St Andrew’s Hall, Saint Andrew’s Road, Chesterton, Cambridge
Counsellor in Cambridge, England
I work with adults, 18 and above, offering one to one psychotherapy. I can provide both short and long term therapy, and either in person in Cambridge or online via zoom.
I originally trained as an integrative arts psychotherapist, so there is an opportunity for you to work with art and creativity within the sessions. This may include sandtray work, painting, drawing, using postcards and bodywork or using metaphor or images real or imagined. Working creatively can be especially helpful, when you may be feeling stuck, or words seem to limit expression, rather than bring greater insight.
My work as a therapist is informed by many different approaches/theories which enables a more tailored fit for you, according to what you would like to bring and are wanting to work on. I draw from many psychotherapeutic theories such as humanistic, existential, attachment and psychodynamic.
Primarily I see the therapeutic space as an alternative to what we may usually encounter in relationships in the wider world. It is an opportunity to seek authentic connection and honest conversation, with a dedicated listener, and to be held with compassion and curiosity. The space is for you, the client, to bring whatever troubles you, but also a space to learn about what also inspires and excites you. Your whole self is very welcome, in all its messy and misunderstood parts. Sometimes the process may be about reclaiming lost and buried parts of yourself, and sometimes it is building a new narrative, or bringing to life an unrealised part you have not known fully before. Therefore I often see therapy as the process of unlearning, unhelpful narrative, beliefs and voices, that we may have internalised that no longer serve us, and finding ways to bring to the surface new narratives and beliefs.
A Little About Me
In the last ten years I have been exploring and getting to know my own neurodivergence; I self-identify as AuDHD, which has taken much of my work in this direction, so I now tend to work mainly with neurodivergent clients. In the therapy room, we can work in a way that suits you, at your own pace, and own communication style. I have no set expectations of how the therapy should go, but your comfort as the client is paramount. In a world where yourself may not have been fully received, or you may have felt the pressure to mask, can be put down to rest.
I am committed to supporting you to live your most fullest and real version of yourself, which will look and feel different for each client. A part of this can be giving yourself permission to live your truest versions of yourself, which can often contain a mix of letting go of unhelpful beliefs that no longer serve you, and going back to collect parts of yourself you may have disowned or left behind. This will look and feel different to everyone.
And, if you are coming as a client who is not neurodiverse, then we may look at what may have kept you smaller in life than you needed to be? And what you may want more of, and less of.
