Therapy in Melbourne | Psychotherapy, Schema Therapy & EMDR

Therapy provides a space to slow down and understand emotional and relational patterns as they emerge in the present.

Some difficulties are connected to specific experiences or periods of stress, while others reflect longstanding ways of relating, coping, or responding that continue across different areas of life. These patterns are often difficult to shift through insight alone.

I offer relational and trauma-informed psychotherapy for adults in Melbourne, integrating Schema Therapy, EMDR, and psychodynamic practice within a relational psychotherapy approach.

Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, therapy involves paying attention to emotional responses, relational experiences, and recurring patterns as they appear within therapy and in relationships outside of therapy.

The pace and focus of therapy are shaped collaboratively, with attention to what feels manageable and meaningful for each person.

Therapy focuses on how emotional and relational patterns continue to shape daily life over time, particularly where these patterns persist despite understanding or previous therapy. Attention is given not only to reflection and insight, but to how these patterns emerge in present experience — including within the therapeutic relationship.

Over time, this allows patterns to become more visible in lived experience, not just in understanding, supporting gradual and sustained change.

My work is grounded in a relational and trauma-informed psychotherapy approach informed by Schema Therapy, EMDR, and psychodynamic practice.

These approaches are not applied as separate techniques, but integrated ways of understanding emotional experience as it arises in therapy. Therapy is collaborative and paced according to what feels manageable, with attention to what is most important at each stage of the work.

Some difficulties can be addressed more directly, while others benefit from longer-term therapeutic work. We regularly reflect on pace and direction together to ensure the work remains grounded, responsive, and sustainable.

If you are considering therapy, you are welcome to get in touch to arrange an initial appointment. The first sessions offer an opportunity to think together about what brings you here and whether this way of working feels like a good fit.