Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy, also known as talk therapy, involves discussing your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours with a trained therapist to gain insight and resolve emotional difficulties. It can address a variety of psychological issues, including trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship problems.  Psychotherapy can alleviate deep-seated distress and confusion, helping you gain clarity about who you are and the changes you wish to make.

"Client and therapist are both human beings with universal challenges and tensions of existence as well as our own history...therapy is fundamentally about two diverse human beings (who are not that different after all) having an intimate, vulnerable, powerful, creative and playful conversation about the difficulties, joys and meaning of life. (Cook, 2025)

• Self-Awareness: Gain deeper understanding of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.
• Emotional Healing: Address and process past traumas and emotional wounds.
• Behavioural Change: Develop new coping strategies and healthier behaviour patterns.
• Personal Growth: Explore and realize your full potential for a more fulfilling life.

I use a relational and integrative approach, primarily informed by Transactional Analysis (TA). TA is a well-researched and evidence-based therapy that helps you understand your life script—the unconscious story you've written for yourself—and how it influences your current behaviour and relationships. By identifying these patterns, we work together to rewrite your script, fostering greater authenticity and improved relationships. 

I am also qualified to offer EMDR therapy; Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is a powerful, scientifically proven evidence-based internationally-recognised psychotherapy, approved by the NHS that can help people recover from distressing events in their lives which have led to poor mental health. 

Psychotherapy is ideal if you seek to address deep-rooted issues or have a history of mental health struggles. It involves a longer-term commitment compared to counselling, providing a space for profound personal development and transformation.

 "A mutual owning of the painful truths of life's journey can lie at the heart of the truly therapeutic relationship" (Heiller & Sills, 2010, p263)