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Individual shadow work sessions
Individual shadow work sessions
What issues can I bring?
What issues can I bring?
Alasdair Kirk
Shadow Work & Internal Family Systems
Deep Process Psychotherapy
Reclaim Your Wholeness
If you are experiencing dissatisfaction, shame, disconnection, challenges in your relationships, or a lack of fulfilment in your life, it does not mean that you are flawed or that there is something wrong with you.
You are not broken...
With the right support and holding, it is possible to explore these challenges and move through them, even if you feel completely lost, hopeless, and have no idea where to begin.
I am an experienced therapist and I offer depth-oriented psychotherapy grounded in Shadow Work, Deep Process Psychotherapy (DPP), and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
This is an embodied, experiential approach to therapy that goes beyond just talking, supporting you to engage directly with the deeper aspects of your psyche, where transformation and lasting change becomes possible.
Based in the UK, I have a special interest in complex and developmental attachment trauma, and I work with individuals seeking meaningful, long-term transformation through relational and trauma-informed therapeutic work.
Shadow Work, IFS & Depth-Oriented Therapy
How I Work
I specialise in immersive Shadow Work Therapy / Deep Process Psychotherapy (DPP) in-person long-form sessions - an embodied, experiential, and effective therapeutic approach.
These extended sessions (3–5 hours) allow for deep, embodied work, and a depth of exploration that is often not possible within traditional therapy formats.
I also offer:
You can read more about my approach to therapy here. and watch a 15-minute interview (by clicking the image below) where I share how I came to this work and offer reflections on the way I work in these extended sessions.
In this short piece, recorded for the Deep Release Mental Health Conference, September 2025, you can hear me talk about Shadow Work & Deep Process Psychotherapy as the foundation of my therapeutic approach in my work with clients.
Shadow Work Long-Form Sessions
00:00 / 02:10
"You created an atmosphere of care and compassion that allowed me to feel comfortable exploring some truly vulnerable parts of myself."
Rebecca - London
What This Work Can Support
This work may be helpful if you are experiencing:
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Repeating patterns in relationships
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Anxiety, depression, or emotional overwhelm
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A sense of disconnection from yourself or others
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Inner conflict or feeling “split” between different parts of yourself
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A sense of being hi-jacked by feelings or thoughts that are confusing and hard to understand
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The impact of early experiences, attachment wounds, or trauma
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A desire for deeper self-understanding and integration
A Deeper Approach to Psychotherapy
My approach to therapy and healing is rooted in Jungian depth psychology and draws on the philosophies and approaches of Shadow Work, and other parts-based models such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Voice Dialog, to identify, access and transform the unconscious patterns, beliefs and behaviours that trap us and hold us back.
Together, we explore your lived experience and relevant aspects of your history, bringing awareness and transformation to unconscious patterns, protective strategies, and disowned aspects of the self.
Through this process, you will naturally begin to reconnect with your innate strengths and capacities, moving towards greater emotional resilience, authenticity, confidence, and a more joyful way of being.
Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, this approach supports:
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Integration of the shadow (unconscious or rejected aspects of self)
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Understanding and dissolution of destructive or protective patterns
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Processing unresolved emotional experiences and childhood trauma
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Developing a more connected and authentic relationship with yourself
By gently turning towards the parts of ourselves that need our help, care and attention, we cultivate an intimate, grounded kind of inner attunement. From this place, we can be more present with our experience, relate more authentically with ourselves, and deepen our connection with the people in our lives who matter most.
Shadow Work Therapy & Internal Family Systems (IFS)
The parts of us in shadow are those aspects of ourselves that at some point (and for good reason) we decided it was best to ignore, repress or deny.
When we struggle to identify clearly why things are so challenging in our lives, it is likely that we are being influenced by the parts of us that are held in our shadow and the patterns, behaviours and beliefs we have adopted to keep them there.
All this operates below our level of awareness but directly influences our thoughts, feelings and actions as we move through our relationships and our lives.
We all have a shadow side and it is the parts of us in shadow, the limiting beliefs and stuck emotions which are often the unconscious driver behind our barriers to growth and joyful living.
Shadow Work involves identifying, accessing and engaging directly with aspects of yourself that may have been suppressed, denied, or pushed out of awareness, so that they can be integrated in a transformed way.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a clear framework for understanding the psyche as made up of different “parts,” each with its own role and function, that coalesce and relate with each other in a predictable way. This offers a clear orientation for healing.
By working with these approaches together, we can begin to:
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Track patterns to understand the origins of inner conflict
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Reduce inner tension, fragmentation and overwhelm
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Understand and dissolve reactive behaviours and unhelpful or destructive protective strategies
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Attend to emotional wounds and parts of you that hold, fear, shame, guilt, sadness or rage
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Support greater integration and self-leadership
As we identify, explore, transform and re-integrate parts of our psyche, unburdening ourselves from the self limiting beliefs, behaviours and associated stuck emotions that create the barriers in our lives, what emerges is an integrity and an authentic expression of our true self; a wholeness from which flows a greater engagement and enjoyment of life.
Working Together
I am passionate about creating a supportive and shame-free space where both men and women can feel safe enough to connect deeply and honestly with themselves.
I offer a grounded, confidential, and relational space where this work can unfold at a pace that feels safe and appropriate for you.
Whether you are new to therapy or have done extensive inner work, sessions are tailored to meet you where you are.
Begin Here
If this resonates, you are welcome to get in touch or book an initial consultation.
This is an opportunity to explore what you are looking for, ask questions, and get a sense of whether this way of working feels right for you.
"Something ancient in us bends us toward the origins of the whole thing. We either drown in the splits and confusions of our lives, or we surrender to something greater than ourselves. The water of our deepest troubles is also the water of our own solution. In surrender, we descend down to the bottom of it and back to the beginning of it; down into what is divided in order to get back to the wholeness before the split. Healing, health, wealth, wholeness: all hail from the same roots. To heal is to make whole again; wholeness is what all healing seeks and what alone can truly unify our Spirit."
Michael Meade
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