Couples/ Relationship Therapy:
I am passionate about working alongside couples, helping them discover constructive ways they may remain connected. This includes helping them identify unhelpful patterns of behaviour and their source, develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their partners, discover new ways of communicating and relating to each other and support their growth both individually and together. I provide a safe, accepting and reflective environment for couples to share their vulnerabilities so they may deepen their trust and intimacy and by so doing, build a stronger, fulfilling relationship. Some other issues I work with that frequently impact on and affect personal relationships include:
- Sexual orientation and sexual identity
- Misunderstandings about sexual development, appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviours and establishing healthy sexual boundaries
- Infidelity and “affairs”
- Sexual difficulties
- Sex workers
- Blended family relationships
- Trauma, EMDR, blended/step-families, older adults
- Parenting, parent-child relationships
- Parenting post-separation including visiting reluctance, designing parenting care plans, parenting co-ordination etc
- Relationships following bereavement of significant loved one/family member, including suicide
- Supporting survivors of narcissistic parents and/or partners.
Individual Therapy/Assessments
- Clinical assessment and therapy for adolescents through to old age with a range of issues – depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, OCD, Phobias, grief, Suicide
- Psychological Trauma – childhood and recent including sexual, emotional and physical abuse
- Sleep disorders
- Gender reassignment therapy and reports
- Gender dysmorphia
- Separation, divorce, re-parenting and blended family issues
- ADHD (child and adult)
- Self-esteem, identity and intimacy issues
- Relationship, cultural and religion difficulties
- Grief, loss, existential and adjustment issues
- Work stress/conflict resolution
- Supporting survivors of narcissistic parents and/or partners.