Individual Counselling

Maybe you have felt ‘different’ for most of your life, or you feel you don’t really belong; perhaps your identity has been marginalized by society for so long, that feeling like you are the problem or that something is wrong with you has become your ‘normal’.

Instead of recognizing your stress-responses to an environment that pathologizes anything out of the norm as your (healthy) coping mechanisms, you might have been told that you need ‘fixing’. In this space I will not try to ‘fix’ you, but we will use our time together to understand how the many often harmful aspects of your environment affect(ed) your self-image, your relationships and your daily functioning. I will support you in identifying and working with your resources to protect and take care of yourself while finding and living your truth.

It would be my joy and honor to explore how we can work together. I see clients on a once-off, short term or ongoing basis. There is no limit to our time together as everyone is different with different needs for support.

I use a combination of client centered modalities that have served me well in my practice towards growth, integration and wellbeing. From Jungian therapy we learn to look at our ‘true self’, to acknowledge and accept our shadows as a result of repressed experiences and memories. The influence of Gestalt therapy grounds us in the here and now, focusing on experiences in the present moment, where we include the environmental and social contexts of your life as well as the therapeutic relationship in the room to lead us towards your truth.

While we don’t overly focus on the past it is important to acknowledge past trauma and key experiences as they manifest in the now as triggers or unhealthy patterns that continue to show up in your life and relationships.

During this process we hold an awareness of the interconnectedness of body, mind, spirit, environment and relationship as we turn challenges into opportunities for meaningful transformation.