Throughout my journey in helping professions, I have worked with a diverse range of people in a range of therapeutic settings. Apart from offering private consultations, I have worked in several community organisations with both adults and adolescents in the fields of sexual abuse, men's issues, anger management and mental health. This has provided me with experience in both general and specialised areas of psychotherapy and counselling, as well as with a better perspective on how different approaches to helping can be used effectively.

My basic approach to therapy is relationship-focused and is informed by principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The psychodynamic approach presumes that the sources of emotional difficulties are often unconsciously created and maintained, and as such exert an invisible yet powerful influence in our relationships and how we experience who we are in the world. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a way of identifying and working through such issues in the context of a collaborative and confidential relationship with the therapist. In this way, psychotherapy can help and support people with depression, anxiety, anger, grief, self-esteem issues, relationship or family problems as well as those in difficult life transitions.

I have obtained my post-graduate qualification in psychotherapy after six years of supervised training. As a therapist, I abide by the Code of Ethics of New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP).