About me
Hello. I am a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist. Making the decision to go for counselling or psychotherapy can feel very daunting; financially and emotionally it represents a significant commitment. My experience in this role comes from working for a number of years (and continuing to do so) as a psychotherapist with adults from a wide range of backgrounds and ethnicities from 18 years to 80+ within the NHS.
My practice as a psychotherapist is based on psychodynamic principles, which broadly means I am interested in working relationally at depth; exploring links between past and present feelings and behaviours, conscious and unconscious thoughts. I can work with you short term - perhaps around 3 months - or longer term, in an explorative, non-directive way with whatever you bring to me; including a range of emotional difficulties - depression, anxiety, identity or intercultural issues, loss, traumatic experiences, workplace and relationship problems.
I offer no quick fixes, but with greater understanding around unhelpful relationship patterns and processes, personal agency increases and with it the possibility of lasting change.
I am registered with both the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and I am DBS checked.
Please do get in touch to arrange an initial consultation if you would like to find out more. I see people face-to-face in therapy practices in North London or Kings Cross and also online.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Masters Postgraduate Degree from Birkbeck College, University of London, in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am also a qualified DIT (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy) practitioner which is a short term, 16 session therapy model.
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
When I work
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