Services
The support I offer
Every situation raises its own questions. The pages below describe what most often brings people to see a psychologist, and how I work with each of these subjects.
I see adults and teenagers, in my consulting room and by video. If what you are looking for lies outside my field, I will tell you and point you to someone suitable.
Anxiety and anxiety disorders
Anxiety is not a character flaw or a lack of willpower. It is an alarm response that, at some point, started going off outside the situations that called for it.
Burnout and work-related exhaustion
Burnout rarely sets in overnight. It comes at the end of a period of holding on, often for a long time, by drawing on reserves that were no longer being replenished.
Depression and low mood
Depression is not just sadness that goes on a little too long, and it does not lift through willpower. It is a state that affects mood, energy, sleep, thinking and relationships with others, and it keeps itself going.
Support for teenagers
Adolescence stirs up a great deal, and much of what it produces is normal, even when it is worrying. The difficulty, for a parent, is telling apart what is part of growing up from what calls for support.
Couples therapy
Seeking help as a couple is not a sign that the relationship is failing. More often, it is a sign that something has got stuck and that both people would like things to change.
Grief and separation
Grief is not an illness, and the pain that follows a loss does not need treating to be legitimate. Most people get through this period with the support of those close to them, without needing professional help.
Not sure where you fit?
This list is neither a catalogue nor a set of boxes you have to fit into. Many people come with several of these difficulties at once, or without being able to name what is wrong. That is a perfectly valid starting point, and the first appointment is there precisely to explore it.
An initial fifteen-minute phone call, with no commitment, lets you say in a few words what brings you and check that my approach matches what you are looking for.