About

How I work

Drawing predominantly on contemporary psychoanalytic and psychodynamic thinking and frameworks, and centering empathy as the central process of a shared understanding of your difficulties – I aspire to help understand your deeper problems and provide hope towards liberation and self-understanding. The process is both difficult and rewards, with intense positive and difficult feelings likely to arise throughout the process. I will aim to work with you to find the right pace, depth, and intensity.

Empathy

More than just sympathetic kindness, empathy is a way towards a felt understanding of your experience, one that goes beyond surface descriptions.

Regularity

Through providing regular and consistent support, we can begin to experience a uniqueness in our understanding of your problems and ways to overcome them.

Curiosity and diversity

Leaning on my diverse readings, movies, activities, experiences, and interests I seek to find news ways to explain old problems that click with you. I also work with a strong socio-cultural and justice lens, considering cultural differences as key to working together,

Systemically-oriented

Understanding that you are part of a broader social system that you are both impacted by, and impact, helps to tease apart responsibility of different agents in your life.

Self-esteem

I work to support a development of a coherent and supportive self-esteem that expresses your core values and supports your ideals and goals.

Holistic

I aim to support your to develop and discover current and new strengths and achievements, whilst acknowledging, working with, and managing those things that hold you back.