About me
Some things are difficult to say out loud — often hardest of all to the people closest to us.
If you are carrying something you can't quite name, or living with feelings that don't seem to have an obvious cause, you don't need to have it worked out before you get in touch. Not knowing what is wrong is one of the most common reasons people begin.
I offer a calm, confidential space where you can speak freely and be heard without judgement. As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I believe that many of our emotional difficulties have deeper roots that lie outside our immediate awareness. Psychoanalytic therapy provides a space to explore these unconscious patterns, helping you understand how past experiences may continue to influence your present relationships, emotions, and choices.
Rather than offering quick solutions, this approach aims to create lasting change through deeper self-understanding. Therapy is tailored to your individual needs and can be short-term, focused on a specific difficulty, or longer-term for those seeking more profound personal growth.
Life can feel confusing, heavy, or draining, and at times those feelings become intense enough that ordinary days take real effort. There is rarely a single clear cause. Distress can follow a difficult decision, a question about who you are or what your life is for, a loss, or an experience that has never quite been put into words. However it shows up, it is worth taking seriously.
What people often come with
- Anxiety, depression, or fluctuating mood
- Difficulties in relationships or sexuality
- Questions of identity, self-worth, or purpose
- Eating difficulties
- Sleep problems and insomnia
- Bereavement and loss
- Periods of upheaval — migration, displacement, or the loss of a familiar life
Feelings that often bring people here
- Stress, panic, or restlessness
- Fear and anger
- Confusion or helplessness
- Shyness or embarrassment
- Guilt, jealousy, or envy
- Sadness and grief
Making contact can feel like a large step. It usually is. But it is also the point at which something starts to move — the decision that this is worth understanding rather than only enduring.
Psychoanalysis is an in-depth way of working, concerned less with managing symptoms than with what lies beneath them. It is also more flexible than people expect: some come for a defined piece of work over several months, others for a longer process of self-discovery and change.
We would begin with an initial meeting to talk about what has brought you, and to see whether working together feels right to you.
Training, qualifications & experience
President CP - UK (The College of Psychoanalysts UK)
CFAR (Centre for Freudian Analysis & Research)
UKCP, CPJA Member
M.D., M.A Psychoanalysis & Sociology
Author of several books, including Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture
Lacan, Mortality, Life and Language: Clinical & Cultural Explorations
The Perfume of the Soul: From Freud to Lacan – A Critical Reading of Smelling, Breathing and Subjectivity.
How does analysis work? Examples of Lacanian Interpretation
Payback: Revenge, betrayal and Love (Forthcoming)
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 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
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
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The session fee varies according to your gross annual income based on a sliding scale. We can discuss this in our first meeting in order to make the fee as affordable as possible for you.
My cancellation policy is a one-month notice.
When I work
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Further information
The sessions length are variable and do not last more than 30 to 40 minutes.
I offer psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in English, French and Persian (Farsi).
