My Approaches

You don’t need to know which approach you need before coming to therapy. You might simply know that something feels difficult, or that understanding it hasn’t been enough to change it.

My work draws primarily on Internal Family Systems, Relational Intelligence, and Deep Brain Reorienting. These approaches offer different ways of working with what you’re carrying - through your inner world, your relationships, and your body. Together, we’ll find what fits you, with room to slow down, try things, and notice what helps.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

A part of you might want something to change, while another feels frightened by the possibility. You might notice an inner critic, a tendency to put others first, or a part that would rather feel nothing at all.

In IFS, we get curious about these parts and what they’ve been carrying. Even the responses you struggle with may have helped you get through something difficult. We’ll take time to understand these parts and build a more compassionate relationship with yourself, so there’s more room to choose how you respond and feel more like yourself.

Learn more about IFS through the IFS Institute

Relational Intelligence (RI)

What happens inside you when someone gets close? Or when you need something, feel misunderstood, or worry you’ve disappointed someone?

RI helps us notice how connection feels. You might have patterns of pulling away, going quiet, feeling on edge, or working hard to keep others happy. Sometimes these responses happen before you realize what you’re feeling.

Together, we’ll explore how these patterns developed in the nervous system and what helps you feel safer in connection. Our relationship becomes a place to practice expressing a need, noticing a boundary, or allowing yourself to be supported.

Explore Relational Intelligence through Self Thérapie Formation

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)

Some experiences are difficult to put into words, but you can feel their effects - in a sudden jolt, a tightening, or a sense of alarm you can’t quite explain.

DBR takes us towards the “ground floor” of that response. We slow down to notice the subtle physical tension and shock connected to a distressing experience, before there are clear feelings or words.

I’ll guide you through this process, helping you stay connected to a steady point of attention in your body as things unfold. You won’t need to tell every detail of the story. The aim is to help process the shock of what happened, so you can feel more settled and more fully yourself in your life and relationships.

Learn more about Deep Brain Reorienting

For a deeper read: the theory behind DBR

Finding our way together

These approaches inform how I work. We’ll be guided by what you need, what feels possible, and what we notice along the way. There’s room to tell me when something helps, when it doesn’t, or when you’re unsure. We’ll adjust together.