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Whatever the reason may be, reaching out for psychological support can feel scary and difficult. Recognising that you could benefit from speaking with a psychologist is already an important step towards improving your mental health and overall well-being. Therefore, I am glad that you have taken the courageous step to seek support!
Seeking help from a psychologist:
is a step towards growth
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Seeking help from psychologist is:
is a strength
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doesn't mean you have failed
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Why choose Authentic Therapy?
Expat-insider mental healthcare
Understanding the challenges of building a life in a new country.
Personalised approach
Therapy adapted to your needs, personality, and goals.
Evidence based interventions
Using psychological approaches supported by research, while adapting them to you as an individual.
No waiting list
Start therapy without a long wait, when you feel ready to take that first step.
You don't have to know exactly what is wrong to seek therapy. Sometimes you simply know that something isn't working, that you keep repeating the same patterns, or that you don't feel like yourself.
Here are some of the difficulties I can help you explore:
SELF DEVELOPMENT & SELF-ESTEEM
Perhaps you are often hard on yourself, struggle with confidence, or find it difficult to recognize your own needs and strengths. ✓ Being hard on yourself or never feeling “good enough” ✓ Low self-esteem or body image issues ✓ Struggling to trust yourself or feel confident in your decisions ✓ Shame & guilt ✓ Worrying about how others see you or fearing rejection ✓ Resilience & self-compassion ✓ Developing coping skills ✓ Understanding patterns in thoughts and behavior
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
You may find yourself repeating the same relationship patterns, struggling to express what you need, or giving more to others than you have left for yourself. ✓ Conflicts ✓ Communication problems ✓ Social skills training ✓ Finding a partner ✓ Dealing with break-up ✓ Choosing the "wrong person" ✓ People-pleasing and difficulty saying no ✓ Assertiveness & boundary-setting ✓ Social Anxiety
DIFFICULT EMOTIONS & EMOTIONAL OVERWHELM
Sometimes emotions feel too intense. At other times, it may feel difficult to know what you are feeling at all. You may find yourself holding things in, overthinking, shutting down, or trying to stay in control. ✓ Anxiety (phobias, health anxiety, panic attacks) & Stress ✓ Intense or hard-to-manage emotions ✓ Anger management ✓ Intense feelings of insecurity, abandonment, loneliness, unmet needs ✓ Feeling vulnerable to danger or illness ✓ Emotional regulation & overwhelm ✓ Difficulty facing uncertainty or discomfort ✓ Excessive responsibility or guilt ✓ Difficulty identifying or expressing emotions ✓ Difficulty relaxing or letting go of control
DIFFICULT THOUGHTS
Sometimes your mind simply won't switch off. You may replay conversations, imagine what could go wrong, criticise yourself, or get caught in thoughts you can't seem to let go of. ✓ Excessive or constant worry/Anxiety driven thoughts ✓ Catastrophic thinking, rumination ✓ Self-critical & perfectionistic thinking ✓ Thoughts of worthlessness or inadequacy ✓ Pessimistic thinking or expecting negative outcomes ✓ Intrusive thoughts (including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD)
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
You may feel tired, disconnected, unmotivated, or as though everyday things have become harder than they used to be. Sometimes you may not even know why you feel this way. ✓ Loneliness, depression, and low mood ✓ Feeling tired, drained, or low energy ✓ Changes in appetite, sleep, or concentration ✓ Feelings of failure, guilt, worthlessness shame, irritability or a negative self-image ✓ Lost interest in daily activities, lost motivation, & isolation, ✓ Slowed down or feeling physically heavy ✓ Hopelessness about the future
HABITS & BEHAVIOR CHANGE
You may want to change habits or behaviours that no longer serve you, but find yourself returning to the same patterns despite your efforts. ✓ Mild addictions, self-sabotaging habits ✓ Sleep problems (insomnia) (CBT-i) ✓ Compulsive behaviors ✓ Reducing anxiety-driven avoidance ✓ Increasing motivation ✓ Disordered eating patterns
WORK RELATED PROBLEMS
You may be successful on the outside while feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or constantly worried that you aren't doing enough. ✓ Time management, work & life balance ✓ Procrastination ✓ Performance anxiety ✓ Perfectionism ✓ Fear of failure & judgment ✓ Difficulty handling feedback or criticism ✓ Imposter syndrome ✓ Difficulty setting boundaries
TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (for adults)
Experiences such as emotional neglect, abuse, parentification, or growing up in an unsafe or unpredictable environment can continue to affect how you relate to yourself and others.
*I can’t provide help if there is an immediate safety-threatening crisis
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP (for adults)
Being an adult doesn't necessarily make difficult family relationships easier. You may still feel responsible for your parents' emotions, struggle to set boundaries, or find yourself falling back into old roles when you are around family. ✓ Difficult or conflicted relationship with parents ✓ Emotionally unavailable or distant parents ✓ Controlling, overprotective, or intrusive parents ✓ Enmeshment (over-involvement with family / difficulty separating identity) ✓ High-conflict family environment ✓ Dependence on others for reassurance or decision-making ✓ Separation-related emotional impact
COMPLEX RELATIONAL TRAUMA
Sometimes the effects of difficult relationships or childhood experiences continue long after the original situation has ended. You may notice them in the way you relate to yourself, trust others, handle closeness, or respond when you feel rejected. ✓ Not feeling understood, or cared for ✓ Fear of abandonment or rejection ✓ Mistrust or expectation of being hurt or let down ✓ People-pleasing or fawning responses ✓ Emotional dysregulation in relationships ✓ Feeling like you don’t belong ✓ Expecting rejection or criticism in relationships ✓ Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe with closeness