Choosing a therapist can be difficult and daunting. Therapy is a place to talk about some of your most vulnerable parts and experiences, and you want to know you can trust the person you do that with. I have had the privilege of working with people with all kinds of histories and current problems. Some of them have been generous enough to allow me to share their impressions of our work together, in order to give you an idea of how I work.
Testimonials are anonymous and photos are not of actual clients.
“I feel like I have more control now over myself and my emotions rather than the other way around but also more able to sit with uncomfortable feelings. I’ve learned that I can take time and space – physical or mental – for myself. It doesn’t make me a bad person/parent. That I need to communicate my needs to others and reinforce boundaries as much for myself as for other people. Despite the reasons I was there, it was a very enjoyable experience overall and I gained a lot from it.”
Person coming for support for herself
“Therapy helped me understand the root of a lot of negative behaviours and how to fix them. Focused on the root of problems not on techniques to help them which satisfied my curiosity and worked much better than previous therapy.”
Person coming for support for herself
“We’ve learned new techniques, a lot about ourselves and the impact the behaviour or the parents affects the child. We learnt a lot about how life looks through the eyes of our children. Maxine is highly professional, empathetic and challenging in her approach. She took things at a very manageable pace and helped us work through a range of issues. She has an astonishing memory for the events and details that we spoke about which made us feel very listened to. She asked uncomfortable and difficult questions in a supportive way.”
Parents looking for support for their child
"I’ve gained some new methods and skills to help with parenting. I liked a clear non-critical, warm approach. Maxine having a sense of humour and being relatable helped me feel comfortable.”
Parent coming for support for her child
“I have learned much more about parenting children who have emotional needs, which need to be approached differently in order to help them. I have learned I am way too hard on myself! The fact that I was asked questions about myself, my thinking and approaches in life, through the observations made in the sessions, which I was not expecting and were thought provoking. The epiphany moment where it became clear that the therapy needed to be for me as a parent and not my daughter with anxiety, based on the fact my daughter has me for seven days a week as opposed to one session with a therapist.”
Parent coming for support for her child
“Supervision was helpful for my clinical practice. Main area of development for me was how to apply Compassion Focused Therapy approaches to working with young people and their families. I appreciated emphasis on helping young people understand their internal world, communicate their feelings and be more accepting of themselves.”
Clinical Psychologist receiving supervision