About me
I help adults think about issues such as stress, self-doubt, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, anger, grief, guilt, family issues, abuse, feeling sad and other challenges and uncertainties in living.
I encourage people to explore their problems, questions or goals at their own pace, and to expand the choices they believe they have for dealing with the world around them.
My aim is to listen to you and allow you to examine your experience, thoughts and feelings in a way that helps you understand yourself better, make new choices if you want to, or share things you feel unable to tell friends or family
I believe it is vital for you to develop your own way of understanding yourself and making choices - my role is that of a supportive companion alongside you as you face your concerns and possibilities.
Online/telephone sessions
Due to public health advice on the coronavirus, I am currently only offering telephone and online video (e.g. Skype/FaceTime) sessions.
Healthcare insurance
I am recognised by the following healthcare insurance companies for coverage under private medical insurance policies: Aviva, AXA PPP, Cigna, and Vitality.
Training, qualifications & experience
My experience includes working as a counsellor/psychotherapist with in-patients at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, with students at London Metropolitan University, with low-cost counselling clients at the Claremont Project, with outpatients at Finchley Memorial Hospital, and with employees at the Metropolitan Police Service. I have also conducted intake assessments for psychotherapy clients at the Centre for Better Health in Hackney.
I teach on foundation courses in counselling and psychotherapy at Regents University, and the New School for Psychotherapy and Counselling, and on the counselling diploma at the Minster Centre.
I have an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, and an Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy, both from Regent's University in London.
I also have an MSc in Organisation Consulting from Ashridge.
Member organisations
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.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.

UK Council for Psychotherapy
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

Accredited Register Scheme
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.


Accredited Register Scheme
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
- SKYPE SESSIONS - please enquire about fees
Sessions are 50 minutes, once a week.
Coverage under medical insurance policies is available through the following healthcare insurance companies: Aviva, AXA PPP, Cigna, and Vitality.
Further information
I see clients once a week normally, and the number of sessions is up to you - we can agree on a fixed number at the outset, or you may wish to leave it open-ended. We can discuss this in our first session.