My Approach

My predominant approach is Affective Set-Point Therapy (SPT) — an attachment-based approach developed by Dr Steve Arthey, informed by Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and modern neuroscience.

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Early in life, each of us develops a felt sense of how safe it is to simply be ourselves. Much of what brings people to therapy — anxiety, self-criticism, patterns that keep repeating in relationships — often turns out to be the mind working hard to protect that old, familiar feeling. Understanding this intellectually is rarely enough on its own; it's possible to know something is true and still not feel it. SPT is designed to work with that gap directly — recognising the pattern as it happens in session, and helping a new, more accurate sense of safety take hold, so change is built to hold rather than fade.

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Your initial session will focus on getting clear on what you want from therapy. Some people already know exactly what they want support with; others just know something feels "off," and part of that first session is gaining clarity on what that is.

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It's preferable to have your first few sessions in close succession — weekly, or at least fortnightly, for the first four sessions. From there, session frequency is adjusted as we go.