Billi Silverstein
Psychotherapy

Coping with change requires more than simple adjustment to new circumstances. It calls for a reorganisation of internal experience, particularly when familiar structures of identity, routine, or relationship are altered.

Within our clinic, holding the space means providing a stable and reliable therapeutic container. Therapists work with emotional attunement, clear boundaries and a high level of clinical awareness. Sessions are approached with full presence and focus, with careful attention given not only to what is being said, but also to how it is communicated through affect, pace, silence and bodily cues. The therapeutic environment is calm, consistent and free from unnecessary distraction

Psychotherapists are taught not to hand out tissues when someone is crying. I always find myself cringing when a therapist is shown...