Talk Therapy

Talking is one of the oldest and most natural forms of healing. When you share your thoughts and feelings in a safe, confidential space, it can ease the burden of carrying them alone. Speaking your story out loud often brings clarity, helps emotions move, and makes patterns easier to see.

In therapy, talking can be grounding — a steady rhythm of checking in, naming what is happening, and being witnessed without judgment. It can reduce isolation, normalize your experiences, and help you feel less alone in what you’re going through. Through conversation, we can explore meaning, imagine new possibilities, and support you in finding your own words for what matters most.

While therapy can include many tools, talking itself is never “just talking.” It is a way of processing, connecting, and beginning to heal. Sometimes, being truly heard is the first and most important step toward change.

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based approach for working with trauma and distressing experiences. It is based on the understanding that overwhelming events can become “stuck” in the nervous system, leaving thoughts, emotions, and body responses frozen in time. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation — such as eye movements, hand-held tappers, or gentle tapping — to help the brain and body reprocess these memories in a safe and contained way.

Over time, EMDR allows the emotional intensity of painful experiences to soften, making space for new perspectives, greater regulation, and a deeper sense of safety. It can be used for single traumatic events, ongoing stress, or even patterns of negative beliefs. Many people describe EMDR as a process that helps them finally move forward, no longer held back by the weight of past experiences.

Trauma responsive

Trauma can disrupt the body’s natural rhythms and create a sense of disconnection. Sensorimotor art therapy uses creative, body-based expression — bilateral drawing, movement, or imagery — together with sound therapy, which works through rhythm, vibration, and tone to help regulate the nervous system. This work is informed by polyvagal theory, which explains how the body shifts between states of safety, fight-or-flight, and shutdown. By attending to these states and gently supporting regulation, therapy can restore balance, connection, and resilience. These approaches offer multiple, gentle ways of processing experiences when words feel too much or not enough, helping to re-establish a sense of wholeness.

Somatic Therapy

Our bodies hold stress and trauma in ways that words cannot always reach. Somatic therapy focuses on body awareness, nervous system regulation, breath, and gentle movement to support healing. This approach helps reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress, and disconnection, while deepening your capacity to stay present and grounded. Somatic therapy is especially helpful if you often feel stuck “in your head” or disconnected from your body.

We may use practices such as gentle body scans, orienting through the five senses, and breath awareness — all ways of cultivating self-awareness and body awareness. These practices support a bottom-up approach, working with the nervous system and the body’s innate wisdom to restore regulation.

Art Therapy

Art provides a language for what is difficult to put into words. Through materials such as drawing, collage, clay, or journaling, art therapy creates space to explore feelings, memories, and experiences symbolically. You do not need any artistic background — the focus is on the process of expression and discovery.

In addition to traditional art therapy, I also draw on sensorimotor art therapy, which is less about meaning-making and more about sensory experience and self-regulation. Using methods such as bilateral drawing, finger paint, or rhythmic movement, this approach helps the nervous system release tension. Art therapy in all its forms can reduce stress, deepen self-awareness, and support emotional healing in a creative, accessible way.

Grief Therapy

Grief is a natural response to loss, whether through death, illness, transitions, or changes that reshape our lives. Grief therapy creates space to honour what has been lost, to stay present with the ache, and to find ways of carrying it that bring meaning and connection. My background in spiritual care and hospice work informs my approach, offering a steady presence for individuals navigating grief at all stages of life.

Working with grief does not mean letting go of the person or experience you have lost, but finding ways to carry the loss differently. In therapy, this might include telling the story of your loss, naming the emotions that arise, creating rituals or art to mark meaning, or finding resources that support you in daily life. Together we attend both to the pain of absence and to the threads of connection that remain, allowing space for resilience, integration, and a re-engagement with life.

Mindfulness Based

Mindfulness in therapy invites you to notice thoughts, emotions, and body sensations with gentleness and without judgment. This approach builds awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience. Mindfulness can help reduce stress, ease anxiety, and bring more steadiness to daily life. In sessions, we use simple, accessible practices to support you in cultivating presence both in and out of therapy.

We may use mindfulness to bring awareness to what is happening in the moment — whether a memory, a difficult feeling, or a bodily response — and to create space between experience and reaction. Over time, these practices support you in cultivating presence both in and out of therapy, offering tools you can carry into daily life.