My Approach

My name is Todd and I am a psychotherapist and couples counsellor, working in private practice in Melbourne. My approach to therapy is integrative and relational. I start with the assumption that no two experiences are the same and as such no two treatments are the same. This means that I draw upon a wide range of theories and therapeutic frameworks. I take a warm and curious stance and work with each individual to develop a collaborative and genuine relationship, one founded on safety, trust and mutuality. The therapeutic relationship is a central component of the therapeutic process and creates the ground for open exploration of your experience, your fears, concerns, longings and dreams. I work with a wide range of people and presentations from diverse population groups and identities. I work within both a short term (10-20 session) and long term (50 sessions +) capacity, depending on the presenting concerns.

Therapy can assist us in adapting and moving forward in times of change, loss, separation and trauma, or other big experiences that fundamentally affect way we experience ourselves, others and our lives. I take the view that we are constantly adapting to our environment and that our early life and relationships shape the people that we become, and that the past holds clues about our experience and our struggles in the present. In my work I endeavour to help people identify and work through repetitive and limiting ways of coping in times of stress and opening new possibilities, hopes and futures.

I believe that psychotherapy is a powerful tool for change, that can be used to work through specific life challenges, but can also enrich your life and your relationships with yourself and others through increasing self-compassion, self-understanding and insight. I think psychotherapy holds great potential as a way of thinking about and facing some of life’s big questions, both personal and existential. At the heart of it, I see Psychotherapy as a discipline which is primarily concerned with both our unique individual experience as well as our shared humanness and all the suffering and joy that comes with life and human relating.