How do you
want your life
to be?
Let's explore that question together...
Have you been trying to ignore, think and talk your way out of your problems? Has it been effective for you?
It feels a natural solution to try to "solve the problem", but sometimes our instinctive reaction to fix the problem becomes a problem itself when we try to apply it to our psychological struggles. This can often looks like avoidance, distracting ourselves, suppressing or over-analysing what troubles us. And yet, while these strategies can sometimes offer relief in the short-term, they're usually ineffective in the long run.
MindfulSpace Therapy will teach you how being present to your experience, opening up to how things are and doing what matters can help you create a life that's meaningful to you. Ultimately, any change we desire starts to come when we stop trying to control how we feel and start taking charge of what we do.
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(Scroll down to find out more about therapy and to make an appointment.)
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What's Therapy All About?
A lot of people think of therapy in this way:
• You have “something wrong” with you and need help
• You go to a therapist and they “tell you” what to do
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Good therapy is a collaboration – a team effort. You might need my support and guidance, and I need your willingness to be open to the process of therapy. We also need to have trust, so that you can tell me how you’re really feeling – about life and therapy itself – and you know that I’m not going to judge whatever comes up during our time together. I can’t make changes for you but I can help you navigate the obstacles and challenges that hold you back from living the kind of life you value.
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My Approach to Therapy
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As an integrative therapist, I use two primary approaches. The first is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – an approach that can be summed up by the saying, “We can’t think ourselves into new ways of living – we have to live ourselves into new ways of thinking.” I also use of Existential Psychotherapy, which explores the meaning of our struggles and leads us to realise we have the capacity to make choices at any point of our lives, regardless of our situation.
While both of these approaches encourage us to open up to our experiences and take steps toward leading a life that reflects what we value, in our work together, what's most important to me is that you feel supported as we work on whatever holds you back from living the kind of life that's meaningful to you.
Client issues I've worked with include: anxiety, grief, trauma, LGBT, gender identity, personal development, career counselling, executive stress, relationship issues, and low self-confidence/self-worth.
My areas of interest: Anxiety, Relationship issues, and Grief; Resilience, Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and Post-traumatic Growth.
