with people who want shorter term support.
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It is difficult to list everything I work with as there are many problems in life, and everyone's situation and experience is unique. After many many years of working in mental health, I have worked with most of the experiences people bring to therapy.

Really I work with you on the things that you want help with. I am not here to make a diagnosis, rather to help you get to the best version of you. Ultimately, I work with people when life gets difficult, or problems persist after trying to work it out. I also work with people who want to increase self-awareness, and develop.
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Below are some of the common experiences people see me for help with, which often overlap:
Experiences:
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​Accidents & Injuries
Bereavement & Loss Bullying
Childhood Trauma
Family & Relationships
Sexual Abuse
Traumatic Birth
Thoughts/Cognitions:

​​Bad memories
​Flashbacks
​Health anxiety
Obsessive thoughts
Paranoid thoughts
​Self critical thoughts
Unwanted/Intrusive 
Feelings/Emotions

​Anger
Anxiety
Depression
Guilt
​Sadness
Self Esteem
Shame
Physical

​Addiction
Attachment
IBS
Illnesses and Cancer
Physical pains
Sexual
Unexplained pains
Behaviours

Alcohol & Drug use
Binging
Eating
Phobia
​Sabotaging
Self Harming/injury
Trichotillomania
Diagnosis

Autism & Asperges
Dissociation
Mental Health Diagnosis
Personality Types
Ante/Post Natal D'
PTSD & CPTSD
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“Psychotherapy works for the treatment of depression, and the benefits are substantial. In head-to-head comparisons, in which the short-term effects of psychotherapy and antidepressants are pitted against each other, psychotherapy works as well as medication. This is true regardless of how depressed the person is to begin with. 
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Psychotherapy looks even better when its long-term effectiveness is assessed. Formerly depressed patients are far more likely to relapse and become depressed again after treatment with antidepressants than they are after psychotherapy. As a result, psychotherapy is significantly more effective than medication when measured some time after treatment has ended, and the more time that has passed since the end of treatment, the larger the difference between drugs and psychotherapy.”
 
― Irving Kirsch, The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth


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