For adults interested in psychotherapy or psychoanalysis

A person may be seeking help for all manner of problems, losses, trauma or anguish. Perhaps you are feeling lost or unfulfilled in your work, study or relationships. There may be a grief or an anger that you cannot let go of.

You may have tried medication, counselling, psychology or other therapeutic approaches that tend to be where the modern world first directs you to fix or subdue your distress with a substance, meditation or concrete strategies. Many who might seek analysis have an interest in psychedelics, looking to integrate into every day life the insights one has had a glimpse of. Once the veneer of reality has been punctured by whatever trauma or any other powerful experience, the world never looks the same, and yet we have little choice but to live in the often too orderly and regimented society in which we find ourselves.

One may seek an analysis out of a gnawing sense that there must be more to this life, and that what is around you and how you are living can't be all there is. There is no reason at all for analysis to be a last resort, or be a sign of how disturbed you are. The kernel of suffering that leads one to psychoanalysis can be merely the grain of sand placed in the shell of a pearl, or marks the trailhead from which the relief, adventure, and creative journey begins.

What to expect:

At our first appointment, I will seek to hear something of the concerns and questions you have, of life and of the work here, as well as the type of help you feel you're looking for. I will outline what may be possible, and describe of the process of assessment. Typically we would meet over several sessions to speak of your life and the story so far, but importantly for you to gain an impression of me and the work itself to help us in deciding whether ongoing treatment should commence, or if another mode of treatment may be more suitable. Psychoanalysis is not the right fit for everyone by any means, however there are no categories of people or particular criteria that should exclude someone from considering this approach.