Integrative Psychotherapy Services
Integrative Psychotherapy & Hypnotherapy
I offer individually tailored integrative psychotherapy for adults seeking to understand and work with psychological distress at greater depth.
My approach brings together psychotherapeutic theory, hypnotherapy, trauma-informed practice and experiential ways of working, according to your individual history, needs and therapeutic goals.
Rather than applying a predetermined treatment or technique, we develop an understanding of what you are experiencing, the psychological processes that may be contributing to or maintaining the difficulty, and how meaningful change may become possible.
In person in Surrey · Online across the UK and internationally
An Integrative Approach to Psychotherapy
Integrative psychotherapy recognises that no single therapeutic model can fully account for the complexity of individual psychological experience.
My work is informed by psychotherapeutic theory, contemporary understanding of trauma and dissociation, relational psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and experiential approaches.
Different ways of working may become relevant at different points in therapy. Some sessions may involve reflection and exploration; at other times we may work more directly with emotional responses, patterns of thinking, embodied experience, imagery or protective processes.
What we do is guided by our developing understanding of you — rather than by a predetermined programme of treatment.
The Role of Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy forms an important part of my integrative psychotherapeutic practice and can offer ways of working experientially with attention, imagery, emotional responses, embodied experience and processes that may not always be readily accessible through conscious reflection alone.
I do not view hypnotherapy as a separate or formulaic intervention. Where appropriate, it forms part of a broader psychotherapeutic process and is used according to your individual needs, history and therapeutic goals.
What Therapy May Involve
Developing Understanding
Exploring your experiences, relationships, patterns and psychological processes in context.
Working With Patterns
Beginning to recognise established ways of thinking, feeling, relating or protecting yourself that may once have served an important purpose.
Experiential Work
Where appropriate, working more directly with emotion, imagery, bodily experience, attention or unconscious processes rather than relying upon intellectual understanding alone.
Integration and Change
Supporting new understanding and experience to become increasingly integrated, allowing greater flexibility in how you respond to yourself, other people and your life.
The Therapeutic Relationship
Central to my work is the therapeutic relationship.
Meaningful psychological exploration requires sufficient safety. Therapy therefore develops collaboratively, with attention to both what we are exploring and how the process is experienced by you.
My role is not to “fix” you or impose an interpretation of your experience. I bring psychotherapeutic knowledge, clinical experience and therapeutic skill while remaining curious about your individual experience.
Through that process, we can develop a deeper understanding of what is happening and create the conditions in which different ways of relating to yourself, your experiences and your life may become possible.
Beginning Therapy
Choosing a therapist is a personal decision, and it is important that you feel comfortable with the person you choose to work with.
I offer an initial confidential consultation in which we can briefly discuss what has brought you to therapy, what you hope to gain from the process and whether working together feels appropriate.
There is no obligation to proceed.
If You Need Urgent Support.
My private practice is not an emergency or crisis service.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999.
If you need urgent mental health support, NHS 111 and Samaritans (116 123) provide support.