What can I help with?

Mental Health & Quality of Life

There are all sorts of reasons people come to therapy, and I support adults with issues such as:

  • Feeling low, anxious or stressed

  • Feeling that their emotions are overwhelming or very ‘up and down’

  • Relationship difficulties

  • A desire to work through painful experiences, trauma and grief

  • Gender and sexual identity

  • Low self-esteem, constant self-doubt

  • Living with physical illness or disability

  • Life transitions, meaning, identity, decisions

  • A desire to understand oneself more deeply

    …and many more.

Perinatal Mental Health / New Parents

I offer support to both birthing and non-birthing parents during the perinatal period - from planning a pregnancy through to postpartum.

  • Decision-making and family planning

  • Pre- or postnatal anxiety and depression

  • Grief from fertility struggles, miscarriage or still birth

  • Navigating the profound identity shifts that can accompany matrescence and patrescence — the transition into parenthood.

Where appropriate, I can offer home visits during pregnancy or the early postpartum period.

I also offer support for womens’ health issues, such as menopause and PMDD.

Parent-Infant Relationships

I support parents and caregivers with concerns around bonding, attachment, and attunement — the ability to understand and respond to your infant’s emotional and developmental needs.

This work is suitable for expectant parents or those who are caring for babies and young children up to around age four. It may include reflection on your own early relational patterns or support with particular challenges. My approach draws on infant observation, Parent-Infant Psychotherapy, Circle of Security Parenting, and the Solihull approach .

Home visits may be available where this feels appropriate and supportive.

My Approach

Integrative Psychodynamic

I have a particular interest in integrating psychodynamic ideas (meaning ‘related to the unconscious mind’) with insights from my background in neuroscience. I believe deeply that our emotionally significant experiences — including those we may not consciously remember — are not just stored in the mind, but are carried in the body and nervous system. Both positive and negative emotional experiences can shape how we feel, relate to others, and even our physical health. This has been demonstrated in studies that show that deeply emotional experiences can lead to significant changes in our cells and chemistry.

Integrative psychodynamic therapy supports people to explore and work through unresolved issues and recurring patterns to improve our quality of life.

Where appropriate, I also draw on Humanistic (including Existential) and Cognitive-Behavioural approaches — including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) — to support emotional regulation and provide practical tools for coping day-to-day.

Collaborative & Non-Judgmental

I care deeply about the people I work with and am committed to offering a high-quality, collaborative experience. I see therapy as a shared process — one where the therapist-client relationship is central to growth.

I aim to create a space that feels safe, supportive, and free of judgment — where all parts of your experience are welcome. Compassion and curiosity are central to how I listen and respond.

Evidence-Based & Ethical

I work as a reflective scientist-practitioner, drawing on current research and established psychological theory to ground my practice in approaches shown to be effective.

I stay up to date with developments in the field through regular supervision and continuing professional development (CPD), in line with BPS and HCPC standards.

I’m also committed to ethical practice. If you come to me with a difficulty that falls outside my area of expertise, I’ll be transparent about that and support you in finding a practitioner who’s better placed to help.

Whenever you’re ready.

My diary is now open to new clients.

I offer sessions in two comfortable, private therapy practices in central Edinburgh - EH3 (New Town) and EH1 (City Centre/Old Town). Both are easily accessible by public transport.

I also offer remote sessions via secure video or phone call.

I am happy to arrange a brief introductory call to answer any questions and discuss beginning therapy.

📧 contact@therapywithkeziah.co.uk

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