Common questions

IFS is a compassionate, evidence-based approach that understands the mind as made up of different parts, each with its own feelings, beliefs and roles. Rather than trying to eliminate difficult thoughts or feelings, IFS helps you understand and relate to them with curiosity and care. Many people find it transformative, particularly when working with trauma, self-criticism and patterns that feel hard to shift.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured therapy that helps the mind process traumatic or distressing memories that feel stuck. It is recognised by NICE and the WHO as an effective treatment for trauma.

Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is a collaborative, time-limited approach that helps you begin to recognise and understand patterns in how you relate to yourself and others, including the ways these patterns may have developed in response to earlier experiences, and how they might be showing up in your life now.

The first session is an opportunity for us to meet, for you to share what has brought you to therapy, and for me to understand what you are looking for. There is no pressure to share more than feels comfortable. We will also discuss how we might work together and whether this feels like a good fit.

This varies depending on what you are bringing and what feels right for you. Some people work with me for a focused period; others prefer longer-term work. We will review this together as we go.

Yes, I offer a free 15–30 minute telephone or online consultation so we can connect and explore whether working together feels right.

Supervision offers a reflective and clinically grounded space to explore therapeutic process, clinical material, therapist parts and relational dynamics. It may be particularly helpful for therapists integrating parts-based approaches alongside existing ways of working, or wanting space to reflect more deeply on the therapeutic relationship and their own internal responses within the work.

IFS consultation offers a reflective space to explore clinical work, develop confidence in parts-based practice and deepen understanding of the model. I offer both individual and group consultation for therapists at different stages of their IFS journey, including those working towards certification.

My experience using IFS within NHS settings brings a grounded and pragmatic perspective to integrating parts-based work across a range of clinical contexts.