About me
I am an experienced, professionally qualified Integrative Psychotherapist. I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS), often known as “parts work.” Where it feels more appropriate for your needs, I may also suggest Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
These are body-oriented approaches that differ from CBT. They focus on gently rebuilding connection with yourself, including the thoughts, emotions, sensations and protective patterns that may have developed to help you cope. Together, we can explore new ways of thriving in the world. This work can bring creativity and movement into therapy sessions; talking is not the only avenue for healing.
My particular area of specialism is trauma. I work with people who grew up with a parent or caregiver affected by alcohol/drug use or mental illness and who want to understand and recover from the impact of family dysfunction in adult life. This can show up in many ways, including anxiety, burnout, difficulties in relationships, addiction, and emotional overwhelm.
I offer a safe, confidential and supportive space in which you can explore and make sense of the challenges you are facing. I believe that many behaviours and beliefs that lead us to seek therapy began as coping strategies: ways of surviving or adapting that may have outlived their usefulness.
Through dialogue, thoughtful challenge, humour and a willingness to be curious, therapy can help us discover more meaningful ways to live and meet life’s difficulties.
I work in an LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive way. I welcome clients who wish to explore sexuality, gender identity, and atypical or non-traditional relationship structures.
I also welcome people seeking support to integrate psychedelic or plant-medicine experiences. I am a member of the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy (IPT).
Training, qualifications & experience
My practice brings together extensive training, clinical experience, and a deep interest in supporting people to be the most authentic and connected versions of themselves.
I completed a Research MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of East London, and my training includes Internal Family Systems, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and EMDR.
My experience includes over a decade of therapeutic work with adults in private practice, as well as within addiction services and the charity sector. Alongside private practice, I currently work in psychedelic clinical trials researching novel treatments for a variety of mental health conditions. Earlier in my career, I supported people in community and retreat settings, including young carers, students, people without stable housing, and people experiencing spiritual emergency.
Across all of my work, I aim to offer a calm, compassionate, and trauma-informed space where people feel respected, understood, and supported at their own pace.
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.
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 work with Adult Children of Alcoholics to address on-going issues such as shame, guilt, anxiety, trauma, addiction and isolation that can persist as a result of being raised in a dysfunctional family environment.
Psychedelic preparation and integration following experimentation and or ceremonial use of psychedelics and plant medicines.
Therapies offered
Fees
£90.00 - £120.00
Additional information
Free 20 minute phone or Zoom consultation.
Individual fee: £90 per 50 minute session. EMDR: £120 per 90 minute session.
Group fee: to be discussed based on a project by project basis.
I offer both short (6-12 weeks) and longer term psychotherapy (open-ended). If you have any queries or concerns, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Payment: I take a full fee deposit for initial sessions. After that payment is to be made before each session by bank transfer in advance.
Cancellation Policy: Wherever possible I will try to accommodate requests to reschedule appointments within the same week, however, I require 7 days notice to cancel a session. If less than 7 days is given, the full fee is payable.
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