Relational pluralistic psychotherapy
I am a developmental and educational scientist and a registered psychotherapist using a collaborative, integrative perspective, deeply rooted in humanistic values. My practice is neurodiversity informed and affirming.
I have a Master in Counselling and Psychotherapy and have attended a number of trainings including acceptance and commitment therapy for adults and DNA-V for psychological flexibility for children and young people.
I am honorary therapist at Women+Health. In the past I held an honorary contract within an NHS adult talking therapies service in East London.
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​My main psychotherapeutic interest and way of working is called relational. This expresses my fundamental belief that we all are relational beings. I believe relationships, from cradle to grave, are central and vital to both physical and mental health. Relational therapy rejects individualism and believes that power, agency and wellbeing are only achieved in the context of healthy interpersonal connections.
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As a relational therapist I offer a safe, respectful and confidential relationship that allows you to grow in your own time, where you are able to live your own life and not that of your past or that of other people.
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I adopt a pluralistic approach to facilitate you to co-create support plans. The pluralistic approach is a collaborative, integrative perspective, deeply rooted in humanistic and person-centred values.
The basic principle of pluralistic therapy is that different people are helped by different processes and activities at different times, and that the best way of deciding on how therapy should proceed is to engage the client in a process of shared decision-making.
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In contrast to the symptom-focused modalities, my practice aims to help each client explore the roots and nature of their concerns, within the context of their life, and unique individual personal history.
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I incorporate creative expression/exploration into the sessions according to the needs or direction that the therapeutic work takes.
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​My practice is neurodiversity affirmative and LGBTQIA+ positive, with an active interest in exploring difference and experiences of discrimination. Wellbeing, from a pluralistic perspective, comes through the recognition and celebration of multiplicity and diversity, and the rights of all people to live and choose their own identities in their own ways.
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