Eleanor Hayeswood

As a psychodynamic counsellor, I aim to create a safe therapeutic space where we can explore your life, and things that might be troubling you, together. This includes your thoughts and feelings connected to aspects of your identity, your behavioural patterns and your relationships with others. My approach is rooted in curiosity, working with you collaboratively to explore these themes and how they might evolve over time at a pace that is right for you. 

The psychodynamic approach emphasises the importance of early life experiences and how these shape us as individuals. As well as exploring material from your every day life, we might work with memories or dreams and unconscious beliefs and motivations. The  therapeutic relationship that exists between us as therapist and client is also important, offering a framework for considering how you might relate to others in your life.

I also integrate a somatic approach, seeking to understand the mind-body connection and the psychological aspect of pain and illness. Though our work will focus on you as an individual, my practice accounts for the wider environmental, social, cultural and political context in which we live.

In essence, our work will seek to understand the cause of any issues you face, and what alternative ways of being might exist. There isn’t a right or wrong answer. Instead, we have the opportunity to think creatively together about how you might overcome challenges and difficult patterns of behaviour, so that you can feel more empowered in your life.