My Approach
I believe therapy works best when it is shaped around you.
I listen for what is happening underneath the surface:
- what you feel,
- how you protect yourself,
- what your body carries,
- and the patterns that continue to shape your relationships.
From there, we find a way of working that fits you.
Not a formula, but a therapeutic process created around who you are and what you need.
Inner World
Your thoughts, emotions, inner parts, patterns and the deeper story you carry within yourself.
Body
Your nervous system, body awareness, breath and the emotions held in the body.
Relationships & Systems
Your relationships, family patterns, communication, belonging and the emotional dynamics that shape the way you are connecting with others.
How I integrate the work?
I listen beneath the surface for the deeper connections between your emotions, body, relationships and protective patterns.
Very often, what is happening in one area of life is deeply connected to another.
Emotions can live in the body. Relationship patterns can be shaped by old wounds, attachment or family history. The nervous system can hold experiences long after the mind understands them.
My work is about gently bringing these layers together, so the therapeutic process fits who you are and what is truly happening underneath.
Therapeutic approaches I integrate
- Humanistic & Relational Therapy
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
- Somatic & Body Oriented Work
- Nervous System Regulation & Polyvagal-Informed Work
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Parts Work & Inner Child Work
- Attachment Based & Emotion
- Focused Work
- Relationship & Couples Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Psychosynthesis
- Integrative Psychotherapy
- Family Constellations & Systemic Work
- Mindfulness & Breathwork
- Creative & Expressive Approaches
- Sound & Body-Based Relaxation Practices
- Yoga-Informed Body Awareness
- Process Coaching
- Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
- Psychedelic Preparation & Integration
HighFeeling® is my own integrative framework for emotional awareness, emotional intelligence and self-regulation.
It helps you understand what you feel, listen to what your body carries, discover what you need and find a more supportive way to give yourself a voice.
Therapy with me is not about fitting you into a method.
It is about creating a way of working that can meet you more fully emotionally, physically and in the relationships that matter to you.
HIGHDUCK®
Psychotherapy & Emotional Wellbeing
Integrative psychotherapy in Dublin & online.