Some people are really only looking for some quick relief from their feelings, habits and problems in a few sessions. Technique-driven therapies aimed at alleviating symptoms are more appropriate for such patients.

Existential Analysis and Integrative Psychotherapy are depth approaches to psychotherapy aimed at resolving the root causes of our suffering, not techniques to suppress or ease symptoms. Depth psychotherapy relies upon patient and therapist building a trusting, honest relationship, which allows you to go deeply into your experiences in order to make changes at a foundation level, rather than skimming the surface. This requires a great deal of truthfulness and openness. Depth psychotherapy is therefore most suited to very conscientious, motivated people who are willing to face the challenges of resolving the root causes of their suffering by co-creating a safe, respectful, straight-talking relationship.

Depth psychotherapy can encompass not only the inner psychological realm of problems, but - if you choose - the wider contexts that produce and maintain mental distress: our relationships, workplaces, our histories, our society, culture, the political and economic pressures we feel, and our unmet spiritual needs to make sense of the bigger picture.