Therapy services in Edinburgh and Online
How I work
I am dedicated to guiding clients through their journey of self-discovery and help facilitate positive change. By understanding the connections between past experiences and present difficulties, you can cultivate greater self-awareness and make more sense of your inner world.
Client–therapist relationship
Our client/therapist relationship is a deeply human connection built on trust, empathy, and collaboration. I provide a safe, non-judgemental space where you can explore your innermost thoughts and feelings without fear of judgement. My role involves careful listening, offering interpretations to enhance your self-understanding, and maintaining a consistent, supportive presence throughout your exploration. This attuned, empathic connection is fundamental to the healing process.
What is psychodynamic therapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach rooted in the principles of psychoanalysis, focusing on the unconscious mind and its influence on thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences, particularly early relationships, shape current emotions and behaviours.
How does psychodynamic therapy Work
As you gain deeper insight into your unconscious motivations and patterns, you can work towards resolving inner conflicts and fostering healthier coping mechanisms. This approach helps you explore your inner world, allowing yourself to be seen and understood in a kind and calming setting. In this way, you can understand the deeper causes of any emotional distress. The goal is to help you gain insight into your unconscious patterns, leading to greater self-awareness and emotional stability.
Individual counselling and therapy
Individual therapy offers a confidential space for personal exploration and growth, where, during sessions, I support you in developing a deep understanding of yourself. Psychodynamic psychotherapy can help you with the emotional difficulties, behaviours and patterns that are affecting you in living the life you want to lead. Talking about difficult emotions or experiences, encourages greater clarity in understanding the root causes of your struggles. I believe therapy isn’t about ‘quick fixes’ or ‘how to’, it’s about asking the right questions, seeing patterns, and making connections within a supportive, steady and caring relationship.
Who is individual therapy for?
Therapy helps you gain a deeper understanding of your emotions, particularly those that feel outside of your control or disproportionate to the situation. By exploring the root causes and triggers of your feelings you can learn how to manage them more effectively.
Individual therapy can improve your relationships, helping you communicate more effectively and build healthier relationships with others. So that you can feel more confident in your ability to articulate your thoughts and feelings. Exploring and allowing yourself to be seen, heard and understood will also help you feel more grounded.
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Couples therapy
We all experience difficulties in our relationships from time to time – it’s normal. When we feel stuck with conflicts, misunderstandings or other problems and can’t find a way out, then couples therapy can offer a confidential setting where we work together to explore your situation. This can generate new ways of thinking to resolve problems you and your partner are experiencing. Recognising that each partnership faces its unique challenges, I offer tailored couples therapy aimed at fostering understanding, growth, and a stronger bond between partners. Couples therapy is designed to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and enrich the dynamics between partners.
Who is couples therapy for?
Strengthening Your Connection
Couples wishing to strengthen their connection and foster growth to deepen their bond. Therapy is suitable for partners at any relationship stage who wish to improve understanding, resolve conflicts, or support each other’s personal growth within the partnership.
Communication & Intimacy Challenges
Communication breakdowns are a natural part of life. Whether you’re dealing with loss of libido or sexual issues or trust concerns, I can help facilitate your journey towards a healthier and happier emotional life.
Neurodiverse Relationships
Couples where one considers themselves neurodiverse and the other is not, can often experience misunderstandings and miscommunication, leading to conflict or resentment. Understanding different perspectives helps to build a more fulfilling relationship.
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New parent / perinatal counselling and therapy
Becoming a parent is one of life's most profound transitions, often filled with immense joy but also unexpected challenges. The perinatal period–spanning pregnancy through into the second or third year postpartum–is a time of significant physical, hormonal, and emotional change. While many navigate this journey smoothly, others encounter mental health struggles like anxiety or depression, intrusive thoughts or anger. This approach offers a unique way to delve into the roots of your feelings, understand how past experiences shape your present, and foster lasting emotional well-being.
Who is perinatal therapy for?
Relationship with
Self
This period often involves grappling with identity shifts, loss of autonomy, and changes in self-perception. Therapy supports the exploration of these feelings, helping you integrate your new identity as a parent with other aspects of yourself.
Mother-Infant
Bond
Concerns about bonding are common. Psychodynamic therapy, informed by attachment theory, explores your internal representations of your baby and your relationship, helping to address barriers to connection and foster secure attachment. It helps develop parental reflective functioning – the ability to understand your baby's mental state and your own, which is crucial for sensitive parenting.
Building Partner
Relationship
The stress of new parenthood can impact communication and intimacy, potentially bringing underlying relational patterns to the surface. Understanding these dynamics can foster empathy and improve connection.