About me
I am an experienced Integrative Counsellor, Psychotherapist and EMDR Practitioner with 13+ years of experience. I am an Accredited Member of the BACP and I hold EMDR Europe Accreditation.
In my model of practice, I draw on different approaches, including humanistic, psychodynamic and trauma-informed therapy, especially EMDR, depending on the issues presented, the client's unique personality, and their specific needs. However, the most important aspect of my work is creating a safe and supportive relationship with you, the client, where you can feel heard, respected and understood. My approach to therapy is relational (recognising the primary importance of creating a strong, safe and trusting relationship with the client), inclusive, culturally responsive and anti-oppressive. It also focuses on intersectionality, which means that I acknowledge the unique intersectional experiences of each person and how being a member of different marginalised groups might have exposed them to systemic oppression and socially inflicted trauma and impacted them negatively in their lives.
The aim of my work is to support and empower you in getting in touch with and exploring your feelings and thoughts and examining how different life experiences impacted on who you are now. This work on connecting to, and safe exploration of, who you are becomes the foundation for processing emotional blocks and gaining a deeper awareness of yourself. It makes it possible to arrive at the place from where you are able to make desired changes in your behaviour and start creating your life in a free and conscious way.
I have a particular interest in trauma and how it impacts people's ability to have harmonious relationships with themselves and others. Trauma may have happened as a single event, a series of events or there might have been a prolonged continual exposure to it, sometimes spanning over many generations within the family. Acknowledging it and processing the emotional blocks it created opens the door to regaining balance and a sense of wellbeing in a traumatised person's life. I use EMDR, a very powerful and dynamic approach, to process all types of trauma: single incident trauma, complex childhood trauma, complex community trauma and socially inflicted systemic type of trauma.
My primary education is in visual arts and I see therapy itself as a creative process, where two (or more) people are involved in the act of co-creation of what is a better life for a client, with deeper awareness of their inner and outer world and improved ability to live a more fulfilled life.
I have experience working with: depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, CPTSD-Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, childhood abuse and neglect, cultural issues, systemic issues and intersectionality, immigration and cultural adaptation, mixed race experience, sexual and gender identity, loss and grief, working with clients in 12 Step recovery from addictions.
Although I am located in London, UK, I work solely online, therefore able to connect with clients in different geographical locations.
I am registered with a few insurance companies (AXA, Aviva, Vitality and WPA).
Training, qualifications & experience
I received qualification from the Centre for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD), which is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited training. I am an accredited member of the BACP and therefore abide by its professional standards and code of ethics.
I also qualified as an EMDR Therapist from EMDR Works and earned EMDR UK and Europe accreditation.
I am currently ongoing clinical Supervision training at The Minster Centre.
My experience varies from primary care (Connaught Surgery), addiction field (Crime Reduction Initiatives), Mind: a mental health charity organisation to working with young people at Haringey Sixth Form Centre and many years of private practice.
My primary education is in visual arts and I see therapy itself as a creative process, where two (or more) people are involved in the act of co-creation of what is a better life for a client, with deeper awareness of their inner and outer world and improved ability to live a more fulfilled life.
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.
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.
EMDR UK
Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
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
I have particular interest and experience in working with difference and diversity, cultural issues and identity.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Sessions last 50 minutes.
I operate a sliding scale fee structure based on clients' income. Feel free to contact me to discuss the details.
EMDR sessions can be extended up to 1,5 hours, where the fee would be adjusted accordingly.
I offer a free initial 15-minute chat on the phone or Zoom.
When I work
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I currently offer online and phone sessions only.
Further information
I am committed to anti-oppressive practice with focus on intersectionality.
