DIT was created to offer a focused, time‑limited therapy that is deep, meaningful, and personal. It’s especially helpful if:

• You want to understand why you feel the way you do

• You’re curious about the emotional patterns that repeat in your relationships

• You prefer a reflective, insight‑oriented approach rather than a purely skills‑based one

• You prefer an in-depth approach rather than a surface level one

• You want a therapy that feels structured but still human, warm, and relational

DIT is designed for people experiencing:

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Relationship difficulties

• Low self-esteem

• Emotional overwhelm

• Feeling ‘stuck’ in repeating patterns

DIT understands mood difficulties as deeply connected to how we experience ourselves and others in relationships.

DIT is particularly well‑suited to the emotional and relational themes that many of my clients bring. Here’s how it connects with each area:

• Depression and low mood — DIT helps uncover the relational patterns and emotional expectations that quietly shape mood, offering clarity and relief.

• Anxiety — By exploring how anxiety arises in interactions and relationships, as well as its roots, DIT helps reduce fear based patterns and build emotional steadiness.

• Relationship difficulties — DIT directly focuses on how you relate to others, helping you understand repeating dynamics and develop healthier ways of connecting.

• Autistic burnout, masking and chronic stress — DIT offers a reflective, autism‑affirming space to explore the relational and social pressures that contribute to exhaustion, masking, and feeling ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’.

• Emotional overwhelm or shutdown — DIT helps you understand what triggers these states interpersonally and supports you to respond with more choice and compassion.

• Racialised stress and identity‑related experiences — DIT makes space for the relational and emotional impact of navigating racialised and non-inclusive environments, including experiences of misattunement, microaggressions, racism, ableism, exclusion, or feeling unseen.

• Being underrepresented in professional spaces — DIT helps explore how these experiences shape self‑perception, confidence, and emotional safety in relationships at work.

• Identity exploration — DIT supports you to understand how identity develops within relationships and how past experiences influence how you see yourself now.

• Low self‑esteem and self‑criticism — DIT helps trace these feelings back to relational origins and past experiences, and gently supports the development of a more compassionate internal voice and healthier sense of self.

• Workplace stress — DIT explores how relational patterns show up at work such as perfectionism, people‑pleasing, conflict avoidance, and helps you respond differently and form healthier patterns.

• Life transitions — DIT helps you understand the emotional meaning of change and how transitions activate old relational patterns or vulnerabilities.

Early in therapy, we work together to identify one key repeating pattern that seems to be at the centre of your difficulties. This is called the Interpersonal Affective Focus (IPAF) and you will likely not be aware of it.

Your IPAF includes four parts:

• How you tend to see yourself in relationships

• How you tend to see others

• The feelings that get triggered between you

• The protective strategies you use to cope

For example, someone might see themselves as not quite good enough, assume others are critical or easily disappointed, feel anxiety or shame when there is any hint of tension, and cope by over‑performing, accommodating extensively, and avoiding conflict. Although these strategies can help them feel safer and contained in the moment, they often lead to exhaustion, chronic anxiety, and a sense of never being able to relax. DIT helps you understand this pattern with compassion and curiosity, so you can begin to relate in ways that feel more balanced, healthier and sustainable.

DIT strengthens your ability to:

• Notice what you’re feeling in the moment

• Understand why certain interactions trigger strong emotions

• See your relationships from multiple perspectives

• Reflect on your own and others’ thoughts and feelings (mentalising)

• Respond in ways that feel more grounded and less driven by old patterns

This reflective capacity is one of the most powerful tools for long‑term emotional wellbeing.

DIT has three phases, each with a clear purpose:

1. Initial Phase (Sessions 1–4) We get to know your story, explore your relationships and past experiences, understand your symptoms, and collaboratively identify your IPAF.

2. Middle Phase (Sessions 5–12) We work more deeply with your IPAF, exploring how it shows up in your everyday life, in your current relationships, in your emotional responses, and sometimes even between the two of us. This is the phase where meaningful change begins. Together, we notice the patterns that feel familiar and begin to try out healthier ways of relating and responding. Over time, this allows more balanced relational patterns to develop and supports improvements in mood, confidence, and overall wellbeing.

3. Ending Phase (Sessions 13–16) We reflect on what’s been achieved, prepare for future challenges, and explore the emotional meaning of ending therapy. You’ll also receive a personalised ‘goodbye letter’ which is a summary of the progress made during therapy and what has been learned. It serves as a reminder of the journey we have shared.

I work in a way that is:

• Warm, empathetic and attuned

• Curious rather than judgmental

• Supportive but gently challenging

• Active and engaged

I pay close attention to how you experience the therapy relationship, because it often reveals important relational patterns and emotional information that can support your growth.

• A clearer understanding of why they feel the way they do

• Improved mood and significant reduction in depressive and anxiety symptoms

• More stable mood

• Healthier, more secure and authentic relationships

• Greater confidence in expressing needs

• Greater confidence and ability to set boundaries

• A kinder, more compassionate relationship with themselves

• A sense of emotional ‘space’ and choice rather than automatic reactions

In summary, DIT helps you understand the emotional patterns shaping your life and gently supports you to create new, healthier ones. It is a warm, structured, and deeply human approach to change.

If this sounds like it might be helpful for you, do please get in touch, I’d be glad to talk with you about whether DIT might be a good fit.