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I 'm open for new referrals.  I work both in person and online. I work Monday-Thursday. I work with clients on a weekly/twice weekly basis.

I have worked with clients coming to therapy with a wide variety of issues including anxiety, body image issues, disordered eating, childhood abandonment, gender and sexuality, dissociation, trauma.

Please contact me on AlyxDLakewood@protonmail.com for an inital chat about working together.

All clients are unique and your story is just yours. I do not work from a one size fits all approach.  

My training is informed by an attachment-based approach and also includes psychoanalytic perspectives & trauma informed approaches. Our earliest relationships with our caregivers can impact how we learn to relate to others or not, and so we will spend sometime thinking about and exploring your experiences of relationship with others. Pyschoanalysis seeks to bring out the unconscious, behaviours and patterns we may not be aware we are doing. 

I am also passionate about helping clients explore experiences of marginalization in the many forms this can take, and as such I welcome all aspects of your experiences into the room including discrimination and exclusion.

I will always aim to stand alongside you, as you begin to find a safe enough space with me to explore your stories and experiences.

To me you are an indivdual person with a unique story that is just yours. From your initial enquiry to working together, you can expect a friendly and warm approach. I make space during the process for any questions, so feel free to ask and I will also follow up in writing next steps where relevant.

When I receive your first email, I will reply as soon as possible. We will then arrange for a free of charge, 20 minute Zoom call. During this call we can see each other, and also talk about therapy a bit more and what you want to work on.

After that, if you want to go ahead, we will arrange one or two full sessions (fee payable) to talk more in depth about your history, what you want to work on, what areas of your life you hope to improve on.

If you feel after that, we will make arrangments to meet for a short number of sessions before reviewing before committing to longer term work together.

I offer all new contacts, a free, short online call to discuss what you are looking for in therapy. If we both agree, we will arrange a full assessment session (full fee) to explore more in-depth some of your history, experiences with therapy, and background.

After the assessment we decide that I may be the right therapist for you, and we could work together, we will agree our working arrangements, and meet for 6 sessions after which we will review to ensure that this therapy is right for you before entering long term work together.

I reply to any emails/enquires during Monday-Thursday when I am in practice.