My approach is psychodynamic; this involves gaining understanding, from both your conscious and the your subconscious. Short-term work such as the 16 session DIT model involves mainly focusing on the 'here and now', where together we identify the main issues that need to be looked at. Long-term work (the ideal) allows for a deeper exploration. There is sometimes a temptation to 'hack' your life in order to cope with something that can feel insurmountable, whereas the psychodynamic approach can help you to tolerate and understand your inner world and deal more effectively with the obstacles you encounter externally in your life; as opposed to finding ways to avoid them. This has the potential to equip you long after therapy has ended.
Sometimes we can become bound-up in unhelpful patterns of thinking or behaviour within our lives; patterns that we don't see, but which may unwittingly contribute to our life's hardships and struggles. Psychodynamic psychotherapy enables a greater understanding of our subconscious, which allows us to bring some of these ‘unknown’ elements to the surface, and gain a better insight into ourselves, and how we operate in the world. This understanding, in itself, eventually becomes a tool which allows us to navigate life's highs and lows with less dysfunction.
I am also a British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) accredited Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) specialist. DIT is the approach recommended by NHS Nice guidlines for the short-term (16 sessions) treatment of anxiety and depression.
More information about DIT: https://kmtalkingtherapies.co.uk/how-can-we-help-you/dynamic-interpersonal-therapy/