Soulmaking

Therapist

My path to this work

My own path into therapeutic work began more than a decade ago. At the time, I was a mother of two young children and had helped start a business with my husband. I was tired, stressed and increasingly disconnected from myself. Life looked fine from the outside, but inwardly I had lost a sense of who I was and what I wanted.

It was not a neat or easy process. There were times when the work was painful, confronting and deeply uncomfortable. Looking honestly at myself meant meeting patterns, fears and parts of my life I would much rather have avoided. At times, there was no clear way forward - only the willingness to stay with what was difficult long enough for something new to become possible.

This work changed me profoundly and eventually led me into therapeutic training. I first qualified as a therapist specialising in self-worth and am now completing a four-year training in Integral Psychotherapy at ID Academy, the Vadum Dahl Institute in Copenhagen.

The integral perspective resonates deeply with me because it allows us to look at the whole person, rather than focusing on one part in isolation.

My own life has included many different roles and transitions: working in private banking, helping build a business, stepping away from a professional identity, being at home with children, moving to another country and adapting to a new culture and language.

I do not believe a therapist needs to have lived the same life as the person sitting opposite them. But I do believe there is value in knowing what it means to do your own work.

My hope is to create a space where you can feel safe enough to explore what is difficult, understand what may be holding you back, and begin to find a way forward that feels more your own.