Psychotherapy
Individual psychotherapy for adults
Psychotherapy offers a space to explore emotional experience in depth, particularly where familiar ways of coping no longer feel sufficient. People often come to therapy when something important feels difficult to articulate, contain, or integrate.
Some themes I often work with
- Somatic and creative approaches to therapy.
- Musicians and music industry professionals.
- Men's mental health.
- Sexuality, sexual identity, and orientation (LGBTQIA+)/Gender and Sexual Relationship Diversity (GSRD).
- Neurodivergence (especially if identified later in life or suspected)
- Spirituality and existential meaning.
- Racialised identities, whiteness, and culture.
- Health, especially living with HIV.
- The therapeutic relationship.
- Attachment over the lifespan.
- Anxiety, anger, shame, and grief.
- Clinical supervision.
The body is our general medium for having a world. — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Relational and integrative
My overall approach is influenced by relational psychoanalysis as well as humanistic thinking alongside existential, somatic, and occasionally, some cognitive behaviour approaches for psychoeducation and resource management. Essentially, I work integratively, which means combining different approaches with the intention of supporting the development of a coherent and grounded sense of self. I also pay close attention to the therapeutic relationship that is co-created, which I see as a key part of therapy work, as well as holding in mind the wider social, cultural, racialised, and relational contexts that can shape a person’s lived experience.
I am a trained EMDR therapist and have done additional training in sensorimotor and body breath energy approaches. For me, we are a multiplicity of parts, our thoughts are important and so is our somatic experience and embodiment. I approach EMDR from an attachment-aware and Internal Family Systems position and combine it with other approaches as relevant.
I aim to offer a space that is emotionally engaged and reflective, where there is space for all parts of the mind and body — one where complexity can be held without being rushed or reduced.
Sessions, location, fees
- Sessions are usually weekly, though I also work with clients using a different pattern.
- Available face to face and online. Face to face sessions are held in Nottingham (NG7).
- Fees for psychotherapy currently start at £70 per session. Availability changes — please enquire.
- I do not work on weekends or bank holidays.
I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story. — Irvin D. Yalom