Specialisms

The impact of psychological trauma such as childhood sexual abuse, rape and domestic violence is significant and can show itself in various ways including self harm, suicide attempts, relationship issues, addictions, eating issues, nightmares and flashbacks, to name but a few. 

Having an opportunity to understand how any such experiences may have affected you, as well as finding ways to manage the impact of trauma and to process difficult feelings about these experiences may help you to cope better day to day.

Becoming a parent is extremely challenging for all of us.  If people become parents when they themselves have not had a good experience of being parented, then this is even more challenging.The opportunity to talk about some of the challenges in the context of your own experience of being parented can be a helpful thing, especially in terms of learning ways to manage particular situations which may arise.

There are many reasons why it may be difficult to move on from the loss of a friend or relative, or to adjust in a healthy way to a major life transition.  Having the opportunity to understand why moving on may be difficult for you, as well as having the opportunity to process feelings in relation to this loss, may make moving on seem more achievable.

Over the past few years I have developed an increasing interest in the area of work related stress and some of the factors which contribute to this.  It may be that some of the causes of this lie with the organisation, for example, unhelpful leadership/management styles or a culture where performance targets are prioritised over the well being of staff. However, there may also be some individual factors which play a part.  Having a safe space which is independent from your work environment, where the causes can be understood and possible ways of managing the issues considered, can help to make a difficult work situation more manageable.