The role of the therapist
The therapist's role is to support you in overcoming the difficulties and barriers that hold your life back. When you are caught in a difficult situation it is easy to lose perspective on your life and relationships. You may be too hard on yourself, too hard on others or too hard on life. Our role is to bring a fresh and impartial perspective to your life, balanced by our training and experience. This provides an opportunity for you to see your life in a new light, discover new possibilities and have the confidence to make changes and move forward.

The therapist is in a special position. We are here to listen, understand and empathise. We are privileged to be given insight into your life in a way that is usually reserved for family and intimate friends. Yet, unlike those closest to you, we are not caught up in the day to day pressures of your life. This gives both you, and the therapist, the freedom to explore your life openly and discover fresh possibilities for renewal.

We work with you at different levels. We help you identify imbalances and conflicts between what is going on inside yourself and what is happening in your external world, and harmonise the two. We encourage you to become attuned to your inner world and use this insight to bring greater clarity to your daily experience. We help you to identify recurring patterns in your life and understand the source of these patterns. We ally ourselves with your potential for growth and stand by you during the periods of self doubt and resistance that inevitably accompany periods of change and transition. We know from our own experience, and the experience of our clients, that people can overcome their difficulties and find a more fulfilling world.