What brings people to my practice
I specialise in supporting individuals who, during their childhood, did not receive sufficient attention, acknowledgement, and appropriate responses to their emotions and inner experiences. They may have been ignored, dismissed or laughed at.
Why is this a significant issue? It leads to specific challenges in adulthood, such as feelings of emptiness, disconnection and aloneness. You may wonder what is wrong with you, relying heavily on yourself, not really knowing yourself, and struggling to trust yourself and others.
Despite feeling scared and yet yearning for connection, you might seek to fill that emptiness in ways that ultimately cause more harm. Fearing rejection, struggling to accept love and being afraid to speak up is a well-known experience to you.
My support is designed to help you feel confident and comfortable in your own skin, to have a voice, create the connections you desire, and be more accepting and loving towards yourself. To make the life that you want and know you are good enough.
I have a Diploma as an Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapist and subsequently completed a Master's degree in Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychotherapy.
With a solid foundation of 9 years of clinical work in private practice, I have supported individuals facing a range of life challenges and mental health difficulties, with a niche focusing on childhood emotional neglect.
During my 2 years working in collaboration with the Latvian community association in the UK and NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, I offered short-term therapy to adults and adolescents and ran various experiential group workshops.
In my previous career, spanning 15 years, I worked as a professional nanny, caring for children aged 6 months to 7 years, as well as 5 years in the police K-9 unit.
Throughout my personal therapeutic journey, I have explored a diverse range of methods, including dreams, sand play therapy, art, meditation, visualisation, connecting with my inner child, five rhythms dancing, yoga, mindfulness, Buddhism and Sufism.
