Psychotherapy -what is it?

I provide time limited psychotherapy or counselling (normally 6-20 sessions) and open-ended psychotherapy ( > 1 year) in Oxford and Witney to help you overcome difficulties such as depression or low mood, anxiety, or relationship problems.

I offer therapy aimed at helping you understand yourself better, and to free you from unhelpful, painful patterns of thinking, behaving, and relating. We will work together to understand the effects of the myriad of experiences you have had so far, making sense of how they have affected your life so far, and how they may continue to exert influence. We will work with the aim of freeing yourself from these anxieties and defences, to live a richer and more satisfying life.

What psychotherapy can help with

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Relationship and sexual problems

• Addictions

• Obsessive and repetitive thoughts and action

• Stress

• Life transitions

This is not an exhaustive list. Your reasons for coming will be specific to you.

What happens in psychotherapy

After an initial consultation, we will meet at the same time and place each week for 50 minutes.  We may meet for a pre-determined length of time, or on an open-ended basis. We can decide this during the initial consultation.

My work is influenced by a variety of therapeutic approaches: psychodynamic psychotherapy (which is my major influence), existential-phenomenology, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), and person-centred therapy.

I enable an atmosphere in which a therapeutic relationship can develop and flourish, whilst also providing the insight needed for therapeutic change to occur.