We’ve all adopted strategies for getting on in life.

What are yours? Are they still working?

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What I have learned from my clients is that many things that society describes as mental health issues are often understandable, perhaps even intelligent adaptations, to our history, current situation and environment.

Are you too accommodating in relationships because that’s the only way you feel you will be accepted or loved by others? 

Or you are attracted to people who are emotionally unavailable or who won't or can't meet your needs? Did you have a parent who was preoccupied - with work, illness or alcohol - or caring for someone else?

Therapy can help connect the dots between events and understand how your personality and your responses affect your well-being now and make sense of your past.

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​Understanding comes from insight - and also a deeper embodied connection to yourself. A deeper understanding of how you operate (and why) in different circumstances will serve you as you apply what you’ve learned in therapy.

This can take the form of specific things you want or need to take on, change or accept. Or it might take the form of more general intentions about how you want to behave or be going forward.

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My approach integrates reflective conversation with body (somatic) awareness. Talking helps us understand your experience and the patterns that have developed over time. Paying attention to the body can reveal feelings and responses that are harder to reach through words alone.

Together these approaches support deeper understanding and lasting change.