My Approach To Your Treatment

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

By drawing from a wide range of psychological theories, I engage with my clients in a flexible and interactive manner and respect each unique individual’s needs and desires.

I offer a safe, accepting space to explore your reactions to circumstances and to understand the conscious and unconscious beliefs, attitudes and needs which determine those reactions. Self-awareness and self-acceptance are obtained through the presence of a calm, compassionate therapist. I work on a short term or a long term basis to assist each client to gain deeper insight into him/herself and increase awareness of relationships, people and life circumstances

From the moment of conception your development is the consequence of your genetic composition interacting with the environment. This interaction determines your perception, interpretation and responses to life experiences. Over time, unconsciously individuals create unique 'lenses' through which the world is perceived, coloured and interpreted. Throughout life, modifications to these 'lenses' can and do occur. However, modifications occur either haphazardly and unconsciously or consciously through insight. Today social media intensifies our biases by creating echo chambers that reinforce preexisting beliefs and, even more concerning, limits exposure to diverse perspectives. Individuals unaware (unconscious) of the presence, the content or the modifications of their 'lenses' are vulnerable to distortions of reality and to repeating undesirable patterns.

RELATIONSHIP THERAPY

Many people consulting me for relationship therapy state “communication” as the reason for their relationship problems. That may be partially correct. However, it is impossible to communicate your expectations, wants, needs, desires, hurts, disappointments if you are not self-aware. It is also very challenging to truly ‘hear’ another if you, yourself, are not self-aware.

It may feel paradoxical to accept that your difficulties in relationships can be alleviated by your own self-awareness. It may feel like the wrong direction – there is often the feeling the other is the one who needs self-awareness. The shift from “Who’s right” to “What’s going on inside me now” can be uncomfortable but transformative. That is the beauty of relationship therapy, when the individuals in the room begin to make that shift.

Therapy goals range widely and include:

• Personal enrichment
• Improved relationships
• Increased clarity regarding life decisions
• Reduced anxiety and depression
• Overcoming self defeating patterns
  
  

We shall not cease from exploration
and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time 
T.S. Elliot, "Four Quartets"