More About My Practice:
Person-Centred Counselling & Psychotherapy is a humanistic approach. Founded in the 1940s by the American psychologist Carl Rogers. He believed that, given the right conditions, a person can reach their full potential and become their true self, which he termed ‘self-actualisation’. This actualisation process is innate and accessible to everyone.
A Trauma Informed Approach focuses on understanding and responding to the impact of trauma on individuals.
The aim is to create a therapeutic environment that promotes healing and avoids re-traumatisation.
A Neurodiversity Affirming Approach is a non-pathologising approach that acknowledges natural variations in human cognition rather than deficits to be cured. It focuses on strengths, autonomy, and identity acceptance, aimed at reducing distress and improving well-being without enforcing neurotypical standards.
I view my work with an Intersectional-Feminist Lens. Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw's Intersectionality theory (1989) is a framework for understanding how aspects of a person's identity, such as race, gender, class, sexuality, and ability overlap to create unique, compounded experiences of discrimination or privilege. It moves beyond a single-issue focus to highlight that sexism does not affect all women in the same way, advocating for a more inclusive approach that tackles all forms of inequality simultaneously.
Anti-Discriminatory and Anti-Oppressive Practice is a framework that stresses the relevance of recognising the psychological impact of power, privilege, and oppression.