How I Work
I work relationally and believe that the relationship between therapist and client is essential for healing to occur. I strive to create a safe, supportive space where clients can explore their individual stories and experiences. To help foster this connection, I employ a variety of creative approaches to therapy such as storytelling, using props, metaphors, and engaging with my clients' interests. From Disney to Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings to board games and gardening, I work to create a therapeutic environment that is tailored to the individual.
A Couple of Things That Inspire Me
On changing your script ...
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'Naughty' from Matilda the Musical by Tim Minchin
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, so they say, their subsequent fall was inevitable. They never stood a chance; they were written that way. Innocent victims of their story
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I wonder why they didn't just change their story.
We're told we have to do what we're told, but surely, sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.
Just because you find that life's not fair, it doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it. If you always take it on the chin and wear it, nothing will change ...
On our inner self ...
​From Northern Lights by Philip Pullman: ‘From time to time he even tried being a fish, and once joined a school of dolphins, to their surprise and pleasure ... It was pleasure but not simple pleasure, for there was pain and fear in it, too. Suppose he loved being a dolphin more than he loved her?Her friend the Able-Seaman was nearby ... He knew what Lyra was feeling."I remember when I first went to sea, my Belisaria hadn't settled on one form, I was that young and she loved being a porpoise. I was afraid she'd settle like that. There was one old sailerman ... who could never go ashore at all, because his daemon had settled as a dolphin and could never leave the water. He was never quite happy until he died and he could be buried at sea ... When your daemon settles, you'll know what sort of person you are.""But suppose your daemon settles in a shape you don't like?""Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? ... and until [you] learn to be satisfied with what [you] are, [you're] going to be fretful about it."
