About me
Anxieties and personal difficulties can be isolating and debilitating at times and it can be difficult to find someone who feels safe enough to help you in untangling difficult feelings, and who is not directly involved in your situation. Someone that can help you think about unhelpful relationship patterns, or support recovery from trauma or loss and help you feel your way through any number of complex and difficult situations so you do not feel so alone in it all.
I am an experienced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and practice individual and couples Psychotherapy and Supervision in Hastings. I offer a safe, non judgemental and confidential therapeutic relationship in which you can explore personal or difficult issues that may be causing you distress, anxiety or depression.
If you are in emotional pain or in a difficult situation, or have suffered a loss, bereavement, or a traumatic experience or betrayal, it can sometimes help to find a safe therapeutic relationship in which to find space to recover, develop and untangle thoughts and feelings. Therapy can provide a space to support you to understand your own map of where you are, and what is going on within and in your relationships with those around you. Therapy can also be a space to step aside from the demands of life and others, and the difficulties you might be going through or are perhaps facing. It can also be a safe place in which you can consider the deeper unconscious relational patterns and perhaps gain more insight into this within the containment of a therapeutic relationship. This can sometimes help you to begin to think about things differently, find some recovery and gradually enable you to make different choices.
Many difficult experiences can feel too difficult to face alone, and it can difficult at times for even well meaning family and friends to fully understand the dynamics of the situation you may be in. Whether this is around trauma, difficult or abusive relationships or transitions of change. Research supports the view that the way people manage to get through a major difficulty or trauma can often be dependent on the support that they have. A confidential and insightful therapeutic relationship where you feel safe to talk and explore your feelings, can often be a help in both finding the deeper map of where you are, and in finding your way in a relationship or a situation. Therapy can often make a difference in helping you to get through a situation that might be much more difficult alone.
I work Psychoanalytically as this can be helpful in thinking about problems and distress in the present that can sometimes be related to earlier experiences or relationships in our lives. The threads of this can often be found in everyday life, in the way we think and relate, and sometimes even in our dreams. Gradually endeavouring to understand and untangle these things can sometimes help us gain fresh insights into present relational dynamics and personal struggles. Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic Psychotherapists practice a 'talking therapy' and gently encourage you to explore issues more deeply without feeling criticised or judged. Therapy is an opportunity to think about how we think about and respond to life's events, and an opportunity to explore options and different ways of coping. I am also trained in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), which can often also inform understanding.
Research also supports the view that the level of trust and empathy between the client and Therapist is more important than the type of therapy. It is therefore important to find a therapist that you feel comfortable with. I would therefore recommend coming for an initial consultation, so that we can think about how our working together might feel for you. I usually work on an open ended basis as in my experience this is more beneficial, as a deeper understanding and recovery can often be gained over a longer period of working through things. Alternatively, I can sometimes offer time limited counselling focusing on a particular issue if it is agreed what would be most helpful to you. We would decide on a regular day and time each week to meet, as the therapy does need a commitment to weekly sessions for continuity. I am trained to provide Psychoanalytic psychotherapy once weekly, twice weekly or three times weekly if together we feel it increased frequency of work might be beneficial.
My practice is in a tranquil and confidential environment with off road parking, and local bus routes nearby. You can find more details on my website: www.hastingstherapy.co.uk
Training, qualifications & experience
UKCP Reg. FPC BPF BPC and I adhere to the Code of Ethics and complaints procedures of these Professional bodies.
My qualifications are as follows:
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (BPF)
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Studies with the Westminster Pastoral Foundation in London. (WPF Therapy / University of Roehampton)
Couples Training (WPF Therapy London)
Post Qualifying Certificate in CBT. (WPF)
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (WPF) BACP accred.
Cruse Bereavement Training
Drugs and Alcohol Training
When considering having psychotherapy it is important to choose a professionally qualified and experienced clinician who has completed a rigorous and thorough training. I completed a long training and qualified as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist at BPF. Previously I completed a Psychodynamic Psychotherapy professional training at Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF) Who was one of the leading Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic training organisations in the UK, with a reputation for both clinical and academic excellence. I am accredited with the The Foundation for Counselling and Psychotherapy (FPC) and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). These organisations are professional bodies for Psychotherapists and Psychoanalysts in the UK and ensure the highest professional standards. You can see further details of my qualifications and Professional bodies on the link to my website above.
I practice in Hastings, East Sussex, I am in regular supervision and I am fully Insured.
I work with individuals and couples and some particular issues I work with are:
Relationship and family Difficulties
Narcissistic abuse
Abuse
Organisational abuse and relational dynamics
Trauma
Depression and Anxiety
Child Loss and Bereavement
Personality Disorders
Neurodiversity and ASD
`Mental Health difficulties
Many other difficulties that have caused personal suffering.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Couples Psychotherapy
Relationship issues
Emotional and Psychological Abuse
Child bereavement
Aspergers and Learning Disability
Depression and anxiety
Bereavement and Loss
Low self Esteem
Abuse
Separation and Divorce
Supervision
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Individual therapy £70 -£80 for 50 minutes
Couples Therapy £95 for 50 minutes (or £140 for 1 hour 15 minutes).
Supervision £ 70 for 50 minutes
Introductory Consultations are charged at the same rate respectively.
Introductory Consultations and Therapy sessions for both individuals and couples are 50 minutes duration.
When I work
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I do have limited availability during these times but i will do my best to find a time that works for you if I possibly can.
