About me
Specialist couples therapy and couples counselling
Whatever specific issues you bring to therapy, my aim is to help you connect in a fruitful and compassionate way. As an important part of that journey, I will help you develop your capacity to communicate with trust, warmth and clarity.
Trained at Tavistock Relationships, I was previously Relate's counsellor in Highbury N5. I now offer private couples therapy via Zoom.
When working in person, I am based close to central London, near both Islington N1 and Highbury N5.
First steps: Once you get in touch we will start with a brief phonecall, to see if I am a suitable therapist and discuss practicalities. If it seems a good idea to meet we can plan an initial consultation, to explore in more detail what you are hoping to work on. We might then agree to try some ongoing sessions. These would take place at a regular time once a week.
I am happy to work either short term (4-12 sessions) or in an open-ended way. Online meetings are generally in the morning or in the evening. Sunday sessions are also sometimes available.
Travel: My in-person consulting rooms are close to Highbury and Islington station — on the Victoria Line, First Capital Connect and North London and East London Lines. The station is one stop from King's Cross and easily accessible from Euston and Farringdon, Moorgate and the City, and Central, North West and East London.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a postgraduate diploma in psychodynamic marital and relationship therapy from the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) in London.
I also draw on Attachment Theory, Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
As part of TCCR's Parents in Dispute and Parenting Together services I encouraged couples to communicate more fruitfully and empathise with their children's experiences. I have also worked in TCCR's relationship counselling and assessment services.
I am an Accredited and Registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists and work within its code of practice. I was a founding full member of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors.
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.
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.
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Additional information
Fees can be discussed by phone or at our first meeting.
