Attachment, Relationship and Sense of Self

My work is grounded in relational and attachment-based psychotherapy. I’m interested in how early experiences of attunement, misattunement, and rupture shape the way people experience closeness, autonomy, and anxiety in adult relationships.

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Many of the difficulties people bring - such as persistent anxiety, relational instability, or insight without change - endure not because they are misunderstood, but because they continue to be enacted in relationship.

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A relational approach is experiential in nature. Change is approached through attention to what emerges within the therapeutic relationship itself, including pacing, safety, and moments of rupture and repair. Past experiences are explored where relevant, while attention remains on how these patterns are lived and negotiated in the present.

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Over time, this kind of relational work allows for new experiences of safety, responsiveness, and repair. These experiences are not simply understood cognitively; they are registered at the level of the nervous system, gradually shaping new internal working models of relationship.

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The following pages outline some of the recurring relational themes I work with: