Therapies

I draw upon a range of therapeutic approaches and if you are curious, they are described below. However, my role is to individually tailor our work together so that your experience in therapy is unique, specialised and aligned to our collaborative goals.

“Treat each part of yourself ike an honoured guest who has an important message that needs to be heard”

- Dr Arielle Schwartz

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on helping patients to behave more consistently with their own values and apply mindfulness and acceptance skills to their responses to uncontrollable experiences.

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Emma has trained in the treatment of both adults and children in EMDR.

  • Interpersonal psychotherapy therapy based on attachment and interpersonal theories. It focuses on resolving interpersonal issues and boosting social functioning to improve mental health functioning.

  • CBT helps people identify and change patterns of thinking and behaviour that are harmful or ineffective and works toward replacing them with more accurate thoughts and more helpful and functional behaviours.

  • Psychodynamic therapy focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering. Its hallmarks are self-reflection and self-examination, and the use of the relationship between therapist and patient as a window into problematic relationship patterns in the patient’s life. Its goal is not only to alleviate the most obvious symptoms but to help people lead healthier lives. American Psychological Association

  • Polyvagal Theory helps guide therapeutic work by understanding how the nervous system responds to stress and safety, supporting emotional regulation, connection, and recovery from trauma.