Padma Psychotherapy

What I Offer

I am trained and practice as a psychoanalytic and buddhist psychotherapist.Buddhist psychotherapy is based on buddhist psychology and is not a religious practice or approach.Psychoanalytic psychotherapy aims to help people understand and resolve their problems by increasing their awareness of their inner world. It differs from most other therapies in aiming for deep-seated change in personality and emotions. It’s effective for a range of psychological and emotional problems.For individual work I offer both longer term as well as time-limited psychotherapy. The time-limited work is around 20 weekly sessions and has a specific focus. I work with people 16 years and older.I offer a combined psychoanalytic, Gottman, and Buddhist approach to couple psychotherapy. This helps with conflict and betrayal, and explores how past relationships influence the present dynamics.Couples psychotherapy is for couples of all ages, typically 16 years and older, whether married or not, mixed or same sex, living together or apart. It is not suitable where separation is permanent, when a mediator is appropriate.Fees:
Individual psychotherapy is typically $150 per session.
Couple psychotherapy is typically $190 per session

Padma Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy can help with making sense of behaviours that might be stuck or repeated and that result in unsatisfactory relationships, or troublesome feelings and unsettledness.This might result in depression, anxiety, grief, and intense sadness, as well as conflict in relationships at home or at work. Couples therapy focusses on mis-communications and relationship tension.

Meaning of Padma

Padma is a sanskrit word meaning lotus. It is one of the 8 favourable symbols in Buddhism, and is typically used to indicate change and compassion.The lotus grows from the mud, through the water, and into the light, symbolising the path to understanding.

Experience

I am qualified and registered as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical social worker.I have additional training in: brief psychotherapy, clinical supervision, couple psychotherapy, Buddhist psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy - all effective treatments for trauma.

Approach

Making the decision to start psychotherapy can be difficult. Often the most important decision is finding a psychotherapist and an approach that works for you.Typically therapy is once a week, although it can be more frequent in some situations, and usually it lasts for about 50 minutes or 60 minutes for couples.