Psychodynamic psychotherapy for Couples & Individuals

Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, if you are experiencing intense, excessive and persistent worry, fear, and terror that reaches a peak within minutes you might like to speak to a therapist to help you better understand what lies beneath the anxiety.

I have extensive experience working with individuals across a wide range of queer identities. LGBTQ people enter therapy for the same reasons everyone else enters therapy. They might be depressed, or feel severely anxious, they might be compulsively abusing substances or they have recently endured a break up. However, many LGBTQ people come to therapy with an extra layer of trauma and sometimes shame related to their sexuality or identity and the ways in which their sexual orientation/gender identity has been responded to by their families and/or society. Expressing ones gender can feel complicated sometimes. You might feel worried about how others will react, or not be sure what feels right for you. There is no right or wrong way to express one’s identity.

Maintaining healthy relationships, be they romantic, friendships, or work-related, can be challenging at times. The difficulties might be related to the stress of busy, modern living, wanting different things out of life, or due to dysfunctional dynamics that might be extremely difficult to identify and break free from.

Depression is more than just feeling sad. It is a debilitating condition that drastically interferes with daily life. Individuals grappling with depression can feel like life is robbed of its meaning and, in extreme cases, it can lead to distructive behaviour, including suicidal thoughts.

If you lose someone, it can be painful and complex, even if they lived a long and happy life. ‘Complicated’ or ‘prolonged grief’ are terms used to describe a wide range of struggles you might encounter. You might feel stuck or not coping with life, you might no find enjoyment in everyday activities, for example you might avoid friends or hobbies for a long time. You might also have ‘very difficult feelings’ for example, on top of the grief, you might also experience guilt or hopelessness about the future. Saying goodbye to someone can also go deep into the heart of our own identities.  Our relationships fulfil fundamental needs for intimacy, love, connectedness and attachment. Sometimes when someone leaves us, we simply and deeply struggle to go on.