Living Between Cultures
I have a particular interest in working with young people who live, or have lived, abroad. Relocation and cultural change can become part of growing up in ways that aren't always obvious. Where home is, where you belong, the friendships you leave and make, and how different parts of your identity fit together can all take on particular significance.
Having lived and worked internationally myself, I understand something of life across different places and cultures, while recognising that your experience will be your own.
Therapy for Young People
Being a young person can bring big questions, changing relationships, shifting identities and plenty of emotional ups and downs. What happens with friends, at school, within your family or in the wider world can feel significant, even when it is difficult to explain why.
Therapy gives you somewhere outside of family and school to talk about what is happening in your life. You do not need to arrive knowing what you want to talk about, and I am not going to expect you to tell me everything simply because you are sitting in a therapy room. We can get to know one another and start with what feels important to you.
Working Together
I work collaboratively and want our sessions to feel like somewhere you can bring the things that matter to you, not somewhere an adult has already decided what needs to be discussed. Sometimes we might talk. At other times, it can be easier to think through something creatively or notice what is happening without immediately needing to find an answer.
I am interested in your experience and what things mean to you. We might become curious about a feeling or response that keeps appearing, something happening in a relationship, or why a particular situation seems to affect you in the way it does.