YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE
Are you having the same fights over and over?
Are you stuck still feeling, doing and saying things you know you’d like to change?
Maybe you’re scared that deep down, there’s just something wrong with you - or with your relationship
If you’re feeling hopeless right now, I get it; I've been there myself. And, I genuinely beleive it’s worth it to try a good therapist, before you give up
Let’s talk about it. You can book a free 20-minute call with me, right now
GET UNSTUCK
You might be stuck doing behaviours that you know are unhelpful, but you can’t seem to stop no matter how hard you try. I hold a space where you can not just understand what’s going on, but actually experience what happens when you feel safe enough to make different choices. Once we change things at the deeper level of your body and nervous system, you’ll stop repeating these patterns, and you’ll do it without even trying
FREE YOURSELF FROM SHAME
Many people are afflicted with a chronic sense that they are unworthy, undeserving, or shameful. This might be becuase of violence you did, or violence that was done to you; because you’re oppressed, or because you’re privileged. It might be all of the above
Shame can show up as depression, anxiety or a harsh inner critic. But, it can equally show up as defensiveness, avoidance, addiction, controlling behaviour, even arrogance and intolerance of others. I’ve supported people with all types of shame to find genuine self-love & healing, to move out of the spiral & into self-responsability and action
YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS
I have 8+ years of experience delivering therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups, as well as providing workshops, supervision and training to other mental health professionals. My work with relationships is based on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based modality that has been scientifically proven to work most of the time, for most people.
ALL ARE WELCOME
I work with all people, but I am often sought out by people who experience marginalisation: LGBTQIA+ people, polyamorous people, people who are racialised or live with disability
I am delighted to work not just with individuals and partnerships, but also friends, polycules, (prospective) co-parents, family members and ex-partners (or partners in the process of separation).
“I feel so much more centred in myself...
now I feel like I can inhabit my own body
and make choices from there....
there’s so much less work.” —FB
“My whole life I haven’t trusted myself
and now I’m beginning to trust myself... and it’s paying off” —SA
“Therapy with you is
one of the best things
I’ve done for myself” —LC
ABOUT FREYA
My pathway into counselling work was via community accountability & transformative justice initiatives, and my goal has always been to blend healing at the interpersonal & community level, with big-picture organising for social change
Therapy is my money-job, and I’m happy to say that I also really enjoy it. When I’m not working, I offer free or donation-based groupwork & bodywork, I’m in collectives, I write & research, and I generally work on projects that I hope will foster mutual support, healing and empowerment among communities that are marginalised by the systems we currently live in
Some of the skills and experiences that inform how I’ll show up when I’m supporting you:
- training and ongoing mentorship in Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Coherence Therapy and Focusing-Oriented Therapy
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higher education in Psychotherapy, Psychology and Philosophy, with a focus on attachment-based and somatic therapies
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years of experience working with complex relationship dynamics, including negative attachment cycles & chronic relationship distress — between partners, within polycules, and within families
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years of experience working with clients with complex trauma histories; in particular, clients who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence in childhood and/or adulthood
- years of experience working with transformative justice frameworks to intervene in situations of interpersonal/intimate partner violence, to create safety for survivors and accountability & change for people who have caused harm
- a deep love of theatre, dance, movement and other somatic, performative practices
Curious about my professional or personal experience, or wondering if I might be able to help you? Book a free 20-minute call with me, you can ask me anything you like