THE PATTERNS YOU CAN’T THINK YOUR WAY OUT OF
Confidential one-to-one depth work for people who have understood themselves for years and still keep meeting the same wall.
WHY DEEP PROCESS PSYCHOTHERAPY?
You have done the reading. You have probably done some therapy. You can describe your patterns cleanly: the conflict you keep walking into, the anxiety that arrives before you do, the relationship that runs the same arc every time, the success that never quite lands. You understand it. And it keeps happening.
Insight rarely changes a pattern on its own. The pattern does not live in the part of you that reads books. It lives lower down, in the body and in the parts of you that formed long before you had words for any of it. Those parts are still doing their old job, still protecting you from something that once felt dangerous. Until they are met directly, they go on running the show.
This is the work many people avoid: turning toward what is actually driving them, rather than managing it for another decade.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF THERAPY
A DIFFERENT KIND OF ATTENTION
I work with what is happening beneath the surface, using depth psychology, parts work, and careful attention to the body. We meet the fear, the shame, the old loyalties, and the needs that went underground, and we let them say what they have been trying to say.
I have done this work on myself, slowly and not always willingly. I know the distance between knowing about a wound and being free of it. That is the distance these sessions are for.
I trained in depth psychotherapy and in the Healing the Shadow process with Marianne Hill, alongside years of my own group and parts work. Sessions are confidential, unhurried, and led by you. I will check often that I have understood you, and that we are going where you want to go.
WHAT CHANGES
The aim is not insight for its own sake. It is freedom from the things that have been impacting your life from behind the scenes.
The difficult situation does not have to disappear for you to stop being activated by it. You go back to the same meetings, the same people, the same pressures, and you meet them from a more settled, familiar inner landscape. The thing that used to drive you mad becomes a doorway rather than a trap.
HOW IT WORKS
A first conversation. We talk, with no commitment, about what you are bringing and whether this way of working fits you.
We go beneath the story. Using parts work and depth psychology, we meet what is actually driving the pattern, not just your account of it.
You take it back into your life. You will know yourself better and leave feeling more integrated and connected with yourself.
FIND OUT MORE
If you have any questions, email me: kenny@deepprocesstherapy.com
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A Deep Process Psychotherapy session is very different from traditional talking therapy. While, as a therapist, I am grounded in established psychological theories, the work itself is embodied, dynamic, and deeply relational. Sessions are experiential rather than purely conversational, and are shaped collaboratively around what you want to explore.
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No. While I am trained in many of the psychological frameworks common to counselling and psychotherapy -including attachment theory, developmental theory, trauma theory and relationship dynamics, Deep Process Psychotherapy works in a very different way.
The key difference lies not only in our focus on shadow work, but in how the work happens in the room. Sessions are embodied, experiential, and often involve movement, imagination, and dialogue with different parts of yourself, rather than talking about your experiences from a distance.
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Embodied work means that we pay close attention not just to what you think and feel, but to what is happening in your body.
Rather than staying seated and talking, you may be invited to stand, move around the room, or occupy different physical positions as you explore different parts of yourself. You are encouraged to inhabit these parts - to speak from them directly - rather than describing them intellectually.
The body often holds memories, emotions, and information that are not easily accessed through thinking alone. Working in this way allows deeper material to emerge safely and organically.
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Parts work is based on the understanding that we are not a single, fixed self, but made up of many different inner parts - each with its own feelings, beliefs, and strategies.
In a session, you may explore parts of yourself that are familiar and comfortable, as well as parts you find confusing, shameful, frightening, or hard to accept. Each part is treated as meaningful and purposeful, rather than something to be fixed or got rid of.
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Psychological safety is central to everything we do.
I am trained to work sensitively with defences, resistance, blocks, and fears. You will never be pushed into exploring something you are not ready for. Parts that resist or block the work are treated as allies rather than obstacles, and are often explored with curiosity and respect.
Feeling safely “held” essential for this work, and clients often sense intuitively whether there is genuine permission to express all sides of themselves. This is why my own training placed such a strong emphasis on doing deep personal work with my own shadow.
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This type of embodied work benefits from having time and space to unfold.
Sessions can be arranged from two hours upwards, but our preferred format is a five-hour session. This allows time to settle into the work, clarify what you want from the session, explore relevant parts of yourself, and bring about meaningful change - without rushing or staying at the surface.
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The shadow refers to parts of ourselves that we learned to hide, suppress, or disown - often because they felt unsafe, overwhelming, or unacceptable in our early relationships or social environment.
These parts don’t disappear. When they remain unconscious, they tend to express themselves indirectly through emotional reactions, repeating patterns, conflict, or self-sabotage.
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Paradoxically, the more we try to ignore or control these parts, the more disruptive they can become.
Unacknowledged shadow material often shows up as:
relationship difficulties
loss of energy or motivation
difficulty setting boundaries
anger or emotional overwhelm
problems at work or with authority
a sense of being blocked or stuck
Shadow work helps bring these parts into awareness, where they can be understood rather than acted out.
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When shadow parts are met in a safe, supported way, the emotional charge held in them can begin to release.
As this happens, people often discover that these parts contain valuable qualities - strength, clarity, sensitivity, creativity, or vitality - that were lost along the way.
The aim is not to get rid of parts of you, but to integrate them so you feel more at home in yourself.
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Deep process psychotherapy is an embodied, relational approach.
The work involves attention to:
thoughts and beliefs
emotional experience
bodily sensations and responses
relational dynamics as they arise
Rather than staying only at the level of insight, the work engages head, heart, and body. This allows change to happen at a deeper level than talking alone.
You always have choice about how far you go, and the pace of the work is guided by what feels right and manageable for you.
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People come to this work for many reasons, including:
relationship and intimacy difficulties
anger, grief, anxiety, or depression
stress, burnout, or problems at work
authority issues or confidence struggles
addictions or compulsive patterns
eating difficulties or body-related issues
life transitions or identity questions
recovery from childhood or developmental trauma
This work is inclusive and welcoming of LGBTQ+ clients and people from diverse backgrounds.
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This is not a one-size-fits-all process.
Some people come for a small number of sessions to explore a specific issue. Others choose to work over a longer period, allowing patterns to unfold and integrate more gradually.
Sessions can vary in length and frequency depending on what feels appropriate and supportive for you.
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Yes. My work is open and transparent.
I will explain the theory or techniques being used where appropriate, and will invite you to make informed choices at every stage. If I share observations or insights, I will explain why I am thinking in that way.
Nothing important is held back or left unspoken, reducing the risk of unconscious influence and ensuring that you remain actively engaged in the process.