About me
I work with people from all walks of life and bring natural warmth and curiosity to my clients. I am dual - qualified, as a child and adolescent psychotherapist (Tavistock Centre) and an adult psychotherapist (Regent's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology).
I work with people across the life - span - children, young people, adults and parents. I help young people and adults with problems in their relationships, with study or working life, anxiety, depression and low mood, issues related to self-esteem, identity, sexuality and those experiencing the aftermath of neglect, abuse or trauma. Parents come to me when their child experiences emotional and behavioural difficulties or has unexplained physical symptoms.
I also offer support to parents and carers who are struggling with difficulties in their relationships with their child or adolescent.
My approach
Psychoanalytic work has a long history of addressing relational difficulties in careful detail, and is my usual approach.
I offer a safe and confidential space where you can explore what is troubling you without fear of criticism or judgment. Central to my work is you as an individual, your own experience and the ways in which you understand what's been happening.
In a collaborative process, looking together at your challenges and what underlies them can help to open up possibility, create resilience and bring lasting change.
I am interested in how the experiences of our childhood and our families influence our development and later lives. We may repeat early patterns of relating, and of protecting ourselves, even when they are no longer helpful and may even unknowingly maintain our current problems. Through understanding these patterns and how they’re limiting us, it’s possible to begin making choices that can help us lead a more fulfilling life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I completed a rigorous six year training as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.
I trained for five years as an Adult Psychotherapist at Regents University, School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology.
As well as working in private practice, I am currently undertaking doctoral research in child and adolescent psychotherapy.
I've been employed in several NHS adult psychotherapy departments, in primary care and in charitable organisations. I worked as part of a complex needs Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), covering four London boroughs and continue to work as part of a specialist multidisciplinary CAMHS team in London.
I have managed therapy services in various educational settings, providing therapeutic interventions for children, young people and parents, and supervision for trainee therapists.
I have been a mindfulness practitioner for over 10 years and have explored embodiment in a variety of ways. My work is informed by an awareness of what our bodies tell us about our experience.
Prior to my professional training I studied music.
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.
The ACP is the registering body for NHS trained Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists. ACP members undergo a minimum 6 year training; two years at Masters level then 4 years full-time clinical in the NHS qualifying in a Doctorate Level course. Full members are able to work with neonates, mothers & babies, parents & toddlers, primary school age children & adolescents. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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Additional information
I usually discuss and agree fees with you in the initial consultation process, based on your income and financial circumstances. I am able to offer some reduced rate vacancies for students and those on low incomes.
Further information
How to start?
I currently have availability for in-person evening sessions in Bloomsbury. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to arrange an initial consultation, please feel free to contact me by email or phone. If I can't be reached immediately, I will get back to you as soon as I can.
