Gestalt Psychotherapist (2024 - Present)

In my work as a Gestalt therapist, I often meet people who are navigating life’s crossroads. My placements at YMCA and Richmond brought me face-to-face with individuals experiencing anxiety, career challenges, relationship tensions, and the disorienting impact of organisational change.

Giving A Training for YMCA Academcy On Therapy & Work Dynamics

Career, Anxiety, and Relationships: YMCA Trainee Therapist

I started my journey as a Gestalt Psychotherapist at YMCA psychological services, I met clients whose anxiety about their career masked deeper questions about identity and purpose. I saw how relationship strains could spill into work performance, and how organisational restructuring could unsettle someone’s sense of belonging in both professional and personal spheres.

Gestalt therapy views these challenges not as separate “issues” but as interconnected threads in the same web. This holistic lens allows for a different kind of conversation — one where you don’t have to split yourself into “work you” and “private you.” The reality is, they live in the same skin.

YMCA Placement & Therapy Services

Focusing On Client: Richmond Observation & Practicuum

Richmond Foundation is a leading mental health organisation supporting many organisations to provide Employee Assisted Programs. However my role here was to observe how they work, receiving mental health first aid and observing their operations.

Through the practicuum, I had the chance to apply my Gestalt Therapy knowledge with a range of different clients. The core of Gestalt therapy is about cultivating awareness, of self, of others, and of the context in which both exist.

Richmond Observational Placement and Practicuum

Going On My Own: Management Gestalt Psychotherapist

In more recent work, I’ve extended this approach to help managers who are dealing with mental health issues, either in themselves or in their teams. Leadership can be a lonely place when the expectation is to have the answers, even as your own resilience is being tested.

The Gestalt process helps leaders notice not only their stressors, but also the relational dynamics they’re part of. Sometimes, the shift comes from a new organisational strategy; other times, it comes from learning how to be more present and grounded in the middle of difficult conversations.