My therapeutic client work...
On this page you can find out more about my approach to therapeutic work. Read more specifically about Embodied-relational therapy, a form of Body Psychotherapy in which I am trained. Please feel free to contact me to ask any questions about what I say here.

I work as a therapist and mentor in private practice and for employee-assistance programmes. I work with men and women living through a variety of experiences, at different stages in their life cycle. I have worked with clients from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and working environments (from those who are self-employed, un-employed, retired, bringing up children, between places in their travelling, working in the public, private and not for profit sectors). In terms of sexual orientation, I have worked with clients who see themselves as gay, straight, bi, unsure, ambivalent and celibate.

I work integratively, drawing upon different therapeutic traditions and approaches. I was originally trained in the Humanisitic tradition and have since integrated approaches from the psychodynamic tradition, in particular, theory and practice informing psychotherapy which includes a live awareness of the body. I have also trained as a healer and am fascinated by the different energy models and the more energetic, less verbal dimension of this work. Having practised meditation and Buddhism for the past sixteen years I also bring my experience of mindfulness and compassion-based approaches to my work, particularly through meditation, visualisation and embodied sensing.

What I see as equally, if not more important, as having a sound theoretical and experiential grounding in different approaches, is the quality of relationship between the client and therapist. Being receptive to a live sense of each new client coming for therapy is important to me in my work. Each client is unique and therefore the process of working with each client is unique. What I find most important for therapy to be useful and effective is to co-create a respectful and collaborative relationship as a context for therapeutic and healing work to take place.

I am increasingly interested in how the wider social, economic and political backdrop and other than human life influence clients and the therapeutic relationship. This interest weaves together my prior academic training as a social scientist, my practical work on sustainable development projects in sub Saharan Africa and my experience to date as a therapist.

Please contact me for more information.
Go to the homepage or pages focusing on different aspects of therapy:
Visit the grief/loss page
Visit the spirituality page
Visit the business page
Visit the mentoring and therapy for families in business page