ABOUT ME/BIO

Lily is a child, adolescent and couples psychodynamic psychotherapist. Her work is grounded in a relational and emotionally focused perspective, with a particular interest in developing an understanding of attachment dynamics and the experiences that shape our internal world.

With a professional background in early childhood education, child development and hospital-based mental health services, Lily brings a strong understanding of human development, relational dynamics and family systems.

Her work with children and adolescents incorporates child-led play, talk, art and sandplay interventions, providing young people a therapeutic space to communicate and safely explore experiences that may be difficult to express through words alone. Therapy is thoughtfully adapted to each child or young person’s developmental stage, emotional needs, and readiness for therapeutic work.

Furthermore, Lily works with the parents of young people as well as co-parenting families, supporting caregivers to work together and to better understand their child’s emotional world, strengthen connection, and help attune and respond to challenging behaviors or developmental concerns.

Alongside her work with young people and parents, Lily works with couples using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT). This is an evidence-based approach, whereby she helps partners to understand relational patterns and strengthen communication, self-awareness and deepen relational and emotional connection.

In addition to her work with families and couples, Lily supports women and parents navigating the complex challenges that can arise during the perinatal and postpartum periods. Her approach recognizes that pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood phases can bring significant shifts in identity, relationships, and sense of self. Lily provides a supportive space to explore these transitions, helping women and parents feel understood, grounded, and supported as they navigate the complexities of pregnancy and early parenting.

Her additional trainings in yoga, meditation, breathwork, Reiki and mind–body practices further informs her appreciation of the relationship between emotional experience, psychological regulation and the body. Where appropriate, these practices may be thoughtfully incorporated to support grounding, mindfulness and emotional regulation alongside psychotherapy.