About me
I am an experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapist, qualified to offer therapy to adults, young people and children. I am based in a central location in Hertford with good public transport connections and convenient parking.
I first offer an initial appointment to hear about you and for you to meet me and see how I work. Finding a therapist you think would be helpful for you is important.
I offer intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy (more than one session a week); once weekly sessions and short-term therapy. We can think about what would be most helpful for you in the initial appointments.
I keep one or two low fee vacancies for people on low incomes
for adolescents: I have a lot of experience working with young people. After an initial appointment with parents and a sessions with the young person, weekly sessions are arranged if appropriate. Sometimes this is for a short series of sessions, and other times it is on-going. It is usually helpful to meet with parents/carer from time to time to support the psychotherapy.
for parents: Where parents wish to discuss difficulties they are facing as parents with their child or young person I offer parent sessions. This is helpful to parents who do not feel their child or young person would attend appointments themselves but want space to think about how to best to help their child. It can be extremely helpful for parents to have some space to think with a child and adolescent psychotherapist even if their child does not want to engage in therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (to work with adults) : British Psychotherapy Foundation
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist : Tavistock, London
Psychodynamic Counsellor : Birkbeck College, University of London
I have worked in many different settings over a period of more than 25 years : in private practice, Camhs clinic; adolescent service; school and university.
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
In an initial appointment we can discuss the fee I currently charge.
I offer some spaces on a low fee where appropriate depending on individual circumstances.
Further information
for children: The initial appointment is with parents or carers of a child, giving the opportunity to discuss the difficulties in detail and decide what might be helpful. Sessions are then booked for the child if appropriate. I meet with parents to review and support the work on a regular basis.
At times following the initial appointment, the on-going sessions are with parents/carers for us to continue to think together about the child's struggles or difficulties.
for young people: Where appropriate the initial appointment is with parents or carers, (as above). On other occasions it is more appropriate for the initial appointment either to include the young person or to be with the young person on their own. From the initial appointment further sessions can be booked. A decision is made during the first appointment whether the parent/carer would meet from time to time to review the therapy.
for adults: An initial appointment can be made for us to discuss the difficulties and for you to gain an impression of how I work. Further sessions can be arranged following this initial session.
