ALAY - A place where
your waves can find a home.
ALAY - A place where
your waves can find a home.
Previously Trouvaille by Katherine David
The French word "Trouvaille" means
a chance encounter with something wonderful.
So, you're at the right place! Go ahead and take the next step and
I promise you won't regret it.
For a long time, I found myself thinking about how far I had grown from Trouvaille, the French word I had chosen to name my practice.
At the time, it was the only word that truly reflected how I understood therapy: a chance finding, a beautiful gift.
Over the years, my work changed. I changed. As my practice expanded beyond individual therapy and began to hold groups as well, I found myself searching for a name that could grow alongside it.
Then, quite unexpectedly, Alay found me.
Rooted in the Tamil word Alai (அலை), meaning wave, it honours the beauty of my mother tongue. Waves remind me of the nature of life itself. Always moving, always changing. No two people experience the sea in quite the same way. We each encounter our own ebb and flow, our own coming and going.
In many ways, Alay became my own trouvaille: my beautiful find.
This is what I hope Alay can be for you: a place where your waves find a home, exactly as they are.
Thank You for being here.
The dynamic nature of being human is complex and amazing. Life throws at us a bunch of curveballs and we may not always know how to deal with them! In this space, there will be no pressure on you to have the facade of seeming composed and put together.
I want you to know that you are not alone. You will be seen, listened to, understood and unconditionally accepted. A safe, comfortable and non-judgemental space will be created for you to help you wholly experience what you are going through.
You will be provided a therapeutic mirror to take a look at yourself through different perspectives. Helpful questions will be asked while also holding space for silence when necessary. There may be laughter and there may be tears shed. We may be uncomfortable sometimes and at times be comfortable with our discomfort.
As your mental health therapist, I will connect with exactly where you are at the moment and support you in meeting your goals for therapy.
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