Does this sound like you?
- You’ve tried it all and you feel almost as if this is the end of the road; you stand to lose it all, your family, your marriage, your career
- You’ve been in therapy before and you ended up lying, manipulating and trying every self-destructive behaviour in the book
- You feel powerless as your addiction takes control over your life
- You understand your challenges, you know what the problem is; yet you have no way of making those changes that you desperately want
- Your partner, child, parent is struggling with addiction and you need a lifeline to navigate the sabotage and the pain
- You have already tried therapy that didn’t fit YOU; and you’re simply fed up of just talking for hours with no solution in sight. You need a therapist that understands you but is also firm when you need it
This is a difficult journey but please remember, you’re not alone
And here’s how I can help you!
With 20 years of experience in mental health, nursing and addictions therapy, plus
my own journey with ADHD, I can offer you a real toolbox that helps you in a
tailored, authentic way!
While I have extensive experience in the field of addictions, I can also help you
with anxiety, depression, grief & bereavement as well as behavioural disorders.
Addiction Psychotherapy:
My therapy training is based in addiction and eating disorders. This means I can
help you with:
- substance abuse addictions
- behavioural addictions like gambling, pornography, sex and love addictions
While there is no such thing as a guarantee, I focus on providing lasting changes
by helping you:
- uncover the emotional roadblocks that may surround addictive behaviour
- tackle environmental factors such as stress, traumatic events, or social networks that may lead to a relapse.
Family Support
Addiction and mental health issues do not just affect the individual but also the
people close to them.
If you are supporting a family member or a loved one with addiction or mental
health problems you may feel hopelessness, abandonment, rejection and pain.
While it is very common to deal with these feelings, it doesn’t have to be this way. I
offer a support structure for family members to help the entire family unit on the
journey to recovery!
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapy
technique to help you process and recover from traumatic events as well as
address anxiety, OCD, addictions and pain.
EMDR works so well because it uses bilateral stimulation, which in effect bypasses
the area of the brain that has become “stuck” due to trauma.
This allows you to peacefully process and find resolution without the risk of being
constantly triggered.
Depending on your needs, I am able to offer you EMDR-only sessions or EMDR
combined with other psychotherapeutic tools.
Clinical Sexology
Clinical sexology covers all aspects of human sexuality including interests,
behaviours and functions.
In order to help you in the best possible way, I favour a holistic model with a
biopsychosocial approach.
What this means is that I understand your suffering from the societal perspective
down to a molecular level and everything in between!
Our sessions can cover:
- relationship issues
- sexual trauma
- compulsive sexual behaviours
- aspects of the self that feel too intimate or fragile to share
Causes of sexual problems can vary significantly, therefore in some situations, you may benefit from further specialist support.
How it works
- No healing journey is the same. I am here to support you with tailored solutions and a therapy plan that works for your specific situation
- You can benefit from a short term therapy plan for 6-8 weeks to address small or immediate issues or a longer term therapy plan to explore your unique challenges and emotional roadblocks more in depth
- To ensure our therapeutic relationship is giving you results, we review your treatment every 6-8 weeks and make changes if needed
Please visit the Sessions and Fees page to find out more about how we will work
together.
What’s different about these offers?
What’s unique in my approach is that I don’t come in with assumptions, or try to fit
you in a box. I take you as an individual and instead draw on my own expertise and
experience to help you in a way that is right for YOU!
I use an integrative therapy model, which allows me to work dynamically ensuring I
use skills that meet the needs and preferences of each person.
All the therapeutic methods I use are safe and appropriate to both the
circumstance and individual.
I am equally happy to work as part of a team of healthcare professionals or
independently.