Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy, or "talk therapy," is a collaborative treatment where you talk with a trained mental health professional to address emotional difficulties, mental health conditions, and life challenges by changing unhealthy patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving to improve your well-being. It helps you understand yourself better, develop coping skills, and find healthier ways to manage stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and other problems,

Types of Psychotherapy services offered

Play Therapy for Children

Play therapy is a developmentally appropriate, evidence-supported intervention that allows children to express emotions, process challenges, and build coping skills through the language they know best — play.

I work with children (ages 5 years and older) who may be struggling with:

·Anxiety, fears and phobias
·Emotional regulation and impulsivity
·Social challenges or difficulty expressing feelings
Behavioural concerns at home or school
Trauma, grief or loss
Adjustment to family transitions (e.g., divorce, relocation, new sibling)
Neurodivergence-related support needs (e.g., ADHD, autism, sensory or learning differences)

Using toys, storytelling, art, sand-tray work, games and imaginative play, therapy helps children:

Make sense of confusing or overwhelming experiences
Strengthen problem-solving and emotional literacy
Develop self-regulation and distress tolerance
Improve communication and social confidence
Build resilience in a structured, non-judgmental environment

Sessions also include caregiver guidance to ensure parents feel supported and empowered in reinforcing emotional and behavioural growth outside the therapy room.

Teddy bear therapy

This is a specific psychotherapy technique that is available for young children

Therapy for Adolescents

Adolescence is a period of rapid emotional, social, academic and neurological change. Therapy offers teens a confidential and validating space to develop identity, cope with stress, and build psychological flexibility.

Common concerns I support include:

·Anxiety, depression and stress
School burnout and academic pressure
Peer conflict, social anxiety or bullying
Trauma, grief and loss
Emotional dysregulation and impulsive behaviours
Self-harm, suicidal ideation or crisis support
Neurodivergent experiences (affirming identity, unmasking, executive functioning support)
Family conflict and communication breakdown
Identity development and self-esteem challenges

Therapy focuses on building:

Coping strategies and emotional awareness
Healthy boundaries and communication skills
Decision-making and self-advocacy
Regulation of intense emotions
Adaptive thinking and behavioural patterns

Therapy for families

Family therapy may involve parents and children together, supporting:

Family transitions
Behavioural or emotional concerns
Parenting support
Sibling conflict
Trauma, grief or relational strain
Neurodivergent family dynamics

Therapy for adults

I provide therapy for adults navigating a variety of life challenges, including:

Anxiety disorders and panic
Depression and mood disorders
·Trauma and post-traumatic stress
Chronic stress, burnout and overwhelm
Relationship difficulties and attachment wounds
Self-esteem and identity concerns
Life transitions (career change, loss, parenting, relocation)
Neurodivergence support and self-understanding
·Emotion regulation challenges
·Personal growth and self-development

Clients can expect therapy to be collaborative, structured where needed, and deeply validating — with a focus on both symptom relief and long-term psychological resilience.

Therapy for couples

I support couples who may be struggling with:

Communication breakdown
Conflict cycles
Trust, betrayal or infidelity recovery
Parenting disagreements
Intimacy and emotional disconnection
Attachment challenges
Life stressors impacting the relationship

Therapy helps couples:

Understand underlying emotional needs and triggers
Build effective communication and conflict-resolution skills
Repair ruptures and rebuild safety and connection
Strengthen emotional intimacy and shared meaning
Foster teamwork and mutual support

Psychotherapeutic approach

My therapeutic approach is integrative, brain-based, evidence-driven and individually tailored. I draw from the following modalities:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Used to support clients in identifying unhelpful thought patterns, understanding how these influence emotions and behaviours, and developing practical cognitive and behavioural tools for change.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT): This is particularly helpful for clients struggling with intense emotions, impulsivity, self-harm, or relationship instability. This modalities focuses on developing: distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Supporting clients in developing psychological flexibility — learning to accept difficult internal experiences while committing to values-aligned action.
Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT Level 1 and 2): A rapid brain-based intervention used for anxiety, trauma, phobias, emotional triggers and unhelpful behavioural patterns.
Narrative therapy: I have advanced training in narrative therapy, which helps clients: Separate themselves from their problems, understand the stories shaping their identity, and rewrite these narratives in empowering, healing ways
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): A strengths-based approach that focuses on solutions rather than problems — helping clients identify what is working, build on strengths, and make meaningful progress in a structured way.
General Brain-Based Approaches: I incorporate neuroscience-informed interventions that support:

· Regulation of the nervous system

· Trauma processing

· Behavioural change

· Understanding the brain-body connection