WORKING TOGETHER
What this work looks like in practice.
Therapy here takes the shape of an ongoing conversation that responds to context and how our relationship changes over time. Some sessions stay close to daily life; others move more slowly and focus on meaning, history and long-standing patterns.
Both matter.
Pacing, consent and proportion guide the work. We don’t push for insights to appear before they (or you) are ready.
FORMAT
Sessions and structure.
I offer individual and relationship therapy. Sessions are held online and are typically scheduled on a regular, ongoing basis.
Outside of the 60-minute session length, this work is not time-limited or rushed: Some people stay for a season; others remain for longer stretches. There is no expectation that your growth or healing should follow a predetermined timeline.
Session frequency and rhythm are discussed collaboratively and revisited as needed, as part of the work itself. I tend to see clients weekly and biweekly.
IN SESSIONS
How I approach the work.
I work existentially and relationally, with attention to meaning, context and what takes shape between us over time. I’m interested in how patterns once made sense, what they protected and what they now cost, rather than in labelling or correcting them quickly.
I don’t approach sessions with a pre-set plan for you. Understanding tends to emerge through conversations where we attend to and reflect on your experiences rather than by me delivering analyses and interpretations.
PEOPLE OFTEN COME HERE WHEN . . .
. . . old pathways don’t lead where they used to.
People arrive for many reasons. Often it isn’t because of a single issue but because familiar ways of being have started to feel costly or constraining.
This work is often a fit when:
anxiety that was a passing response is now constant background noise
early-life experiences are impacting how safe or connected someone feels in the present
questions about identity, worth or belonging are difficult to navigate
relationships feel repetitive, distant or harder to sustain than expected
functioning ‘well’ is coming at the expense of ease, rest or meaning
AREAS OF WORK
How this work takes shape across contexts.
Individual psychotherapy often begins with understanding how your ways of thinking, feeling and relating came to make sense. Over time, the work also turns towards how you want to live now, including the choices, limits and commitments that shape everyday life. Insight informs action, but is not treated as sufficient on its own.
Relationship psychotherapy focuses on what happens between people over time. Attention is given to patterns of contact and withdrawal, power and vulnerability, care and rupture, meaning and misunderstanding. The work does not centre on adjudicating who is right or improving performance as partners.
I work with a wide range of relationship structures and relational configurations, including queer relationships, consensual nonmonogamy, kink-informed dynamics and other forms of relating that involve complexity, negotiation and difference. These conversations focus on how your preferences and principles work in practice, not on fitting relationships into a predetermined model.
Some people come to therapy primarily around thinking, writing and sustained academic engagement. In these cases, therapy attends to how ideas form over time, how structure supports or constrains attention and how pressure, identity and meaning shape intellectual work. While discussing strategies to support learning and productivity are part of the work, the focus is on sustainability and maintaining a meaningful relationship with your interests.
Across these contexts, the work is grounded in existential and relational approaches and informed by somatic and mindfulness-based ways of working. I attend to pacing, regulation and how experience is lived and felt, not only understood.
When it supports the work, we may also engage with symbolic or intuitive material, such as dreams, tarot, astrology or other systems of knowledge and belief. In session, these practices become part of the conversation where, like metaphor or parts work, they offer different ways of noticing and speaking about the patterns, tensions and meanings that emerge in and between sessions. They are not used to predict, prescribe or explain away experience, and their use is always optional, collaborative and focused on your own interpretations.
FIT
How to know whether this is a good fit.
This work tends to suit people who are willing to move slowly, tolerate uncertainty and stay curious about their experience over time. It may be less helpful if you’re looking for quick techniques, structured programmes or clear answers early on.
There’s no expectation that either of us will know this for sure based on a brief consultation (although gut feelings tend to be good information). Fit becomes clearer through conversation and is something we revisit together throughout your time in therapy.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
Logistics and next steps.
Sessions are held online. Fees and availability are listed below and discussed openly as part of determining fit.
Individual psychotherapy — $145
Relationship psychotherapy — $165
Availability varies. I typically offer a limited number of ongoing weekly or biweekly spaces.
If you’re considering reaching out, you don’t need a polished message or a clear plan. An initial note can be brief. I’ll respond with information and space to ask questions, so you can decide at your own pace.
If you would rather chat face-to-face, I offer 15-minute video consultations at no charge.