1. What is Inlight Personal Development?
Inlight is a space for meaningful personal growth, healing, and transformation. I offer an integrative approach that draws from psychotherapy, counselling, spiritual direction, and symbolic practices to support you in becoming your most authentic self.
2. Are you a real therapist?
I am a trained and experienced psychotherapist with over four decades of professional work, and I am registered with the UKCP. I do not operate under a medical or diagnostic model, but rather offer a depth-oriented, relational approach rooted in emotional, psychological, and spiritual understanding.
3. Is this therapy or spiritual work?
Both, and more. Depending on your needs, our work might feel like psychotherapy, spiritual direction, inner alchemy, or a blend of all and more. What matters is that we follow your unique journey and choose the form that best supports your growth.
4. Do I need to be religious or spiritual to work with you?
Not at all. You don’t need to hold any particular belief, or any belief at all. I work with people from all backgrounds: religious, spiritual-but-not-religious, agnostic, or simply curious. What matters is your openness to inner exploration and to becoming who you are supposed to be.
5. What happens in a typical session?
Each session typically lasts for one hour, and I generally offer one session per week. But what happens in each session is different, shaped by where you are and what you need. We may explore your feelings, challenges, dreams, memories, longings, or spiritual questions. Sometimes we work with images, rituals, or symbolic language. My role is to listen deeply, reflect clearly, and help you uncover what wants to emerge.
6. Do you offer online sessions?
Yes. I usually work with clients online. Many people live at a distance, and so find the online format convenient and just as effective for depth work.
7. How often do we meet?
This depends on your needs and what kind of support you’re looking for. Some clients meet weekly or fortnightly, others monthly or on an as-needed basis. This can change over time.
8. Do you offer free consultations?
Yes. I offer a free 20-minute introductory session so we can get a sense of whether this work is the right fit for both of us. There’s no pressure to commit — it’s simply a chance to explore. I also know many very good therapists, and I am happy to recommend others if I think they would be a better fit for what you need.
9. How do I know if this work is right for me?
If you’re feeling stuck, lost, or at a crossroads, or if you sense there’s something deeper waiting to be found, then this kind of work may be for you. You don’t need to be in crisis. You just need to be curious about who you are becoming.
10. Is this confidential?
Absolutely. Everything shared in our work together is held in strict confidence, in accordance with ethical and professional standards.
11. Do you work with people in crisis or with diagnosed mental health conditions?
I work with individuals in many kinds of difficulty, including spiritual crisis, collapse, and profound questioning. I do not diagnose or treat illness, mental or physical, but if you’re in acute crisis or need clinical or psychiatric support, I may suggest an appropriate specialist, and I can work alongside other professionals where needed.
12. What if I don’t know what I need?
That’s completely okay. Many people begin without a clear idea of what they need, just a sense that something inside wants to shift. The work often begins with naming that something and listening to what it’s trying to tell you.