Modern life is fast paced and the systems we exist within are very demanding. Trying to keep up with the pressures we feel in our everyday lives can leave us feeling isolated, overwhelmed and like we are living in survival mode. You don’t have to do it alone. I offer warm, empathic, non judgmental support to explore new possibilities. A space where together we can turn down the volume on the outer world, explore who you are and what it is you really need to be living a life that truly belongs to you.
As a therapist I have deep respect for the courage it takes to reach out for support and I understand safety and trust are the foundations of an effective therapeutic relationship. As well as a capacity to be alongside you as you explore painful, stuck and exiled places, I also believe in the power of laughter and humour in the therapy room.
Together we can explore how painful thoughts, feelings and repeating patterns of behaviour you are experiencing might have their roots in the past and the ways you learned to adapt and make sense of relationships and your environment as a child. These outdated patterns are often operating outside of our awareness though you may recognise a sense of familiar outcome or repeated painful experiences. With time and care it is possible to move beyond these old ways of being.
Healing the pain from the past that is still impacting you in the present, creates freedom to choose how you would truly like to live in the future.
About me
Originally Australian, I have lived in the United Kingdom for 19 years and now happily call Pembrokeshire, Wales, home.
Many therapists enter this profession through their own personal struggles and experiencing first hand the effectiveness of therapy. This was also the path for me.
Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy helped me make sense of a very significant chapter in my life, the end of a marriage, relocation and a change in career focus all simultaneously.
I am now a Qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist in Clinical Training having completed a four year training at Transactional Analysis Cymru. Transactional Analysis is a psychotherapeutic approach that provides a framework for understanding how human beings work. It supports us to gain a deeper understanding about the relationship we have with ourselves, with others and the world around us. It is a process that looks at how the past may still be impacting the present, allowing you to let go of what is no longer working and empowering you to change your future.You can read more about it here What is Transactional Analysis? – UK Association for Transactional Analysis (uka4ta.co.uk)
Areas I can offer support:
- Healing from trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Feeling stuck / overwhelmed
- Cycles of difficult painful feelings, negative and limiting thinking or repetitive harmful, disruptive or sabotaging behaviours
- Feeling unfulfilled, lacking in purpose
- Life transitions: gender transition, pregnancy and birth, parenthood, menopause, divorce, children leaving home, job or income loss, relationships ending, life changing illness or surgery, living with changes in physical ability
I have regular high quality supervision to support my work and am registered with UKATA and EATA and follow their code of ethics and professional practice. I am currently offering 1:1 sessions on Monday’s in a beautiful natural location in Mynachlogddu, Pembrokeshire, where we have the choice of working in a beautiful indoor space and or outdoors amongst nature. These sessions are £50 for 1 hour. I also offer sessions online, UK daytime, Wednesday – Friday. Online fees are £50 for 1 hour.
I am happy to answer your enquiries via email or a free 20-minute phone consultation which allows us both to ask questions. You can share with me what issues you would like to bring to therapy. I will gather some brief information and answer any questions you have about how I work.
To book your initial free 20-min session please text rather than ring on 07935 664648 or email kinstara@gmail.com and I will endeavour to reply within 48 hours.