As a Psychotherapist I work mainly using a psychodynamic relational approach, based on Transactional Analysis.

This involves:

• Focus on affect and expression of emotion

• Exploration of attempts to avoid distressing thoughts/feelings

• Identification of recurring themes and patterns

• Discussion of past experience

• Focus on interpersonal relationships

• Focus on the relationship between the therapist and client

• Exploration of one’s inner world (e.g., desires, fears, fantasies, dreams, etc.)

Our beliefs about ourselves and our relationships can easily leave us feeling pulled in many directions. We may behave in ways that are more powerful than our logical reasoning would have us behave. I am interested in helping people to become more aware of the conflicting and often less understood sides of themselves that contribute to their personal relationship problems.

Transactional Analysis believes that positive change in life doesn’t come about just by understanding our mind, but by understanding the way we relate to others and to ourselves. The idea is that we tend to relate from one of three distinct ‘ego’ states; Parent, Adult or Child. By learning about how we behave in each ego state, the conflicting sides of ourselves, including fear of intimacy or closeness, fear or avoidance of anger or hostility, self-sabotage or self-attack, or lack of boundaries between ourselves and others become clear and gradually changed within the therapeutic relationship.