How do we approach therapy for adults?
Therapy for adults begins with understanding the person within their life story — meaningful relationships, patterns built over the years, past experiences, present crises, and the way all of these affect relationships, feelings and choices today. My approach is integrative: I combine psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking with focused, trauma-focused treatment methods, and adapt the work to each person’s needs and pace.
Therapy may be suitable for anxiety, depression and emotional distress, trauma and post-traumatic stress, sexual abuse, difficulties in relationships and self-image, life crises, emotional regulation difficulties, and repeating patterns that create a sense of being stuck.
- Psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalytic psychotherapy
- Treatment of trauma and post-traumatic stress
- EMDR for processing traumatic experiences and painful memories
- Somatic Experiencing (SE) for working with the body’s responses and the nervous system
- Tools from DBT for emotional regulation and coping with overwhelm
- Schema Therapy for working with deep emotional and interpersonal patterns
- Therapy for survivors of sexual assault
- Therapy for people who have committed sexual offences and for inappropriate sexual behaviour
- Work around life crises, relationships, identity, self-worth and feeling stuck
What is therapy for adults?
Understanding therapy for adults
Psychological therapy for adults is a space that makes it possible to pause, to understand in depth the difficulty that brings a person to therapy, and to examine how past experiences, relationships, emotional patterns and life events affect the present. Sometimes people seek therapy after a clear crisis, and sometimes out of a sense of being stuck, anxiety, emotional overload, relationship difficulties or a wish to understand themselves better.
My therapeutic work is integrative and tailored to each person. It combines psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking with trauma-focused approaches and tools from EMDR, Somatic Experiencing (SE), DBT and Schema Therapy. The way of working is chosen according to the client’s needs, goals and pace — not according to a fixed template.
Therapy may be suitable for, among other things:
The goal is not only to reduce symptoms, but also to understand where they come from, to widen the ways of coping, and to create change that feels more accurate and stable over time.
What can you gain from therapy as an adult?
Therapy doesn’t promise a quick fix, but it offers a steady, safe space in which you can understand what is happening, work through what has been left open and build ways of coping that hold up outside the room too.
Understanding the source
Identify where the difficulty and the repeating patterns come from, rather than only coping with the symptom.
Emotional regulation
Practical tools for coping with overwhelm, anxiety and stress, and a greater sense of control in difficult situations.
Processing difficult experiences
The possibility of processing trauma and painful memories at a suitable pace, so they affect the present less.
Relationships and choices
A better understanding of patterns in relationships and self-image, and room for choices that feel more right.
Signs worth paying attention to
When to Consider Therapy
- Anxiety, stress or emotional overload that persists and affects daily functioning
- A sense of being stuck, or patterns that repeat in relationships and at work
- Difficulty calming down after a hard event, intrusive memories or constant alertness
- Emotional overwhelm, outbursts or difficulty regulating reactions
- Ongoing disruption to sleep, concentration or appetite
- After a crisis or major change — loss, separation, a move, illness
- Lowered self-image or persistent self-criticism
- A wish to understand yourself in depth, not just “get by”
Good to Know
Useful information before you begin.
How to Choose a Therapist
Clinical and Educational Psychologist — What’s the Difference?
When to Consider Therapy
Confidentiality in Therapy
The First Session — What to Expect
Psychodidactic Assessment — Who It Is For
ASD Assessment — How the Process Works
Frequently asked questions
Common questions
How do I know if therapy is right for me?
There is no need to “meet a criterion”. If something has been weighing on you for a long time, if you feel stuck, or a certain pattern keeps repeating and hurting you — that is reason enough for a first conversation. In the first sessions we clarify together what brings you and what could help.
Which method will you use with me?
The approach is integrative: the foundation is psychodynamic thinking, and where needed focused tools such as EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, DBT and Schema Therapy are integrated. The choice is made together, according to your needs and pace, not according to a fixed template.
What happens in the first session?
The first session is dedicated to getting to know each other: what brought you, what you hope will change, and what is important for you that I know. There is no need to prepare or come with ready answers.
Can trauma be processed without telling every detail?
Yes. In trauma-focused work (for example EMDR or Somatic Experiencing) the emphasis is on your pace and your sense of safety. There is no need to describe every detail, and the work moves forward only when you feel stable enough.
How long does therapy take?
It depends on what brings you: a focused difficulty may need a relatively short process, while deep patterns or complex trauma require longer support. We review the direction and pace together along the way.
