You don’t have to allow depressing, negative thoughts to shape your life: the structure of your brain is constantly changing and it can be trained to help you regulate and limit negative emotions. Through the development of self-awareness and mindfulness skills, your brain can actually change its functional connectivity, replacing those negative images with positive thoughts of optimism and loving kindness.

Trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security. Any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and isolated can result in trauma, even if it doesn’t involve physical harm. It can be from one-time events, such as an accident, injury, or a violent attack. Or from ongoing, relentless stress as a result of experiencing traumatic events that occur repeatedly, such as bullying, domestic violence, or childhood neglect.

Through gentle explorative and reflective processes, therapy can be a means to understand and heal such trauma.

At the core of therapy is the relationship between the client and therapist. 

The therapeutic relationship can provide clarity and insight with regards to your interpersonal relationships and how you function in them allowing for repairs to occur and the development of healthier boundaries and communication styles – be it within family dynamics, relationship with colleagues, friends or romantic partners.