About me
I am an experienced psychotherapist working with a wide range of emotional and relational difficulties. My approach combines a supportive, non-judgemental stance with appropriate challenge. I practise from a quiet consulting room in Deptford (picture below), a short walk from New Cross and New Cross Gate stations.
In our first session, we explore what brings you to therapy, how we might work together, and what you hope for. My advice to anyone seeking a therapist is to find someone you feel at ease with and can imagine building a relationship with over time.
I specialise in helping clients understand and change self-defeating relational patterns. My clinical focus includes developmental trauma, attachment, and the dynamics that shape how we relate to ourselves and others. I work with clients to deepen self-awareness, recognise their part in relational patterns without blame, and develop more authentic and connected ways of being.
Supervision
I offer supervision for trainees and qualified psychotherapists, both individually and in groups. My approach is relational and integrates humanistic theory, transactional analysis, Gestalt, and psychoanalytic thinking.
I help psychotherapists develop a coherent personal approach grounded in solid clinical thinking and intentional interventions. I’m a good fit if you want to work relationally, use countertransference actively, and apply self-disclosure with clarity. I work best with supervisees who value theory and want a strong framework behind their in-room clinical choices.
If you’d like a sense of how I practise and supervise, you can read my article Working Relationally: Ten Fundamental Questions Answered on the Publications page of my website: www.tidepsychotherapy.com/publications
Supervision sessions are £80.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (Distinction)
- PTSTA
- Certificate in Supervision
- PGCert in Higher Education for Teaching Counselling & Psychotherapy
- UKCP Accreditation
I trained at the Metanoia Institute and have worked in both the charity sector and NHS mental health services. I am registered with UKCP, EATA and IARTA.
Links to published articles and academic papers:
www.tidepsychotherapy.com/publications
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
- Personal growth and development
- Existential exploration
Therapies offered
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Fees
£90.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Supervision £80
Therapy concession fee for trainee therapists £80
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