This page brings together articles and reflections arising from clinical practice, ongoing study and the questions that continue to shape how I think about psychotherapy.
Some explore trauma, regulation, neurodiversity, neurofeedback, relational patterns and the process of therapeutic change. Others consider broader questions about adaptation, suffering, connection, responsibility, and what therapy may—and may not—be able to offer.
The aim is not to provide treatment advice or simple answers. These reflections offer a place to think more deeply about psychological experience and the ideas that inform my work.
If you are considering therapy and would prefer a practical starting point:
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For a quieter collection of words that have accompanied my thinking and work:
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Many people find themselves in familiar relationship dynamics again and again: over-accommodating, withdrawing, pursuing, doubting, appeasing, or expecting disappointment. This article explores why these patterns repeat, how they often make sense in context, and how therapy can begin to loosen them.
Read MoreMany people long for closeness while also feeling anxious, guarded, ashamed, overwhelmed, or withdrawn in relationship. This article explores how trauma and relational wounding can shape patterns of contact, distance, mistrust, and longing, and why these patterns often make sense.
Read MoreTransactional Analysis, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Deep Brain Reorienting may sound different, but all are deeply relational approaches. ILF neurofeedback can also support the nervous system conditions that make grounded attunement and relational presence more possible.
Read More“I understand why I’m like this — but it still happens.” If you can relate to this, read more about how trauma operates in relationship.
Read MorePaolo Imbalzano · UKCP-registered psychotherapist and clinical supervisor ·
BACP-registered member and supervisor · Certified Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy)
Relational psychotherapist, neurofeedback practitioner, and clinical supervisor.
Psychotherapy and supervision are available in person and online.
Neurofeedback available in person in Reading, Berkshire.
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