Philosophy

Everyone in this life is trying to do their best with the resources available to them, but life is far too short to just put up with situations that make us feel unhappy or unfulfilled. We each have the capacity to create the lives that we want, to be comfortable in our own skin, and to be proud of the person that we are, but it could be that we just don't see our own potential.

None of us choose the life that we are born into, and sometimes we just need a little help to find our place in the world. Therapy can help you to create your own opportunities for change, enabling you to make new connections between events, beliefs and choices in your life.

Approach

I like to view people in the context of their relationships with others, as individuals functioning in a bigger picture. I value people's strengths and try to develop positive and creative thinking. This means that I don't like to put people into a bracket or pigeon hole and sometimes that means throwing out the theories and simply connecting, without making assumptions.

A good therapist should stay with you, in your world, not hide behind strict models or therapeutic orientations – it's about what you actually need, not what feels safe for the therapist. Therapy can help guide you towards a place of self acceptance, and ridgidly sticking to a text book is unlikely to help us to discover the real you, or what it is that is standing between you and the life that you want.

Motivation

I've always been curious about how people work, and how each person fits into the world around them. How some people know instinctively where they belong, yet some people feel lost, alone or out of sync. It is immensely rewarding when I feel that I have genuinely connected with someone, bridging a gap between us in order to share an experience and help them see the world from a different perspective.