Working Together
What therapy with me feels like
Therapy is a space where you can bring your thoughts, feelings and experiences without needing to have them neatly worked out first.
My role isn’t to give you ready-made answers or tell you what you should do. I will be alongside you with curiosity, compassion and professional experience as we explore what is happening in your life and what you might want to be different.
Many of the people I work with have spent a long time looking after others, keeping things going or putting their own needs to one side. You may find yourself being self-critical, struggling to speak up or set boundaries, or caught in patterns that you understand but still find difficult to change.
Therapy gives us space to slow things down, make sense of what is happening and explore possibilities for responding differently.
My approach
I work collaboratively and at your pace.
Talking is an important part of our work, but I am also interested in what happens beyond words. Our thoughts, feelings, relationships and bodies are closely connected, and sometimes the body communicates something before we have found a way to put it into words.
You might notice tension, changes in your breathing, restlessness, a feeling of holding yourself back, or simply a sense that something doesn’t feel right.
Rather than treating these experiences as problems that need to be fixed, we can become curious about them.
What are you noticing?
When does it happen?
What might it be telling you about your experience?
This can sometimes reveal patterns that are difficult to see through thinking alone, and can create opportunities for greater awareness and choice.
Movement doesn’t have to mean dancing
As a Dance Movement Psychotherapist, movement can be part of our work together, but it is never something you have to do.
Movement in therapy can be very subtle. It might be noticing how you are sitting, changing position, becoming aware of your breathing, making a small gesture, or noticing an impulse to move.
If movement feels useful, we can explore it together. If talking feels more appropriate, we can stay with words.
There is no right way to do this.
You don’t need to be good at movement, enjoy dancing or have any previous experience. The focus isn’t on performance or exercise. It is simply another way of paying attention to your experience.
Mindfulness doesn’t always mean being still
Mindfulness is often presented as sitting quietly and trying to keep your mind calm.
I take a broader view.
Being mindful can mean becoming curious about what is happening right now — including sensations, impulses, emotions and movement.
Sometimes stillness helps us notice what is happening. At other times, movement may help us notice it more clearly.
We can explore both.
This can be particularly useful when you know that something is happening but aren’t quite sure what it is, or when you find that thinking about something over and over doesn’t seem to bring you any closer to understanding it.be heard makes a difference in itself.
What you might notice over time
Therapy is different for everyone, and there are no guaranteed outcomes. But over time, you may begin to:
- understand yourself with greater compassion
- recognise patterns that have been difficult to change
- become more aware of your needs and boundaries
- notice how your body responds to different situations
- find it easier to express what you think, feel or need
- develop greater choice in how you respond
- see yourself and your experiences from a different perspective
These changes don’t usually happen all at once.
Sometimes an important shift is simply beginning to notice something that previously went unnoticed.
Moving at your pace
There is no pressure to tell me everything at once or to arrive with a specific goal.
Some people come to therapy for a relatively short period to explore a particular difficulty. Others find that longer-term work gives them the space they need to understand more longstanding patterns.
We can talk about what feels appropriate for you and review this together as the work develops.
The therapy belongs to you. My role is to help create the conditions in which you can explore your experience safely and at a pace that feels manageable.
Practical Details
Fee:
£60 per 60-minute session
Format:
Online
Availability:
Weekday mornings,
Tuesday afternoons/evenings,
If you would like to know more about how I work, you can also explore the FAQ or download my therapy information pack.