I’m strongly person-centred, which takes you as the person who knows the most about yourself and therefore as much as possible helping you find answers for yourself. However, as someone with training and knowledge that can be useful to you, I will share that knowledge and insight when helpful and appropriate. I like to recieve feedback and usually in the second or third session (if you’d like) i have a short questionnaire i can ask to see what your therapeutic preferences are. I try to check in as much as possible to seek feedback, and if at any point something isnt working or landing right i hope you might tell me. Other modalities are CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), which really works with your thoughts, as our thoughts about reality directly impact our emotions more so than what is actually happening. Therefore, sometimes learning to challenge our thoughts and rewrite habitual ones can be very helpful. This is often accompanied by mindfulness and other nervous system regulation strategies. I’m very interest in working with the body when appropriate also, as sometimes connecting with the body helps us to access and work through things the mind struggles with. So what this might look like in practice is noticing the sensations in your body, which can sound a bit strange if you’re unfamiliar with it, but can be very helpful. I also might incorporate IFS (internal family systems) which is often referred to as parts work. This stems from the idea that we have different personalities living within us, or different parts that are all formed based on past life experiences (often stemming from childhood). IFS looks at connecting with the different parts and taking care of their needs so they don’t lash out and run our life unconsciously.