Individual Work

"Problems can be solved, mysteries only lived." (James Hillman)

Therapy  can be both, a problem solving tool and a journey of discovery. The  former is often described as 'counselling', the latter as  'psychotherapy' or 'analysis'. The boundaries are fluid.

Depending on the curiosity of the two people present, therapy can take six sessions or a number of years.

More  often than not, the therapeutic journey begins with a problem. Whatever  has brought you to this website, it is likely to be issues of relating -  be it to others or to aspects of your Self. You may be looking for  connection in the seemingly dis-connecting world. Or you may belooking  for a way out of your relationship to drugs or alcohol, or you may want  to leave your depression and inner stuckness behind. Maybe life itself  is too much for you, or there is just that feeling of unease that you  have been carrying around with you for a long time and that appears to  be signalling something that you just cannot decipher on your own.

Whatever  your issue, it is likely to be reflected in our encounter and together  we will need to decide whether to use a problem solving tool kit, an  exploratory approach or both. I see therapy as an encounter which  explores the past only in so far as that exploration enables a better  experience of the present.

As a therapist I can offer you my presence in this present.

In  your sessions we will investigate the issues that you bring and what it  means to be human. I will trust the process of our meeting to bring  forth what is needed:

We  may decide to put the emphasis on the application of practical tools in  order to help you move forward; we may decide to go on a journey that,  not unlike time travel, sends a much needed companion to your Inner  Child of long ago; or we may find ways of bringing the difficult  feelings that you are experiencing into the therapy room for you to  experiment with and for you to find different responses that help you be more in control of your life.