This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Reasons for seeking therapy are many and varied, but it is probably safe to say that if you are considering therapy, there is something you are struggling with that you wish to be different. You, or someone close to you, might be experiencing anxiety and depression, find relationships difficult, things might have happened in your life that you are finding a challenge to deal with, or you might just have a sense that things could be better.
Exploring these issues can gradually help you to understand your feelings in ways that enable you to live with a greater sense of freedom. Therapy can feel painful and even frightening at times when you first allow yourself to look at issues that you have struggled with and might have tried to push away and ignore for a long time, or events that might have occurred more recently that have affected you strongly.
Therapy can help you handle these feelings better and can also enable you to be more open to the good things in your life and free up your creativity.
Counselling and psychotherapy differ in that counselling tends to be shorter term and focused on specific issues, while psychotherapy is a longer-term exploration of wider and more varied issues, depending on what is relevant to you over time.
If you decide you would like to come to see me, we will use the first session or two to think about what brings you to therapy and to consider whether my way of working is right for you and we decide whether your reasons for coming are better suited for longer term more open-ended therapy, or shorter-term counselling where the number of sessions will be specified at the start.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a psychotherapist with an MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy for adults. This is the foundation of my approach and I have attended a considerable amount of further training in other approaches, as well as training relating to specific issues. I work with adults from age 18 and upwards.
My relational psychodynamic approach considers how both unconscious and past experiences and our more recent experiences and relationships play a part in our current feelings and behaviour. I will not be giving you advice or tell you what to do, but together we will explore the issues that are important for you.
In addition, I also have a longstanding interest in meditation, mindfulness, philosophy and creativity. This is not something I teach, but if this is of interest to you, this can also be part of what we speak about.
I see most of my clients in person and, if this works for you, we will meet in my private practice in Herne Hill/North Dulwich, London. I am also available online, if you live too far away, or have other reasons why you are unable to come in person.
Both in-person and online appointments are regular and weekly, on the same day and at the same time each week (though if you have a job where you are required to work shifts, we might find a way to accommodate this).
I am committed to providing counselling and psychotherapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment.
Professional Memberships:
· Accredited member of the BACP (the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). I adhere to the BACP code of ethics and I am fully insured.
· Accredited Member of NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society)
· Accredited Member of ACTO (Association for Counselling & Therapy Online)
Member organisations
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
Life changes, such as new parenthood, relationship break-up, ill health, retirement and aging. Sexual identity.
Creativity and looking at ways you might you might be able to live in a way that is closer to how you would like it to be
Fees
£60.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I see most of my clients in person and, if this works for you, we will meet in my private practice in Herne Hill/North Dulwich, London. I am also available online, if you live too far away, or have other reasons why you are unable to come in person.
Both in-person and online appointments are regular and weekly, on the same day and at the same time each week (though if you have a job where you are required to work shifts, we might find a way to accommodate this).
Fees are charged on a sliding scale, depending on household income and time of appointment:
£60-80 per session for daytime appointments before 5pm
£70-90 for appointments starting 5pm and later.
If you would like to speak with me before making an appointment, I am happy to set up a brief (20 mins) free initial meeting, which will be in person if you live or work close by, or online if you don’t. (I don’t offer initial telephone calls, as I think being able to see each other when we speak is more helpful.)
Do you have private health insurance? There are many different insurers and there has been a lot of changes in recent years - please contact your insurance company to check if they have me listed as a registered provider, before you contact me.
When I work
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Further information
Please contact me via email.
I work in private practice in the Herne Hill/North Dulwich area, with good local transport links via train and bus, and - apart from between 12 and 2pm - there is free street-parking.
