About me
I offer psychodynamic psychotherapy for individuals experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties. I work from my consulting room in Hackney.
My approach, which comes from a psychoanalytic framework, seeks to understand the conflicts, struggles, and patterns that may have felt confusing or overwhelming for a long time. By paying close attention to deeper feelings and thoughts - those often outside of awareness - we can begin to make sense of present difficulties, distressing emotional states, and loss of connection with oneself and others. Working in this way can be daunting, but over time it can bring about enduring and profound change to our internal worlds.
I have spent many years working across NHS services and charitable organisations. I have specialist experience in depression, trauma, anxiety disorders, as well as personality disorders. I currently work part-time as a specialist psychotherapist in a secondary care service in North East London NHS Foundation Trust.
Please do get in touch for a short phone call, or to arrange an initial consultation where you will have the chance to experience how I work, and where we can think together about whether I might be the right person to support you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Alongside my private practice, I work as a specialist psychotherapist in Barking and Dagenham Psychological Services, an NHS clinic in east London. Previously to that, I worked for several years as a psychotherapist for the Waltham Forest Psychotherapy Service (also part of the North East London Foundation Trust), as well as the non-profit organisation, Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster where I supervised a team of support workers and facilitated reflective practice groups.
Memberships:
- British Psychoanalytic Council
- The Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Training:
My qualifying training was through the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (MA) and I completed a further training in Intercultural Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Further trainings:
The Institute for Psychoanalysis: Post Foundation Course
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Facilitating Reflective Practice Groups
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). 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
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The initial 90-minute consultation will cost £100 and will last for up to an hour and a half. This meeting is where we will discuss your reasons for seeking treatment and will also have a chance to explore any questions you have for me, as well as thinking carefully together about whether we are a good fit for what you need.
I hold a small number of low fee vacancies for those who are unemployed or of low-income status so please contact me if this is relevant to you to see if one of these might be available.
