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MY SPECIALTIES

ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS

Tailored psychological support is offered to both adults and adolescents, recognising the unique developmental and life-stage challenges each may face. The approach fosters emotional regulation, identity development, and resilience while supporting the pursuit of a meaningful and fulfilling life.

INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES

Work with individuals focuses on exploring personal difficulties, while couples therapy aims to improve communication, connection, and understanding. The process supports deeper insight and movement toward more meaningful, values-driven relationships.

ANXIETY DISORDERS

Support is provided for a range of anxiety disorders, including generalised anxiety, panic, and social anxiety. Together, distress is reduced while confidence, balance, and a sense of inner stability and purpose are strengthened.

BEREAVEMENT

Compassionate support is offered to those navigating grief and loss. Therapy provides a safe space to process emotions while gradually rediscovering meaning, continuity, and direction after loss.

CHRONIC ILLNESS

Psychological support is available for individuals coping with chronic health conditions. The focus is on adjustment, resilience, and maintaining quality of life, identity, and purpose despite ongoing challenges.

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS (DID)

Specialist, trauma-informed support is provided for individuals experiencing dissociation, including DID. Therapy is carefully paced to ensure safety, stability, integration, and the development of a coherent sense of self.

EATING DISORDERS

Support is offered for individuals struggling with disordered eating and body image concerns. Therapy explores underlying emotional and relational factors while fostering a healthier relationship with food, body, and self-worth.

FERTILITY ISSUES

Support is provided to individuals and couples dealing with the emotional impact of infertility. Therapy addresses grief, stress, identity, and complex decision-making while supporting meaning-making and future direction.

LIFE COACHING

Goal-focused support helps clients achieve personal and professional aspirations. This includes building clarity, motivation, and practical strategies while fostering a purposeful, values-driven life.

MARITAL AND PREMARITAL

Support is offered to couples seeking to strengthen their relationships or prepare for long-term commitment. Therapy focuses on communication, expectations, shared values, and building a meaningful, sustainable partnership.

MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS

Support is available for individuals experiencing physical symptoms without clear medical explanation. Therapy explores mind-body connections and emotional factors while promoting improved functioning and meaningful engagement with life.

NARCISSISTIC ABUSE

Support is provided for individuals recovering from narcissistic or emotionally abusive relationships. Therapy focuses on rebuilding self-worth, restoring boundaries, processing trauma, and developing a stable and meaningful sense of self.

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

Trauma-informed therapy is provided for individuals experiencing PTSD and related difficulties. Treatment focuses on processing trauma, reducing distressing symptoms, and reclaiming a sense of safety, control, and meaning.

RELATIONSHIP ISSUES

Work with individuals and couples focuses on exploring and resolving relationship difficulties. Therapy addresses communication, relational patterns, attachment dynamics, and building deeper emotional connection.

FAMILY CONFLICT

Work with families and individuals focuses on navigating conflict and improving communication. The aim is to foster understanding, establish healthy boundaries, and create more balanced and meaningful relational dynamics.

LGBTQ+

Affirming and inclusive support is offered for LGBTQ+ individuals. Therapy explores identity, relationships, and societal experiences, supporting authentic living in alignment with personal values.

LIFE TRANSITIONS

Guidance is provided through significant life changes such as career shifts, relocation, or personal milestones. Therapy supports adjustment, identity development, and the integration of change into a meaningful life narrative.

MENOPAUSE

Psychological support is provided for women experiencing the emotional and physical impact of menopause. The focus is on coping strategies, identity shifts, wellbeing, and maintaining purpose during this transition.

MOOD DISORDERS

Work with individuals experiencing depression and other mood-related difficulties focuses on emotional regulation, behavioural change, underlying psychological patterns, and reconnecting with meaning and fulfilment.

PARENTING

Support is offered to parents navigating challenges and strengthening relationships with their children. This includes managing behaviour, stress, and family dynamics while fostering connection and a nurturing environment.

PREGNANCY, PRENATAL, POSTPARTUM

Support is provided through the emotional challenges of pregnancy and early parenthood. Therapy addresses anxiety, identity changes, adjustment, and emotional wellbeing during this significant life stage.

SELF ESTEEM

Support is provided in building confidence and a healthier sense of self-worth. Therapy explores underlying beliefs, promotes self-acceptance, and supports alignment with personal values and identity.

SEXUAL ABUSE

Sensitive, trauma-informed support is offered to survivors of sexual abuse. Therapy focuses on safety, processing trauma, healing, empowerment, and reclaiming a sense of self and control.

SEXUAL DISORDERS / DYSFUNCTIONS

Support is available for individuals and couples experiencing sexual difficulties, including issues with desire, arousal, performance, and intimacy. Therapy provides a safe space to explore underlying psychological, relational, and emotional factors while promoting confidence, connection, and fulfilling sexual wellbeing.

SPIRITUALITY

A reflective space is offered to explore spiritual beliefs and their role in psychological wellbeing. Therapy integrates meaning, purpose, values, and existential reflection where relevant.

WOMEN’S ISSUES

Support is offered to women across a range of psychological and life challenges, including identity, health, relationships, and life transitions. Therapy also explores the impact of societal pressures, cultural expectations, and gender roles, fostering empowerment and a purposeful, fulfilling life.

TRAUMA

Evidence-based approaches are used to support individuals who have experienced trauma. Therapy focuses on processing, recovery, resilience, and rebuilding a coherent and meaningful life.

WORK-RELATED AND CAREER ISSUES

Support is provided for individuals navigating workplace stress, burnout, career uncertainty, and professional challenges. Therapy focuses on clarifying goals, managing pressures, strengthening confidence, and fostering a more meaningful and balanced working life.

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