My approach is grounded in Gestalt, trauma informed, and sensitive to somatic responses.

Gestalt informed psychotherapy

Awareness, contact and the present moment.

Gestalt informed psychotherapy pays attention to what is happening now: in your thoughts, feelings, body, relationships and way of making contact with the world.

In practice, we may explore how you experience yourself in the present moment, how you respond to closeness or distance, how you protect yourself, how you express or hold back emotion, and how older experiences may still shape current patterns.

The aim is to support awareness. As awareness grows, more choice can become available.

Trauma informed somatic practice

Listening to the body with care.

Trauma informed means that therapy respects the impact of threat, loss, shame, powerlessness and overwhelm on the nervous system.

Somatic practice brings gentle attention to the body. This may include noticing breath, tension, heaviness, numbness, pressure, restlessness, grounding, boundaries and the body’s signals of safety or alarm.

As a Trauma Informed Somatic Practitioner, I bring this body aware lens into the therapeutic work. The pace is careful. Choice, consent and steadiness matter throughout the process.

The therapeutic process

Following what emerges.

Therapy may include conversation, reflection, grounding techniques, here and now awareness and exploration of repeated patterns.

The work follows what emerges in the session, attentively following the process and what feels comfortable and safe for you.