Therapeutic Approach

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My work is grounded in psychodynamic thinking, understanding how past experiences shape the way you think, feel, relate, and cope in the present.

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We spend time connecting the dots. Looking at patterns. Tracing how early relationships, formative experiences, and attachment dynamics have shaped your internal operating system, how you protect yourself, where your vulnerabilities sit, how you respond under pressure, and what still feels unmet.

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Most present-day struggles don’t appear out of nowhere. They form part of a mosaic of cumulative life experiences that continue to live in the background of your day-to-day functioning.

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But insight alone isn’t enough.

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While we build understanding, we also work directly with what’s bringing you to therapy now, anxiety, panic, burnout, emotional overwhelm, relational strain. You don’t need to spend years analysing your childhood if what you need first is relief from symptoms interfering with your functioning.

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So the work moves in two directions at once: building insight into the deeper story while developing practical ways to stabilise and navigate present-day distress.

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Together, we begin mapping your internal world, understanding emotional triggers, core beliefs, protective defence patterns, behavioural coping strategies, and the range of unmet needs driving current strain. From there, we clarify what isn’t working, why it makes sense that it developed, and what would need to shift for life to feel more aligned.

 

Emotional overwhelm can look like a form of emotional drunkenness, moments where feelings take over and behaviour follows. Part of the work is learning how to steady yourself in those moments, regain footing, and respond from a more grounded place. This often includes developing emotional regulation skills, strengthening boundaries, and building self-worth.

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Therapy becomes an active process. Not advice or life coaching. It’s the work of taking responsible, compassionate ownership of your inner life.Many of the people I work with are coping on the surface. Functioning. Showing up. Doing what needs to be done. But internally, life feels misaligned, unfulfilling, or quietly unsustainable. You may find yourself at a psychological crossroads, aware that something needs to change, even if you’re not yet sure what or how.

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Therapy offers a structured space to face those realities honestly, with both compassion and accountability, and to begin doing the work required to live differently.