Eleanor Hayeswood

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

As a psychodynamic therapist, I aim to create a safe space where we can explore your life together. This includes your thoughts and feelings connected to aspects of your identity, issues that might be troubling you, your behavioural patterns and your relationships with others. My approach is rooted in curiosity, working with you collaboratively to explore these themes and how they might evolve over time at a pace that is right for you.

I am informed by a number of other schools of thought, including climate psychology, existential psychotherapy, feminist, queer and critical race theory. I have a trauma informed practice and also work closely with somatisation and the body and mind in context of the natural world. I have a gender affirmative approach, and am inclusive of neurodivergent clients and those experiencing all forms of visible and invisible disability.

I have a Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate in Psychodynamic Practice from the University of Oxford, during which much of my research focused on therapeutic work with queer women. I am currently studying for an MSt in Psychodynamic Practice, specialising in working therapeutically with climate distress.

Please get in touch if you would like to arrange a consultation: hayeswoodtherapy@gmail.com.

Sexual identity:

Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: Prefer not to say

Non-monogamy: No

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: She/ her

Qualifications - Links to websites:

MSt in Psychodynamic Practice, University of Oxford (ongoing)
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Practice, University of Oxford (2023)
Postgraduate Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling, University of Oxford (2020)
Individual Member of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP),
Member of the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA)

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award

Experience and approach:

I am a trained psychodynamic practitioner, working in a long and short term capacity. I am informed by a number of other schools of thought, including climate psychology, existential psychotherapy, feminist, queer and critical race theory. I have a trauma informed practice and also work closely with somatisation and the body and mind in context of the natural world. I have a gender affirmative approach, and am inclusive of neurodivergent clients and those experiencing all forms of visible and invisible disability.

Specifically, the psychodynamic approach emphasises the importance of early life experiences and how these shape us as individuals. As well as exploring material from your every day life, we might work with memories or dreams and unconscious beliefs and motivations. The therapeutic relationship that exists between us as therapist and client is also important, offering a framework for considering how you might relate to others in your life. Our work will seek to understand the cause of any issues you face, and what alternative ways of being might exist.

In particular, I specialise in working psychologically with the environment. This means something unique to each person. For some, it might include emotions connected to the climate crisis and the natural world, such as anxiety, grief, rage, shame and guilt. To others, it might include feelings about the ‘environment’ that shaped them growing up, thinking about ideas of home connected to their identity. I integrate this with a trauma- informed somatic approach, seeking to understand the main environment in which the mind exists: the body. In particular, I’m interested in the psychological aspects of pain and illness, and the mind-body connection.

Most importantly, I believe there isn’t a right or wrong answer in this work. Instead, we have the opportunity to think creatively about how you might overcome challenges and difficult patterns of behaviour, so that you can feel more empowered in your life.

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