Ms Leezah Hertzmann

Some of the difficulties which tend to prompt people to start therapy might include the following: relationship problems at home or work, feeling lost or empty, challenging life transitions, painful life events, being ‘different ‘or feelings of exclusion/not belonging, suffering prejudice, low mood, depression or anxiety, grief and loss, problems with sex, ethical non-monogamy, sexuality and gender, physical illness and the impact on oneself and relationships. Indeed, relationship difficulties are one of the most common causes of unhappiness, which often bring people to therapy and which psychotherapy can help with. The duration and intensity/frequency of your therapy will depend on what we discuss together and consider best for you. Individual therapy can vary in frequency with the number of sessions per week ranging from once or twice a week, to a more intense analytic therapy several times a week. For couple therapy, sessions are usually once weekly. It may be that a less frequent arrangement might be beneficial and this is something which can be discussed. Most couples will experience difficulties in their relationship at some point, often to do with communication or life transitions. Issues which can be helped by couple therapy include the following, though this is not an exhaustive list: loss and bereavement, separation and divorce, decisions about opening up the relationship, ethical non-monogamy (ENM), problems with parenting, the impact of affairs, sexuality and gender, illness and death, fertility and conception, extended family problems, issues to do with cultural difference, impact of prejudice on individuals and couples, adoption and kinship care.