About me
You may be coming to therapy with a clear difficulty - perhaps anxiety, low mood, loss, relationship problems or a significant change in your life. Or things may appear successful from the outside while privately you feel disconnected, dissatisfied or stuck in patterns that are difficult to understand. You may want something to change without yet knowing what that change should be or where to start.
How I work
I offer a thoughtful and engaged space in which we can explore how you experience yourself, your relationships and the life you are living. My approach is existential and phenomenological, which means trying to understand your experience in its own terms rather than fitting it into a ready-made explanation.
My way of working is relational, conversational and down to earth. I work collaboratively and take an active part in our conversations. I will share observations, ask questions and offer different perspectives when they might help us understand what is happening in a new way.
You do not need to arrive with a clear explanation of what is wrong or a particular goal already decided. We can begin with whatever feels most pressing, troubling or difficult to put into words, approaching it together with openness and curiosity.
Alongside thoughts and feelings, we may also pay attention to what is happening in your body. This might include noticing where an emotion seems to live, or paying attention to a sensation, posture, gesture, image or something harder to describe. Rather than rushing to interpret it, we can stay with it for a moment and notice what emerges.
I also pay attention to how culture, identity, sexuality, class and social expectations shape what feels possible, and what happens when you feel out of step with them. We will explore what you are going through in the context of your relationships, history and circumstances.
Therapy offers a place to question familiar assumptions, understand your patterns more fully and discover greater freedom in how you meet your life. This may involve accepting some realities while finding that others can be approached differently.
Getting started
I offer weekly sessions in person in Kentish Town and Primrose Hill, as well as online. If you are unsure whether therapy or working with me might be right for you, you are welcome to contact me for a free 15-minute introductory call. You do not need to know exactly what you want to say; we can simply have a conversation about what has brought you here and how we might work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling from Regent’s University London and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Cambridge. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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).
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