my approach
Our work is shaped by the relationship we build, and I place great care in creating a space that feels grounded, authentic and attuned. My approach is collaborative and tailored to your needs, fostering a safe container where you can begin to soften, recognise, grow and change, through honest exploration and self-expression.
As an integrative therapist, I use all my training and expertise to help you live in a more conscious and embodied way, to get to the root of your problems, and not just manage the symptoms. This means I am able to include:
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Talking therapy to focus on developing the capacity of your mind to manage challenging thoughts, experiences, and beliefs; recognising unhelpful thinking patterns and working through cognitive shifts. While this approach can be very useful, most times you can't think your way out of the problem, especially if it is rooted in trauma;
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Somatic body-based therapy to focus on processing how your body holds these difficult internal thoughts, becoming aware of the disconnection and overriding signals, pushing through, and living mostly in the head. I offer regulation tools such as breathing, movement, patterns of sensations or grounding techniques. Enriched by a solid foundation of behavioural science, evidence-based practices, physiological and neurobiological principles, this approach can be extremely powerful in bringing compassionate curiosity around the body and shifting deep emotions or self-beliefs, by way of re-balancing a nervous system that may have become dysregulated for example, and re-connecting with your body.
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Contextual and systemic approaches to therapy, as relevant to you as an individual in the context of your wider systems, to see how your relationships, the institutions you are part of, and your wider environment may affect your experience.
In view of my international multi-cultural background and experience, I bring a lens of cultural identity, migration, and systemic influence into our work. I keep in mind how history, culture, and social environments shape mental health, acknowledging that individual experiences are frequently inseparable from larger social dynamics. My goal is to offer a respectful, welcoming space where people from all walks of life can feel safe enough to explore and grow.
why this work is different
Breath, posture, sensations, and symptoms often carry deeper meanings that enhance insight and foster a growing capacity to hold ourselves with more complexity. As we move through this process of discovery together, you often find the clarity to understand complex emotions that once felt confusing.
But insight alone isn't always enough to rebalance a nervous system shaped by chronic stress, trauma or deeply stuck patterns of behaviour.
Somatic psychotherapy works at the level of the body, where we can learn to listen and recognise. This is structures, depth-oriented work. It unfolds over time and I am not here to "fix" you or anything within you, because you are not broken. I simply stay responsive and aligned to you in the present moment, helping you to make sense of your challenges, integrating and befriending your own internal parts, whilst also learning practical tools to foster meaningful change.
I honour the powerful relationship between mind, body and soul, supporting you toward joy, curiosity and deeper self-understanding through an intuitive blend of talk therapy, somatic practices, breathwork, guided relaxation and active imagery to create a sensitive and interconnected map of both your internal and external worlds. This means some sessions may be talking only; others might include movement, mindfulness or breathwork - whatever serves you in the moment.
Whether you prefer talking therapy or are curious about a more embodied approach, we'll move at a pace that feels safe, building agency and growth together. I'll listen and work with you every step of the way.
