Is therapy for me?

We all want to experience health, wellbeing, and ease in our bodies and minds, but life can be tricky, and having individualised, focused, and holistic support can help. Some people come to therapy to focus on a particular concern, and some people come for overall support.

Therapy can be useful for anyone who wants to learn more about themselves, to develop interpersonal skills and communication, navigate change, explore their creativity, identity, their gender, or sexuality. Therapy can support people who might be feeling stuck, or people who are facing major challenges such as grief, loss, anxiety, depression, trauma, illness. 

Whether it is repairing early attachment patterns, navigating major life events, or reassessing habits and beliefs, having tailored therapeutic support can assist you to feel more in control, and more comfortable within yourself. 

Therapy allows you to tend to the parts of your life and experiences that need attention, and cultivate ways to nurture, grow and move forward in your life with more clarity and purpose.

This kind of therapy is not suited to people in need of crisis intervention.

What happens in a therapy session?

All sessions are tailored to the individual needs and preferences of the client.

Traditionally psychotherapy is a talk-therapy, so sessions will start with discussion around any particular concerns or intentions the client may have for therapy. The somatic or body-based aspects can be incorporated over time to expand awareness and check in with one’s felt sense as we explore different experiences and emotions. 

Depending on what the client feels comfortable with, we might include mindfulness techniques, embodied practices, drawing or breathing techniques. It’s important that the client sets the limits and always holds agency over what is or isn’t explored in the sessions. Therapy looks different for everyone; some people will go to therapy briefly and some people will go to therapy for years.