I consider myself an "honest therapist". Whilst setting and maintaining professional boundaries and being aware of - and continually working on - my own "issues" to avoid letting them cloud my perspective of my client's experiences, I prefer to relate on a human level. This is a shift away from the traditional power dynamic which can exist in therapist-client relationships.

I am person with a colourful past, history of mistakes and successes (I share some of these in my blog) who is trying to live well in the present and keep evolving in the future; just as the client brings their past experiences, history and colours to the present moment. In that moment, I can work with you to gain clarity, perspective and direction in your area of focus, or across several areas to make life more integrated.

I believe in a constant process of evolution for my clients and for myself and this does not stop once a certain qualification or realisation is reached, or because one person is labelled the 'client' and the other the 'therapist'. We are both still human with the same emotions, basic needs, feelings, expectations, experiences, insecurities and strengths. Understanding and unlocking the wisdom within our experiences is empowering.

Whilst you are always the focus of the sessions, if it helps, I will happily put in to context the tools we are working with. If appropriate,  I am not shy about sharing where I gained this insight from - whether it is from psychological theories from textbooks, philosophical wisdom from sages, research in the field, or from my own personal experience. As they say "sharing is caring"!