Areas of Support
People come to therapy for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes there's a specific event or diagnosis. Sometimes it's a quieter sense that something isn't working. Whatever brings you here, the following gives you a sense of what I work with and how I approach it
Anxiety
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people seek therapy, and one of the most misunderstood. It's not just worry. It shows up as physical tension, avoidance, racing thoughts, irritability, and an ongoing sense that something bad is about to happen
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In therapy we work to understand what's driving your anxiety: The thoughts, patterns, and triggers underneath it and build practical ways to respond differently. I draw on CBT and other approaches depending on what's most useful for you.
Depression
Depression is more than feeling sad. It affects how you think, how you relate to other people, and how you experience everyday life. It can make the simplest things feel exhausting and the future feel flat.
Therapy for depression isn't about positive thinking. It's about understanding what's keeping you stuck, rebuilding connection with yourself and others, and finding small, practical ways to move forward.
Trauma & PTSD
Trauma can result from a single event or from ongoing experiences over time. It doesn't always look the way people expect. Sometimes it's nightmares and flashbacks, sometimes it's numbness, disconnection, or a persistent feeling that the world isn't safe.
I have experience working with trauma across a range of settings, including psychiatric hospitals and community mental health. In therapy we work at a pace that feels manageable, building safety before moving into the harder material.
Life Transitions
Major life changes, a new city, a relationship ending, a career shift, becoming a parent, losing a parent, can destabilise even the most grounded people. Transitions often surface deeper questions about identity, meaning, and what you actually want from your life.
Therapy during a life stage change isn't about having the answers. It's about having a space to think clearly, sort through what matters, and move forward with more intention.
LGBTQIA+
I work with people across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identity. Affirming therapy means your identity is not treated as the problem, it's the starting point.
LGBTQIA+ individuals come to therapy for the same reasons everyone does - anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and sometimes for experiences specific to navigating a world that isn't always welcoming. Both are valid reasons to be here.
Grief & Loss
Grief is not a problem to be solved or a process with a clear end point. It's a natural response to losing something or someone that mattered and it deserves space, not a timeline.
People grieve the death of loved ones, but also the end of relationships, loss of health, loss of identity, and futures that didn't happen. In therapy we make room for grief without rushing it, and work through what it means to carry loss while still living.