My clinical perspective draws on several complementary approaches:

 

Attachment theory, which serves as a compass for understanding how each person relates and adapts to others, and how emotional safety is established or restored.

 

Affective neuroscience, which sheds light on what happens within the brain when a person experiences trauma, loss or a major life transition.

 

Body-oriented therapeutic approaches, including Lifespan Integration, a powerful method for processing and repairing traumatic memories, and the clinical application of Polyvagal Theory, which helps us understand and soothe the nervous system’s automatic responses.

 

Both approaches seek to reconnect emotional experience with the body, which carries the imprint of what we have lived through. By integrating bodily sensations, relational safety and personal narrative, they can support a genuine return to the present and a renewed sense of inner stability.

 

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), which is grounded in the belief that healing takes place through relationship. A relationship characterised by safety, openness and compassionate curiosity can help repair attachment wounds and strengthen the bond between parent and child.

 

Relational observation, which involves paying close attention to subtle gestures, expressions, silences and interactions in order to understand how a bond is formed, maintained or disrupted.

 

A systemic perspective, which places each person’s story within its broader context: their family, culture and intergenerational history.

 

Together, these perspectives allow me to understand each person as a whole and to tailor my therapeutic work to what feels most meaningful and relevant to them.