Services
01.
Relationships when working well positively support well-being and health, and through them our development and growth. There can however be many hurdles involved including, but not limited to:
- Communication and conflict management
-Decisions around commitment and relationship boundaries
-Affairs/Infidelity
- Familial difficulties- non acceptance of partner choice
-Difficulties conceiving/ infertility
-Parenting, step parenting and blended families
- Separation/ breakup
- Bereavement and grief
-Mental illness
Relationship therapy aims to support around these hurdles by providing a space to explore patterns of behaviour, past familial experiences and practice building communication and intimacy.
02.
Focussed on difficulties with sexual function or wider questions around sexual experience, Psychosexual Therapy can offer support for the following presentations:
-Difficulties with intimacy
-Loss of desire
-Anorgasmia (difficulties with orgasm)
-Dyspareunia (pain during sex)
-Early or Delayed Ejaculation
-Difficulties gaining or maintaining an Erection
-Penetration difficulties/ Vaginismus
-Out of control sexual behaviour (sexual addiction)
-Concerns surrounding porn use
-Loss of Body Confidence in relation to intimacy
03.
Coaching differs from counselling in its developmental compared to reparative focus. (BACP). Within my practice I keep a keen emphasis on the role of the therapeutic relationship and being relationally aligned. Sessions focus on specific actions and goal setting; topics of general interest include:
-Working Identity, Meaning and Purpose
-Confidence
-Well-being and Life-Work Fit
-Professional Work Goals
-Leadership
Specific Relational topics include, but are not limited to:
-Commitment
-Intimacy
-Finances
-Planning for long term goals
Decisions as partners on:
'Life-Work' fit
-Whether or not to have children or extend family
-Next steps after a fertility journey
-Managing ill health
04.
Working as a facilitator in my NHS Educational work, I have also provided facilitation/workshops for national and local businesses / charities and support groups. Aligned to my coaching and therapeutic practice these focus on utilising a range of integrated approaches with themes including :
-Physical and Mental health interface- e.g Cancer Recovery, Sexual Desire and mental wellbeing
-Workplace Stress, Burnout/ Team wellbeing and connection
-Group dynamics and boundaries
-Organisational Goal/Intention setting
-Supporting Diversity
-Navigating workplace change and transition
-Maternity/Paternity/Carer support including employee return to work
-Menopause Awareness at work
For group work I encourage clear contracting and the creation of a supportive, safe, open and engaging relational space. Sessions can be one off or booked as a block; general or specified by topic.
05.
Therapeutic shifts occur through thought, action and- being. In my approach to centre wellbeing through relationships it was apparent to me that this forms not only through the connections we hold with ourselves and one another, but also with the relationship we hold to the wider natural environment, hence leading to my training as a Forest therapy Practitioner.
The Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku or 'Forest Bathing' has been noted to have a range of benefits to enhance mood and wellbeing by supporting a mindful experience in the outdoors. Sessions centre on forming a relational space with Nature in longer 1.5 hour sessions in a range of outdoor locations. These sessions can be combined with other services to create unique holistic approaches to working with individuals, couples and groups. Note I also offer 'walk and talk' sessions without the forest bathing focus.
