Effective therapy should always draw on more than one way of seeing a person, and I have been trained in a range of evidence-based and depth-oriented therapeutic approaches that allow me to move fluidly between methods depending on what each client needs at any given stage of their journey.
Below is an overview of the primary approaches I draw on in my practice and with my clients.
Builds psychological flexibility through acceptance and values-based action. Rather than fighting difficult thoughts and feelings, you learn to make room for them while moving toward what matters most.
Helps you explore and reframe the stories that shape your identity, allowing you to separate from problems and step into a more empowered version of yourself. Your story isn't fixed, and this approach helps you write a new one.
Focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to improve emotional well-being. By understanding the connection between how you think, feel, and act, you can shift patterns that no longer serve you.
Explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence your present relationships and behaviours. By bringing what's beneath the surface into awareness, you can begin to understand yourself, and your life, more fully.
A goal-oriented approach that emphasizes your strengths and what's already working to help you create practical, effective solutions. Rather than dwelling on problems, the focus stays on possibilities and steps that move you forward.
Supports healing by integrating mind-body awareness and recognizing how trauma is stored in the body. This approach creates space to process experiences that words alone may not be able to reach.
Explores symbols and unconscious themes to promote self-understanding and personal growth. By paying attention to the imagery and patterns that emerge in dreams, deeper layers of your inner world can be brought into the light.
Helps you explore and understand the different "parts" of yourself that may be in conflict or driving your behaviours. By bringing compassion and curiosity to these parts, we work toward greater inner harmony and healing.
Strengthens emotional bonds by helping partners and family members communicate more openly and securely. By getting to the heart of what each person is feeling, this approach creates the conditions for deeper understanding and lasting connection.
Provides practical tools for improving communication, managing conflict, and deepening connections in relationships. Grounded in decades of research, this approach helps couples and families build a stronger, more resilient foundation together.
Focuses on how early relationships shape emotional connections and relational patterns. By exploring these foundational bonds, you can begin to understand the ways they show up in your relationships today.
Helps restructure family roles, boundaries, and hierarchies to create a healthier family dynamic. By clarifying how the family system operates, this approach creates room for more balanced, supportive relationships within it.
Explores inner emotional "parts" to promote self-awareness, healing, and balance within relationships. By approaching each part with curiosity rather than judgment, this approach fosters a deeper sense of wholeness and inner connection.
Different challenges call for different approaches, and, while every therapeutic relationship is unique, certain methods tend to be particularly well-suited to specific areas of concern.
In practice, I often draw on several approaches within a single counselling relationship, adapting as the work evolves and your needs shift over time.
The connections below are intended as a general guide: