A relational approach to healing
What is therapy?
Psychotherapy, often referred to simply as ‘therapy’ is an allied health profession offered by a mental health practitioner. Psychotherapists are experts in treatment of the human psyche.
Psychotherapists are professionals who have completed academic and experiential training which qualifies them for professional accreditation and registration.
Finding a licensed therapist who is a good match for you can take time and exploration. Find out more about my style and approach below to see if we might be a good fit.
“Therapists weave a tapestry with the warp of science-based discoveries and the woof of subjective experience and intuitive art, reaching toward a coherent paradigm that will encourage neural integration through the power of knowledgeable and compassionate relationship”
Bonnie Badenoch
Some of the foundational approaches I integrate in my work include:
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Polyvagal Theory
Attachment Theory
Ecological Systems Theory
Internal Family Systems
Trauma Responsive Care
Narrative Practices
Psychodynamic & Somatic therapies
Play based, Expressive and Creative approaches
Nature and Animal Assisted sessions
Meeting together, we can address the dilemmas, detours, disappointments, depressions, contradictions, longings, wounds, grief, anxiety, shame and other experiences you may bring to a session. We can pay compassionate and careful attention to aspects of your life experience where you may feel stuckness, pain and or confusion.
With support, you can ease into a new awareness of your senses, feelings, thoughts, patterns and cycles. You may begin to enjoy new perspectives, information, insight and capacity which supports you in responding to the challenges you experience and grow a preferred future for yourself.
Playfulness, creativity and curiosity are welcomed. Let’s explore together what may be possible for you and your life.
“The ability to ask beautiful questions – often in very un-beautiful moments – is one of the great disciplines of a human life. And a beautiful question starts to shape your identity as much by asking it as it does by having it answered”
Lineage
Joy Therapy Practice is grateful to draw on a web of wisdom offered by those such as Bonnie Badenoch, Aline La Pierre, Peter Levine, Stephen Porges, Janina Fisher, Deb Dana, Dan Siegel, Carl Rogers, Michael White, Albert Wong, Laurence Heller, Virginia Axline, Lisa Dion, Gabor Mate, David Denborough, Dan Shaw, Ursula Le Guin, Bayo Afokomalafe, adrienne maree brown, Michel Foucault, Francis Weller, bell hooks, Donna Harraway, Rumi, Eve Tuck, Rebecca Solnit, Paulo Friere, Miles Horton and many others. Please ask me for further details on my approach to therapy and the different lineages I am connected to in an initial consultation if you are interested.