MY THERAPY PRACTICE
My philosophy
I believe that past experiences impact how we are as a person and relate to others in the present, and that is through relationships that we heal. I facilitate a safe and accepting space for us to build a genuine and trusting relationship to help you connect to yourself more authentically. I focus on nurturing your potential and help you explore your feelings, needs, thoughts, and experiences, to increase your self-awareness which I believe can call forth positive change in your life.
I work holistically; which means that I consider the mind, emotions, body, and spirit as a whole, as I believe all aspects are interconnected.
My approach
As an integrative psychotherapist, I trained in the Clarkson Five Relationship framework which means I focus on the healing aspect of the counselling relationship; there is extensive research that demonstrates that a high-quality relationship predicts positive clinical outcomes, regardless of the approach.
My approach is collaborative and based on mutual understanding. I draw from different approaches which allows me to work flexibly with methods that suit you best, always taking your uniqueness as a person into account.
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Humanistic therapies
Based on the belief that we all naturally have the potential to create the life we want, but sometimes difficult life experiences might block this ability. It’s all about self-exploration within a safe and non-judgmental space, focusing on nurturing our sense of self. (existential, person-centred, gestalt).
Psychodynamic therapies
Focussed on the past and how these experiences impact the present and how unconscious beliefs still affect us today. Focusing on increasing your self-awareness to help you bring about change in yourself. Explores patterns of relating and coping strategies (attachment and relational based).
"Being alongside you, offering an opportunity for change and connection. Human healing can only take place in a space of patience and care, a space where we feel safe enough to just be, to be appreciated in all that we are, unconditionally.
In such a space is where the wonder of therapy occurs."
- Gina -
