My therapeutic approach draws from psychodynamic and psychoanalytic frameworks. These frameworks look at understanding how our past experiences, relational dynamics, responses to challenging life situations and unconscious processes shape our sense of who we are and how we live our lives.

Psychodynamic therapy is a longer term, depth based therapy. Rather than focusing only on reducing symptoms, psychodynamic approaches seek to understand the underlying cause of symptoms and the contexts in which they emerge for each individual. There is a particular emphasis placed upon the role of the therapeutic relationship and the creation of a therapeutic frame as these form the foundation for the work. To facilitate this I reserve a consistent 50 minute therapy space for each patient on a weekly basis.

Psychodynamic therapy will suit individuals who are seeking a deeper, reflective style of therapy as opposed to a structured, task oriented form of therapy. Initial sessions involve discussing presenting issues, the therapeutic process and completing an overview of important events and relationships in a patient’s life. After this I encourage patients to begin sessions by speaking as freely as possible. We then work together to understand a patient’s experiences, identify patterns and consider new pathways forward.