Our approach starts from the assumption that psychological experience, including painful experience, has meaning that can be understood through creative exploration. Therapy is a collaborative process aimed less at eliminating symptoms than at fostering understanding, integration, and a more reflective relation to experience.
Psychological distress or symptoms are not treated simply as noise to suppress. Anxiety, depression, inner conflict, or bodily disturbance may be carrying information about needs, dilemmas, or parts of experience that have had to remain out of view.
Our work is rooted in Process Oriented Psychology. We are also inspired by other psychodynamic and depth traditions, with a special focus on relational thinking. These perspectives share an interest in unconscious life and in seeking meanings in human experience.
The therapist does not supply a ready-made interpretation or a program for change. The task is to make connections when they become possible and help the work proceed at a pace the person or couple can work with.