Lost are the communities of the past, wherein individuals were connected with their souls, with one another, and with the earth and sky above. We have forgotten how to connect to the wisdom held in our bodies and hearts and become isolated, leading to depression, anxiety, anger, numbness, or addiction.
Psychotherapy can be a transformative process, helping us re-connect to our universe. It opens up a space for finding out how we come into relationship – and how we avoid it. Here we can find a moment to listen to ourselves, to our ancestors, to our universe. We work with whatever arises: the body, the emotions, subtle and archetypal energies.
I am a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist and practise at the Jade Pathway Centre, Cobbles Yard, Cambridge on Mondays and in Wixoe, near Haverhill. Sessions are confidential and weekly. Sessions cost £50.00 and last for 55 minutes in Cambridge and 60 minutes in Wixoe. For those people not wishing to undergo regular therapy, or where more appropriate, I can offer short-term therapy of 6 weeks. I also offer one-off psycho-spiritual readings on specific issues using esoteric symbolic systems such as the tarot or astrology at a cost of £50.00.
What happens on your first visit
The first visit provides an opportunity to help you decide whether you would feel at ease working in this way, and to find out the sort of work you want to be doing. After this consultation, if both client and therapist want to work together, clients would normally come for an initial 6 weeks, and then the situation would be reviewed. If we decide psychotherapy is not appropriate, then I may suggest other forms of support.
My specialities as a therapist are:
Trauma
Gender and sexual issues
Work-related stress
Relationship and family issues
Anxiety, overwhelm and anger
Addiction
Isolation and grief
Eating disorders
Ancestral healing
Spiritual problems
Self-development
I am accredited with the Karuna Institute and I abide by their code of ethics and conduct. Core Process Psychotherapy is accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. I regularly lead workshops and retreats in the UK, Hungary, Tenerife and Thailand, and am currently developing contemplative psychotherapy courses in Hungary.
Core Process Psychotherapy
Core Process is a Buddhist-inspired transformative therapy: at its heart is a belief in the intrinsic health, beauty and interconnectedness of all human beings. It is through our relationships that we develop into who we are, and it is through inquiring into how we relate to ourselves and others that we can learn how to live happier and more fulfilled lives. We explore how habitual and defended patterns of relationship, often caused by early trauma and triggered by the current social conditions, can recreate situations that cause symptoms such as anxiety, depression, confusion and overwhelm.
The contemplative method of working provides a safe holding space to re-experience the early years of our lives, even those in the womb, to begin to understand the habitual organising patterns that can block and recreate current patterns of relationship where we can feel stuck and isolated. By paying compassionate attention to what arises in the moment, a space opens up for deep layers to begin to dissolve and create more freedom to make choices in our lives, rather than being governed by the conditions of our past.
Core process techniques work with aspects of the mind, the body, the energetic field, the archetypal and even the ancestral, understanding that some of these patterns of relationship can go back many generations. The method also draws on Western developmental models and Jungian depth psychology, and the latest methods in trauma therapy.
The client works at their own pace, assisted and guided by the therapist. The client learns how to listen more fully to what is happening for them in their bodies, minds and in the energetic field when they come into relationship. This reveals what blocks relationship and provides them with tools to negotiate their own relationships with more awareness and clarity.
