Individual Counselling
Through my individual therapy sessions I provide a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to work through distressing emotions, thoughts, and patterns.
Together, we’ll figure out what’s keeping you stuck. We will work in the present moment to restore your connection to yourself, your connections to others, and inoculate yourself against the epidemic of loneliness.
I also offer individual support to help my clients heal from traumatic experiences which I define as an event or emotional experience in one’s life, during any stage of life, that leaves you with a painful imprint.
My individual sessions can be also valuable for people who consider themselves to be doing reasonably ok, but want to feel and function even better.
I work with individuals aged 18 and over.
« a bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because the trust isn’t on the branch, it is on their wings »
Unknown
Don’t feel like you fit a particular label?
Here are some of the ways in which these challenges may be showing up
Emotional concerns
- Feeling bored or unsatisfied in your relationship
- Difficulty attuning to your authentic self
- Difficulty identifying and communicating your needs
- Difficulty expressing yourself
- Feeling used and/or under appreciated
- Feeling of judgement or criticism towards yourself
- Avoiding confrontation
- Rumination or obsessive thinking about future or past
- Feeling like you are never enough
- Feeling overly responsible
- Feeling resentful towards others
- Fear of being judged, rejected, or misunderstood
- Only seeing the negative in yourself/situation
- Feeling stuck
What to Expect
01 – FIRST STAGES
Through our first few sessions, I am taking the time to unpack my clients’ reality and motif of consultation gently. These first sessions are fundamental because therapeutic work can only happen if there is a sense of comfort and trust in the room. While learning about my clients, I assess the situation, the presence of emotional patterns, recurrent challenges and clients’ strengths. I call this first stage de-escalation as we are looking to frame and identify the negative cycle that keeps individuals and couples stuck. At the end of this stage, clients begin to recognize their cycle as the enemy of their situation – are capable to step out of the cycle as it happens – express hope – and show openness to their partner or other individuals in their life.
02 – MIDDLE STAGES
During the second stage, clients begin to feel the benefits of the therapy. Individuals and couples can now access and engage with their emotional experience. Emotions are no longer foreign or frightening. The focus on this stage is restructuring the bond within oneself or between the partners. Clients describe it as the opening phase through which their fears are no longer triggering. They can be responsive and emotionally engaged with one another in a more natural manner. An inner sense of peace and bonding events mark the transition toward the third stage.
03 – ENDING STAGES
With the need for closeness being restored, clients are consolidating their therapeutic gain. They enact new positions in their ways of living and engage in constructive cycles with others, including their partner. The end of the final stage is no better to describe by the ability to turn towards a significant other in time of need with ease and comfort. In addition, couples are offering mutual support to each other and shape new solutions to pragmatic issues.
If you align with any of the above, and ready to step in a journey to live fully and freely, schedule a phone consultation to get started.
