Imaginal Therapy

• with Elizabeth Dunn

• Feeding Your Demons
• Lifespan Integration

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About Elizabeth

 
I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor, a certified Lifespan Integration therapist, and a registered member of BACP, based in Bristol and offering online therapy.
 
My work is relational, depth-oriented and trauma-informed, drawing on psychoanalytic, transpersonal and body-based approaches. I work with adults and adolescents, and may integrate Lifespan Integration, Feeding Your Demons and psychological type where this feels appropriate in our work together.
 
I have completed Lifespan Integration Level 1 and Level 2 training. My practice is also shaped by embodied and contemplative ways of knowing, including more than 20 years of yoga and dance meditation, and by Buddhist perspectives that emphasise presence, compassion and inner transformation.
 

• Who I work with
• Training & Experience

Who I work with

I work with adults and young people, and offer a warm, collaborative, and reflective space. People often come to me when an old way of being no longer fits, but the new way hasn’t yet arrived. Some people come with a specific issue such as depression, stress or anxiety or life changes; others come with feelings of being stuck, uneasy, or with a sense of longing. I bring both my professional and lived experience of these landscapes. Whether you’re looking for a space to explore something tender or to reorient from something difficult, we can go gently and at your pace.

🧠 NeurodiversityI welcome people who have been diagnosed, identify as or suspect they may be neurodivergent (for example, autistic, ADHD, or dyslexic). Neurodivergence is part of natural human variation, not something to fix. I offer my expertise and skills as we work together at your pace to explore issues nuanced to the Neurodivergent community safely, as they arise.

🌈 Gender, Sexuality & Relationship DiversityI welcome clients who are queer, trans, non-binary, questioning, and/or exploring their identity. I also work with those in non-traditional or non-monogamous relationships. I’m skilled at holding space for conversations about sex, desire, intimacy, and identity that are safe, reflective, and curious, particularly where these may be shaped by shame, silence, or past harm.

🧘 Faith & Spiritual Practice & CommunitiesI welcome conversations about faith, spiritual practice, and meaning-making. Like any journey of transformation, these paths can carry both light and shadow, offering moments of deep healing as well as challenge. This is a space to explore your experiences with gentleness and compassion.

🌍 Identity, Migration & DecolonisationAs an immigrant and someone who grew up between cultures, I understand some of the complexities that come with questions of belonging, identity, and home. Whether you feel like an outsider in dominant culture, institutions, or your own family, you are welcome here, in all your complexity.

♿ Chronic Illness & DisabilityI offer space for clients living with chronic health conditions, pain, fatigue, and disability. I offer a non-judgmental, flexible & supportive space that honours your capacity and needs.

Wherever You’re Coming From
& Whatever Brings You Here,
You are welcome

Training & Experience• Lifespan Integration training: Level 1 and Level 2 completed
• PG Dip in Transpersonal Child, Adolescent & Family Studies
• Diploma in Sandplay Studies
• Post-Qualifying Course in Assessment
• PG Dip in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
• BA (Hons) in Sociology & Social Anthropology• Feeding Your Demons Certified Facilitator
• MBTI Step I & II (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
• Board Member of the British Association for Psychological Type (BAPT)
• Background in coaching, facilitation, consulting, and reflective supervision
• Lived experience of neurodivergence, immigration, GSRD, and traumatic grief

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Influences

These are some of the books and writings that shape how I think and work. They’re voices and perspectives I return to for inspiration, grounding, and challenge. Some may feel familiar, others less so — together they form part of the influences that support my practice.Where possible links go to Bookshop.org — an ethical alternative that supports independent bookshops. I may receive a small affiliate commission.

📖 What I’m Reading Now

These are the books currently on my desk, bedside or being carried around in my bag, hoping to arrive early or someone to arrive a little late so I can read a little more.

Projection and Personality Development via the Eight-Function Model by Carol Shumate
Building Blocks of Personality Type by Leona Haas & Mark Hunziker

📚 Books on my shelf

Contemplative PsychologyFeeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione
A powerful Tibetan Buddhist approach to working with inner struggle.Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself by Mark Epstein
A kind, insightful blend of Buddhism and psychotherapy.Open to Desire by Mark Epstein
An exploration of longing, intimacy, and letting go.Jungian & Depth PsychologyThe Mystery of Human Relationship by Nathan Schwartz-Salant
A deep dive into the alchemy of connection.Liminality and Transitional Phenomena by Eds. Nathan Schwartz-Salant & Murray Stein
Collected essays on change, edges, and symbolic life.Mystical Wisdom & PsychologyThe Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
A lyrical novel threading Sufi mysticism with everyday life.Love Poems from God by Daniel Ladinsky
Ecstatic poetry from twelve spiritual traditions.The Subject Tonight is Love by Daniel Ladinsky
Playful and sacred poems inspired by Hafiz.Transpersonal & Non-Dual PsychologyThe Atman Project by Ken Wilber
A bold framework for understanding human development.Integral Psychology by Ken Wilber
A synthesis of psychology, spirituality, and consciousness.The Sacred Mirror by Eds. John Prendergast, Peter Fenner, & Sheila Krystal
Non-dual perspectives on therapy and presence.Listening from the Heart of Silence by Eds. John Prendergast & Kennard Lipman
An invitation into stillness, awareness, and deep listening.Love & GriefAll About Love by bell hooks
A fierce and gentle book about what love really asks of us.Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore
Moving, honest reflections on grief and being human.Translations by Brian Friel
A poetic play about language, loss, and identity.The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A bittersweet love story that stretches across time.

Would you like to suggest a book or share what’s been meaningful for you? Contact me — I’d love to hear from you.

Psychological Type

Psychological Type offers a way of understanding the natural patterns in how we perceive, relate, decide, and engage with the world. Grounded in Jungian psychology and developed through tools like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), it helps illuminate both our strengths and areas for development — not to label or limit us, but to invite deeper self-awareness and integration.Exploring type can help us make sense of inner tension, relationship dynamics, and life transitions.Where appropriate, I integrate psychological type into therapeutic work as a way of fostering self-understanding, self-compassion, and the unfolding of new possibilities. Please let me know if this is something that you are interested in.

Lifespan Integration

A gentle body-based way of workingLifespan Integration is a gentle therapeutic approach that can help the nervous system recognise that difficult experiences are in the past, and that you are here now, in the present.Sometimes we may understand something with our mind, but still find that our body, emotions, or patterns of relating seem to respond as though an earlier experience is still ongoing. Lifespan Integration offers a careful and compassionate way of working with this, supporting greater integration, steadiness, and ease over time.How it worksLifespan Integration works with a timeline of your life, helping your system register that time has moved on.What it may help withLifespan Integration may be helpful for people living with the effects of trauma, early relational difficulties, anxiety, overwhelm, dissociation, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to shift through insight alone.It may also be helpful if you:

How I work with itMy overall way of working is depth-orientated, relational, and trauma-informed. We always move at your pace, with care, consent, and attention to what feels manageable and supportive. For some people, Lifespan Integration may be the way we work together. For others, it may sit alongside talking therapy and other ways of working.TrainingI have completed Lifespan Integration Level 1 and Level 2 training. I may integrate Lifespan Integration where it feels appropriate and agreed within the therapy.If you’re curious about whether Lifespan Integration might be a good fit, you’re very welcome to get in touch.

Feeding Your Demons

“With a loving mind, cherish more than a child
The hostile gods and demons of apparent existence,
And tenderly surround yourself with them”
— Machig Labdrön (1055 – 1145)

Feeding Your Demons is a guided process for working with the parts of ourselves that feel stuck, overwhelming, or in conflict. Rooted in Tibetan Buddhist wisdom and adapted for modern life by Lama Tsultrim Allione, the practice invites you to meet these demons not with fear or force, but with curiosity, compassion, and care.Rather than trying to get rid of difficult feelings, thoughts, or behaviours, the process encourages dialogue, helping you uncover not just what these parts want but also what they need and how they may be transformed. It can be a powerful support for healing and self-understanding.You can find out more about Feeding Your Demons from the Tara Mandala website.There are several ways to explore this work, and you’re welcome to find the pace and setting that feels right for you. I am a Feeding Your Demons certified facilitator and workshop leader.

Counselling Agreement

How I Work

I offer a reflective, relational space where we can explore what has brought you to therapy and what may be happening beneath the surface.
 
My approach is integrative and informed by psychodynamic, transpersonal, trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming perspectives.
 
We may explore present difficulties, past experiences, relationships, patterns, feelings, the body, imagination, dreams, spirituality, identity, or meaning, depending on what feels relevant to you.
 
Therapy is a collaborative process. We will work at a pace that feels manageable, and you do not need to speak about anything before you are ready.

Sessions

Sessions are usually 50 minutes and take place weekly, unless we agree otherwise. 
We will review how the therapy is going as we work together, including whether the pace, focus, and frequency still feel right.
 
Our work can be short-term or longer-term, depending on what feels appropriate and what we agree together.

Online Sessions

Sessions take place online via Zoom.
 
Please join from a private, confidential space where you are unlikely to be interrupted.
 
The Zoom link will be sent by email when confirming your appointment and will usually be the same link for all sessions.
 
If there are any access needs or practical issues that would make online sessions easier for you, please let me know.

Fees & Payments

My fee is £70 per 50-minute session. Longer sessions will be charged on a pro rata basis.
 
Payment is due within 7 days, unless we have agreed otherwise and can be made by UK bank transfer, or by Wise for international clients.
 
Please use your initials and session date as the reference e.g. AB 01 Jan
 
Fees may be reviewed periodically, with at least two months’ notice of any change.
 
A limited number of reduced-fee places may be available by agreement.

Cancellations and Missed Sessions

I ask for at least 48 hours’ notice if you need to cancel or rearrange a session, and will try to reschedule wherever possible.
 
Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice, or missed sessions, are normally charged at the full fee.
 
If you arrive late, the session will still end at the usual time.
 
If I need to cancel or rearrange a session, I will give you as much notice as possible.

Contact Between Sessions

I use email for practical matters, such as arranging or changing appointments.If you contact me by email, I may not be able to respond immediately, and I do not offer therapeutic support by email between sessions.If something important comes up between sessions, you are welcome to make a note of it and bring it to our next session.

Confidentiality

What you share in therapy is confidential. There are limited situations in which I may be legally or ethically required to share information.This may include:- if there is a serious risk of harm to you or another person
- if there are concerns relating to serious crime
- if I am required to do so by lawWherever possible, I would aim to discuss this with you before sharing information.I also discuss my clinical work in supervision. This is part of safe and ethical practice, and your identity is protected as far as possible.

Notes and Data Protection

I keep brief notes to support our work together and meet my professional responsibilities.
 
Your information is stored securely and handled in line with data protection law.
 
I may use secure digital systems to help draft, organise, or manage notes. I will not record, transcribe, or upload identifiable session content to an AI or digital note-taking tool unless we have discussed this in advance and you have given explicit consent.You have the right to request access to the personal information I hold about you.For more detail, please see my Privacy Policy.

Supervision

I discuss my clinical work in regular professional supervision.Supervision supports safe, ethical and reflective practice. Your identity is protected as far as possible, and my supervisor is also bound by confidentiality.

Crisis Support

I am unable to provide emergency or crisis support between sessions.If you feel at immediate risk of harm, or are worried you may harm someone else, please contact your GP or emergency services by calling 999, go to your nearest A&E.You can also contact Samaritans free on 116 123 for 24-hour emotional support.

Endings

You are free to end therapy at any time.
 
Where possible, I encourage us to talk about ending together, so that we can review the work and bring things to a thoughtful close.
 
If I feel that I am no longer the right person to support you, I will discuss this with you and, where appropriate, signpost you to other support.

Complaints

If you have any concerns about our work together, I would welcome the opportunity to talk this through with you if that feels possible.
 
If you remain concerned, or do not feel able to raise it with me directly, you can contact my professional body for guidance about their complaints process.
 
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Jurisdiction

My therapy practice is based in the United Kingdom.
 
This agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
 
If you are accessing therapy from outside the UK, please let me know, as there may be legal, regulatory, or insurance considerations we need to discuss before beginning or continuing our work.

Agreement

By beginning therapy, you confirm that you have read and understood this counselling agreement and are happy to work within it.
 
We can return to any part of the agreement at any point during our work together.
 
If anything is unclear, or if your circumstances change, please let me know so that we can discuss it.
 

Getting Started

 
If we have arranged a first session together, please complete the intake form and read through the counselling agreement before we meet.
 
I’m happy to discuss the agreement, the intake form, or any questions you have when we meet, and at any point during our work together.

Your First SessionIn our first session, we’ll usually talk gently about what has brought you to therapy and how things are in your life at the moment.
 
We may also touch on some aspects of your background, support, access needs, and general wellbeing, so that I can begin to understand your situation more fully.
 
You do not need to prepare anything in advance. You do not need to know exactly where to begin. Coming as you are is enough.
 
We will work at a pace that feels manageable for you, and you do not need to speak about anything before you are ready.
 
You are also welcome to bring any questions about therapy, online sessions, access needs, fees, or how I work.

• Intake Form
• Counselling Agreement

Client Portal

 
🗓 Book a SessionYou can book your next session using this link: Book a session
 
💳 Make a Payment or DonationUK clients - Please pay me via bank transfer, you can contact me for details.International clients - Please contact me for a secure payment link.
 
🔁 Change or Cancel a SessionIf you need to cancel or reschedule, please use the link included in your meeting confirmation email or contact me directly.I ask for at least 48 hours’ notice for any changes or cancellations.If something unexpected comes up, I’ll always do my best to reschedule your session to another time.