Paula Gilding – Safe Steps Together

THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES

My practice integrates a range of evidence-informed approaches to support trauma recovery, emotional regulation, and relational healing.

  • Gestalt Psychotherapy (Qualified Gestalt Psychotherapist) – supports awareness, emotional expression, and relational insight
  • Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) – builds safety and connection in attachment relationships
  • EMDR – helps process traumatic memories and reduce distress
  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy – Skills to support recovery from trauma
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – to increase distress tolerance and neuroplasticity
  • Trauma and attachment Modalities – emotion coaching, therapeutic crisis intervention
  • Arts-Based Modalities (Masters Degree qualification in Integrative Arts Psychotherpy)– Play therapy, sand tray therapy, expressive arts therapies, sensory activities, support regulation and narrative coherence
  • Psychoeducation
  • Safety Planning

These approaches are woven into a multidimensional social work framework, guided by the AASW Code of Ethics, and delivered with cultural safety, compassion, and clinical integrity.