A Relational and Soulful Approach
I invite a relational and soulful approach to help you explore what brings you to therapy at this moment. Together, we can consider your present circumstances alongside the experiences that have shaped you, creating space to understand how you have arrived at your current situation.
Exploring Your Life Story
This work often involves revisiting your life story and uncovering both the joyful and painful aspects of your experience. By looking at these different parts of your story, we can begin to understand how they continue to influence your life in the present.
An Integrative and Relational Method
My method is fundamentally integrative and relational, drawing from existential, psychodynamic, and archetypal psychology. The central idea is that genuine change emerges through the depth and quality of the therapeutic relationship.
A Transpersonal Perspective
I also offer a transpersonal perspective, which considers influences beyond the individual, including cultural, ecological, and spiritual contexts. These wider dimensions can form part of how we understand your experience and the circumstances in which you are living.
Making Space for Symptoms
This is not a psychological model focused on quickly fixing or curing symptoms, nor does it disregard them. Instead, symptoms are viewed as important signals that need to be given a place before they can be interpreted and understood.
We may ask questions such as: What are our symptoms urging us to recognise? How can we integrate our past and move forward while remaining present in each moment?
'From the viewpoint of soul, what we need today are lunar heroines, rather than solar heroes, who are willing to undertake a harrowing journey of descent into the underworld...the challenge of descent ...is a humbling stripping away of pretensions and opening of the channels to soul and grief' -Chris Robertson, 2017
“Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods.”
― James Hillman
The therapeutic process involves re-working and re-visioning what it means to be you, right here right now and that may require delving into the past to gain insight and understanding about your present and possible futures.
Typically, sessions are scheduled weekly and last for 50 minutes each.
In certain circumstances, it may be appropriate to arrange more than one session per week.
"Our dreams recover what the world forgets.”
― James Hillman, Animal Presences
Why Now?
If you're feeling unfulfilled and yearning for something different but can’t quite pinpoint what that is, you’re not alone. You might also find yourself overwhelmed, downhearted, or drained by the daily demands of life, seeking comfort or a fresh perspective. Sometimes, past childhood wounds may still need attention. By working in a trauma-informed manner, we can delve into how your early experiences might be shaping your current relationships.
Why Here?
Selecting a psychotherapist requires thoughtful consideration and can be challenging. We can start with an initial consultation or assessment session to discuss how we might move forward together. Research highlights that the strength of the therapist-client relationship is central to effective therapy, so our work will focus on building an interactive and engaging partnership.
Get in touch
Phone: 07725 523125
email: jo.roden@hotmail.co.uk
I work in Hampton Village which is in The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames very close to Teddington, Twickenham, Sunbury, Kingston and Richmond. There are good public transport links here from London with a BR station 5mins from my door.
Individual psychotherapy and supervision fees are on a scale.This means I can offer some concession rates alongside my usual starting rate of £85 per 50mins session.
Fees are required for all sessions except pre-arranged holidays or rare cancellations by me.
If you cancel, I’ll try to reschedule within the same week; otherwise, the standard fee applies.
Please leave a message and I will contact you as soon as possible.
What is Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapy?
I invite a relational and soulful approach to help you explore what brings you to therapy at this moment.
This often includes revisiting your life story to understand how you've reached your current situation.
Together, we'll embark on a pathway that uncovers both joyful and painful aspects of your experience..
My method is fundamentally integrative and relational, drawing from existential, psychodynamic, and archetypal psychology.
The central idea is that genuine change comes from the depth and quality of relationship.
I offer a transpersonal perspective, considering influences beyond the individual, such as cultural, ecological, and spiritual contexts.
This isn't a psychological model focused on quickly fixing or curing symptoms, nor are symptoms disregarded.
Instead, symptoms are viewed as important signals to be given a place before interpretation and understanding.
We may ask questions like: What are our symptoms urging us to recognise? How can we integrate our past and move forward, while being present in each moment?
“Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods.”
― James Hillman
The therapeutic process involves re-working and re-visioning what it means to be you, right here right now and that may require delving into the past to gain insight and understanding about your present and possible futures.
Typically, sessions are scheduled weekly and last for 50 minutes each.
In certain circumstances, it may be appropriate to arrange more than one session per week.
“Our dreams recover what the world forgets.”
― James Hillman, Animal Presences