Counselling Approach
A relational, ecological, and animist way of working
My therapeutic approach is grounded in the understanding that we live in a world full of persons — human and more‑than‑human — and that our wellbeing is shaped by the relationships we keep with all of them.
Your inner life is not separate from the land you live on, the histories you carry, the communities you belong to, or the wider living world that holds you.
In this work, we pay attention to the whole field:
your body, your relationships, your environment, your ancestry, your sensory experience, your politics, your values, and the more‑than‑human beings you are in quiet conversation with every day.
This is therapy that honours complexity, depth, and connection.
Noticing the wider web you’re part of
Distress rarely comes from “inside” a person.
It emerges in relationship — with others, with systems, with land, with culture, with history, with the world around us.
In our work together, we might explore:
- how your body responds to the places you inhabit
- how your nervous system echoes the rhythms of the seasons
- how your identity is shaped by ancestry, land, and lineage
- how your sensitivity is a form of perception, not a flaw
- how the more‑than‑human world supports or challenges you
- how grief, anger, or numbness arise in response to ecological harm
- how your relationships (human and otherwise) nourish or deplete you
This is not about imposing meaning.
It’s about listening for what is already there.
A space for the sensitive, the queer, the neurodivergent, the politically awake
Many people who come to me experience the world intensely — emotionally, sensorially, ethically.
You may have been told you’re “too much”, “too sensitive”, “too reactive”, or “too idealistic”.
In an animist frame, these traits are not pathologies.
They are ways of perceiving the living world that deserve respect.
My practice is shaped by:
- queer and ace‑spec lived experience
- neurodivergent embodiment
- intersectional feminist ethics
- anti‑pathologising, contextual thinking
- ecological and relational awareness
You don’t have to flatten yourself here.
You don’t have to pretend the world doesn’t affect you.
What animist‑informed therapy looks like in practice
This approach does not mean I perform ritual for you, or that we borrow from cultures that are not ours.
It means we work with the understanding that you are part of a living world, and that your relationships with that world matter.
In sessions, this might include:
- noticing how your body responds to land, weather, and place
- exploring your relationship with animals, plants, elements, or ancestors
- working with ecological grief and climate‑related distress
- grounding through sensory and land‑rooted practices
- recognising the intelligence of your emotions and your body
- understanding your struggles in the context of systems, histories, and environments
- making space for meaning, connection, and belonging
You set the pace.
Nothing is forced.
Everything is invitational.
A political and ethical stance
Animist therapy is not apolitical.
It recognises that we live in systems that harm bodies, communities, and ecosystems — and that these harms show up in our mental and emotional lives.
My work is informed by:
- anti‑oppressive practice
- decolonial awareness
- ecological responsibility
- respect for cultural boundaries
- consent‑based, non‑hierarchical relating
This is a space where your politics, your ethics, and your lived reality are taken seriously.
Working together
Therapy with me is collaborative, relational, and grounded.
We follow what feels alive, what feels true, what feels needed.
We make space for grief, for anger, for longing, for joy, for connection — for the full range of being human in a more‑than‑human world.
If you’re seeking a therapeutic relationship that honours your sensitivity, your depth, your politics, and your connection with the living world, you’re welcome here.
