Psychotherapy & Counselling

Psychotherapy offers a professional, confidential space where you can work through difficult or painful moments in life and reconnect with the deeper parts of yourself. It can support healing from past experiences and help you overcome the internal blocks that keep you stuck in unhelpful patterns. At its heart, psychotherapy is about growth: supporting you to live more freely, more fully, and with a greater sense of self-awareness and wellbeing.

In our work together, psychotherapy will help you develop a deeper connection to your body, emotions, thoughts, and behaviours. We’ll explore how early relationships and past experiences – particularly from childhood – continue to influence your current life. As these patterns become clearer, you can begin to shift the ways you feel, think, behave, and relate to others.

I take an integrative, holistic, and embodied approach. This means we draw on a variety of psychological perspectives depending on your needs, while keeping an emphasis on the connection between mind and body. Some approaches may feel more familiar to you, while others might stretch you towards greater psychological flexibility and integration. Together we’ll explore what suits you best, and what supports your resilience and transformation.

Psychotherapy and counselling can support you during times when you:

feel anxious, overwhelmed or depressed
are under high levels of stress
are experiencing difficulties in your relationships
struggle with low self-esteem or confidence
feel weighed down by shame, guilt, or unresolved emotions
are coping with grief, loss, or major life changes
feel stuck in compulsive patterns or phobias
are exploring your sexual or gender identity
are having difficulties in your sex life or intimacy
are navigating non-traditional relationships or alternative sexual practices
are working through trauma or PTSD
want to better understand yourself and live more meaningfully

Whether you’re in crisis, moving through a transition, or simply curious about your inner world, psychotherapy can provide a valuable space for reflection, healing and growth.

Below are some of the themes and issues I often work with:

Anxiety and panic
Depression and low mood
Obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours
Shame, guilt, and emotional repression
Low self-esteem and confidence issues
Bereavement and loss
Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Childhood neglect or abuse
Sexual abuse and boundary violations
Romantic and interpersonal relationship difficulties
Intimacy, communication and conflict
Gender identity and expression
Sexual orientation and the coming out process
LGBTQIA+ related concerns and minority stress
Kink, fetish, BDSM and alternative sexual practices
Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
Exploring and deepening your sexuality
Integration of psychedelic and altered state experiences
Personal growth and deepening emotional self-awareness
Anger management and emotional regulation
Stress and burnout

I draw upon a range of psychological and therapeutic approaches because I believe in the importance of integrating different aspects of life experience rather than fitting people into predefined boxes. Human beings are complex, shaped by our bodies, emotions, thoughts, relationships, environments, and histories. No single therapeutic model can capture that complexity. For this reason, I work integratively, drawing on what best supports you in a particular moment while also using what research shows to be effective.

In my practice, I value flexibility, depth, and embodiment. Together, we will explore which approaches resonate most with you, while remaining open to others that may stretch your psychological flexibility, deepen your insight, and support greater resilience.

Integrative therapy is based on the understanding that each person is unique and no single approach fits all. It weaves together different modalities depending on your current needs, the nature of your difficulties, and your personal preferences. If you’re someone who tends to process things rationally, we might spend more time connecting with your emotions and body. If you’re emotionally driven, we may focus more on structure, reflection and perspective. This approach encourages psychological adaptability and helps you become a more grounded, resilient, and integrated human being.

Psychodynamic therapy explores how your past, particularly your early relationships and experiences, shape your current emotional life, behaviours, and relational patterns. Often, we carry unconscious defences formed in childhood into adulthood: ways of coping that once protected us, but now get in the way of growth and connection. In this deeper, longer-term approach, we gradually bring these inner dynamics into awareness, allowing for insight, healing, and more conscious ways of being in the world.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is one of the core approaches I use, especially in working with trauma and distressing or overwhelming experiences. It helps the brain reprocess ‘stuck’ memories that haven’t been properly integrated, reducing the distress they cause in the present. Using bilateral stimulation – such as eye movements or gentle tapping – we activate the brain’s natural healing mechanisms and facilitate emotional processing. EMDR is embedded in a broader psychotherapeutic framework that allows you to make meaning of your experiences and integrate them into a coherent life narrative.

We live in a world that prioritises thinking. But we are not just minds; we are embodied beings. Body-focused therapy invites you to reconnect with the intelligence and memory held in your body. Traumatic or difficult experiences are often stored somatically and can’t always be accessed through talk alone. This approach helps bypass mental defences and reach deeper layers of experience through bodily awareness. It supports a more holistic understanding of yourself and allows change to happen from the inside out.

Humanistic and person-centred therapy starts with the belief that every person has an inherent drive towards growth and wholeness. When this growth is blocked – by trauma, relationships, or societal pressures – distress and symptoms can emerge. This approach emphasises a safe, accepting relationship between therapist and client as the foundation for healing. Through this non-judgemental and compassionate connection, you are supported to become more fully yourself. The focus is on your present experience and on creating the conditions for self-awareness and transformation.

CBT focuses on recognising and shifting patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to emotional distress. It helps you understand how your thoughts influence your emotions and actions, and supports you in developing healthier coping strategies. Sessions may involve structured exercises or tasks between sessions to reinforce insights and facilitate change. CBT is often short- to medium-term and can be especially helpful for issues like anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and stress.

We begin with a free introductory call. This is a non-committal space where you can briefly share why you’re reaching out, and I can explain how I work. It’s also an opportunity for both of us to get a sense of whether we’re a good fit, and to clarify the focus of our potential work together.

If we decide to move forward, our first full session will involve exploring your broader life story to help me understand who you are and what has shaped you. There’s no need to prepare anything for this: just come as you are.

What happens in the sessions that follow depends on your needs and the focus we’ve agreed on. Some sessions might involve speaking in more depth about a particular area of your life, while others may explore underlying patterns or sources of distress. At times, I may invite you to try a specific activity or offer suggestions for reflection or exercises between sessions. Everything is done collaboratively, and you are never obliged to follow any particular suggestion, but you will be gently encouraged to stretch and grow.

That’s the million-dollar question, and the honest answer is that it depends. Each person is unique, and so is their process of change. The pace and depth of therapy will vary depending on your personality, your life history, and the challenges you’re facing.

Psychotherapy tends to work best when we allow our more vulnerable sides to show, and that requires a sense of safety. For this reason, I usually suggest allowing 4–5 sessions to settle into the process and begin to feel comfortable in the therapeutic space. This isn’t a requirement, just a recommendation based on experience.

Therapy doesn’t have to go on forever. We will regularly reflect on your progress and ensure that the work remains focused on how you’re applying what you’ve gained in therapy to your daily life.

I offer you a safe, non-judgemental, and compassionate space, backed by many years of professional experience and training. My aim is to support you in meeting the challenges you’re facing and to help you grow through them. I bring an integrative, holistic and embodied approach to the work, drawing on different therapeutic methods depending on what best supports you.

I understand the importance of language in feeling fully understood. While sessions are primarily in English or Maltese, you are welcome to express yourself in Spanish, Italian or French if that helps you feel more at ease, as long as you have a working understanding of English so that we can communicate clearly throughout.

Psychotherapy sessions typically last 50 minutes. In some cases, such as with EMDR therapy, we may agree to extend the session length, especially when it’s important not to interrupt what is emerging during the process.

For therapy to be effective, it’s important to maintain a regular rhythm. Weekly or fortnightly sessions are usually recommended to support continuity and depth. As therapy progresses or approaches a natural conclusion, we may reduce the frequency to every three or four weeks.

When therapy is coming to an end, I encourage us to have a dedicated closing session. This offers a chance to reflect on your journey, acknowledge the changes that have taken place, and bring the process to a thoughtful and integrated close.