Our therapeutic journey centres on your goals. Initially exploring your family history provides vital insights for tailored interventions. Understanding your past helps make sense of recent decisions, fostering positive changes in your life.

As therapy progresses, the focus shifts to the present, offering opportunities for new perspectives and actions.

• Learn and Share Strategies: Observing coping mechanisms from others provides valuable insights.
• Present Moment Focus: Therapy encourages heightened awareness of current experiences, fostering personal responsibility.
• Experiential Techniques: Gestalt group therapy employs role-playing and creative methods for deep self-exploration.
• Group Dynamics: Members share, receive feedback, and connect, creating a supportive community.
• Holistic Approach: Integrating mind, body, and emotions enhances self-awareness and personal growth.
• Compassionate Community: Beyond therapy, it's a space for authentic engagement and mutual support.

Online or in my office close to Birmingham City Centre.

Psychotherapy settings have often been perceived as sterile and clinical, contributing to the stigma around mental health care.  As a Gestalt Psychotherapist, I challenge this idea.

Whether you're reaching for daily well-being or navigating through the depths of mental health challenges, my space is a welcoming haven just for you.

Step into an atmosphere inspired by the Danish concept of hygge – think vibrant plants, gentle lighting, and top-notch air quality with a HEPA filter. It's more than an office; it's a warm, inviting embrace tailored to your journey.

Embarking on therapy, especially if you're navigating unprocessed trauma, might initially bring forth challenging emotions. This phase, though uncomfortable, signals that you are bravely confronting repressed pain.

The process of feeling worse is a step toward healing, and as we work through it, you pave the way to a future where you won't have to carry that burden about the situation any longer. It's a journey towards lasting relief and emotional well-being.

Our sessions typically take place on the same weekday and time, providing a consistent rhythm for your therapeutic journey, whether online or in my Birmingham, UK office.

For brief, out-of-session phone conversations or emails (under 15 minutes), there's no charge. Any communication beyond that incurs charges in 30-minute increments (pro-rata).

If you need to cancel or reschedule, please give a 5-working-day notice. In case of less notice, I'll make every effort to find an alternative time within the week to accommodate you and avoid fees, although I can't guarantee it. These guidelines are crafted with care to ensure a smooth and respectful therapeutic environment tailored to your unique journey.

In brief:

Group Therapy:

1. Connection and Support: Participants benefit from a sense of community, sharing experiences, and receiving support from others facing similar challenges.
2. Diverse Perspectives: Exposure to diverse viewpoints and coping strategies from fellow group members can provide valuable insights.
3. Cost-Effective: Group therapy is often more cost-effective than individual therapy, making mental health support more accessible.
4. Social Skill Development: It offers a space for practising and improving social skills for those with social anxiety or interpersonal difficulties.

Individual Therapy:

1. Personalized Attention: One-on-one sessions allow for a more focused exploration of individual issues, tailored to specific needs.
2. Privacy and Confidentiality: The confidential nature of individual therapy provides a secure space for discussing sensitive and personal topics.
3. Deeper Exploration: In-depth exploration of personal experiences and emotions may be more feasible in individual sessions.
4. Flexible Focus: The therapist can adapt the therapeutic approach based on the unique needs and goals of the individual.

Single individual or couples session length: 50 minutes

Individual: £80.00

Couple: £100

Extended session length: 75 or 100 minutes.

Concessions: Limited number of places for trainee therapists on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 10 am — 4 pm (please ask).

I will reduce the fee in other special situations (e.g. unwaged or on a state pension), according to what you can pay.  The reduced cost sessions are Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.  If this reflects your circumstances do let me know when you get in touch.

I accept cash, bank transfers and PayPal.

It is especially important that you feel you can grow to trust your therapist.

A good fit takes time to develop so in the first instance I like to offer a free 15-minute online consultation (Zoom or Teams). It is a chance for you to tell me about your situation, ask me questions and get a sense of what it’s like talking to me.

If we agree to work together, I encourage rigorous honesty; let me know if something I say or do upsets, disturbs, or bothers you.

Currently, I am working exclusively online due to COVID-19 shielding.

Technically the therapy takes place where you are resident.

I am Registered to practice therapy in the UK. However, I can and do provide therapy and coaching for people outside of the UK providing that your country / State / Province / Region does not prohibit the use of such services.