I work from a relational psychodynamic and attachment-informed approach. This means I am interested in how earlier experiences, unresolved feelings, and patterns of feeling, thinking, relating, and coping shape the way we experience ourselves, others, and the world around us.

A central part of the work is developing awareness of these patterns as they become clearer over time. This may include how you protect yourself from painful feelings, what you long for in relationships, what you fear or expect from others, what may be trying to become known, and how you navigate closeness, distance, conflict, and vulnerability.

These ways of coping often make sense. They may have developed to protect against hurt, conflict, shame, disappointment, or loss. As they become easier to recognise and understand, there can be more room for choice, connection, and emotional freedom.

The therapeutic relationship itself is also an important part of the work. Familiar ways of relating often appear in therapy too. When this happens, therapy can offer a different kind of relational space: one where these experiences can be noticed, thought about, and understood together as they unfold, rather than repeated automatically.

This kind of therapy can feel unfamiliar at first, especially if you are used to managing alone or keeping difficult feelings out of view. The work is paced with attention to safety and trust, while also supporting you to gradually move closer to what may have been difficult to feel, say, or understand alone.