Types of Therapy

I work integratively, drawing on different therapeutic approaches depending on your needs. Below is a brief explanation of each approach I use.

I may draw on one or more of these approaches depending on your needs, goals, and what feels most supportive for you.

  • Humanistic therapy is centred on you as a whole person. It offers a warm, supportive, and non-judgemental space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences at your own pace. This approach is based on the belief that, given the right conditions, people have a natural capacity for growth, healing, and self-understanding. Therapy helps you reconnect with yourself, build self-acceptance, and develop a deeper sense of meaning and authencity.

  • Person-centred therapy is a type of talking therapy that focuses on you and your experiences. In a safe and supportive environment, the therapist listens carefully and without judgment, helping you explore your feelings, understand yourself better, and work through challenges. The goal is to help you gain confidence, find your own solutions, and make positive changes at your own pace.

  • Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences, particularly early relationships, may influence the way you think, feel, and relate to others today. By gently bringing unconscious patterns into awareness, this approach can help you understand recurring difficulties, emotional blocks, or relationship struggles. Over time, greater insight can lead to meaningful and lasting change, allowing you to respond to life with more freedom and choice.

  • CBT focuses on the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It helps you notice unhelpful thinking patterns and develop more balanced and supportive ways of responding to challenges. CBT is practical and collaborative, often including gentle exercises or strategies you can use between sessions. It can be particularly helpful for anxiety, low mood, stress, and building coping skills for everyday life.

  • CBT-E is a specialised form of CBT designed to support individuals experiencing difficulties around eating, body image, and food. This approach focuses on understanding the factors that maintain these difficulties and working towards a healthier relationship with food and with yourself. Therapy is tailored to your individual experience and aims to support both emotional wellbeing and long-term recovery in a compassionate and structured way.

  • Gestalt therapy focuses on increasing awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations in the present moment. Rather than analysing the past in detail, this approach helps you notice patterns as they show up in your life now. Through curiosity and exploration, Gestalt therapy supports greater self-understanding, personal responsibility, and emotional integration, helping you feel more connected to yourself and others.