About me
I am a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapy (www.childpsychotherapy.org.uk) with 30 years experience, 20 of these in NHS Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service. I am also a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working with adults and am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Society (www.bpc.org.uk) I have a private practice working with adults and children.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers a chance to understand patterns of behaviour, (OCD/eating disorders/phobias) or ways of feeling (anxiety/depression/mood swings) that damage how we feel about ourselves, our relationships or our work lives. Through understanding comes a new way of relating to oneself and others that builds self esteem and resilience.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified as Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist in 1994 at the Anna Freud Centre, London. I continued to work at AFC and to teach there until 2004 when I left for Scotland to take up the role of Head of Child Psychotherapy in NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service from which I retired in 2021. In 2013 I commenced the Adult training in psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with NEAPP (North of England Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy- now known as BPF North) I now work privately with adults and adolescents in Ayr.
Other experience in London includes three years based in a special (EBD) secondary school, four years supporting supervising counsellors in an adolescent drop-in service, providing psychotherapy to children in residential care home. I am also interested in working with children with physical or learning disability and have co run an workshop within Tavistock on disability for two years.
Through the AFC I joined a group who set up child psychotherapy training in St Petersburg in 1995. I have recently reconnected with the group to provide supervision to the group.
I have provided supervision to Chinese students also organized by the Anna Freud Centre.
I am a member of the Scottish Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists and Chair of the Ethics Committee reporting to the BPC www.bpc.org.uk
I am a member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and a member of the ACP’s Ethics Committee.
I am a member of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Consultancy www.ppconsultancy.org
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £70.00
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