Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy & Somatic / Embodiment Therapy

Therapy is not about fixing what is broken but about understanding what has shaped you. It is a space where we explore not just the symptoms of distress but the deeper forces that have influenced your way of being in the world. While this process takes time, it offers something far more profound than temporary relief—lasting change.

Change does not happen through sheer effort alone. It arises when we slow down enough to experience ourselves more fully, to listen to what has been left unheard, and to recognize the ways in which past experiences continue to live within us. Often, we move through life reacting rather than responding, shaped by patterns formed long before we were aware of them. Therapy provides an opportunity to step back, to notice, and to begin to shift these deeply ingrained ways of relating to ourselves and others.

Therapy is a collaboration, a relationship in which we explore what has been too painful, too complicated, or too elusive to face alone. This work requires time, commitment, and a willingness to engage with the unknown. It is not about quick solutions but about creating the conditions for deep and lasting change. Through this process, you will come to understand yourself more fully, to recognise the unconscious forces at play in your life, and to develop a greater capacity for choice, resilience, and self-compassion.

Therapy is not about reaching some final, perfected version of yourself but about becoming more fully who you are. It is about making space for all parts of you—the known and the unknown, the seen and the hidden—so that you can move through life with a greater sense of clarity, freedom, and connection. If you are ready to begin this journey, I am here to walk alongside you. 

Sessions are 50 minutes long, once to twice weekly, providing the space needed for reflection, exploration, and integration. For those who cannot attend in person or prefer the flexibility of remote work, online therapy offers the same depth and presence.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a contemporary, relational approach that weaves together attachment theory, neuroscience, developmental psychology, trauma research, linguistics, and memory studies. It is grounded in the understanding that our sense of self is not something fixed but something shaped through relationships, beginning with our earliest attachments and extending into the present. What we currently feel, how we respond to life, and the struggles we face are often deeply connected to our past. Without realising it, we carry our history within us, sometimes reliving old wounds in new contexts, repeating the same cycles, frustrated, and left wondering why change feels so difficult.

Unlike symptom-focused approaches, psychoanalysis seeks to uncover what is unconscious—those hidden forces that shape experience in ways we may not yet fully understand. Through our work together, we will begin to notice these unconscious patterns, shedding light on what has been buried, misunderstood, or simply unseen. This process is not just about analysis but about deepening your connection to yourself. It is about finding new ways of being that feel more authentic, spacious, and more alive.

Somatic therapy brings the body into this process, recognising that the past is not only stored in the mind but also in the nervous system. The body holds memories, emotions, and patterns of tension, often long before we can put words to them. By integrating body awareness and movement, we can access and release what has been held in ways we might not have realised. Healing does not come only from insight—it also comes from experiencing ourselves differently, from allowing new possibilities to emerge not just in thought but in feeling, in sensation, in presence.