About me
Please do get in touch if you are experiencing relationship or personal difficulties. For over a decade I have been helping young people & adults suffering from psychological & emotional problems.
I work with those experiencing distress and/or the emotional pain associated with: Anxiety, Depression, Loss, Anger, Relationship & Family Issues, Work Stress, Addictions, Trauma, Obsessive behaviours & Low Self Esteem, Performance issues, etc
Counselling & psychotherapy with me offers a confidential, non-judgemental conversation where thoughts and feelings can be safely revealed and explored. One in which we can broaden the range of possibilities, often stifled during times of emotional crisis or suffering.
"The modern world isn't always an easy place in which to live. I therefore also work with people who are seeking longer-term counselling & psychotherapy with the intention to discover greater meaning and purpose in their lives."
My offices are located within a multidisciplinary practice in London Bridge (next to Borough Market & The City) & in central Stamford, Lincs. I also work online in the UK and internationally.
How I work.
Psychodynamic counselling & psychotherapy with me offers an opportunity to explore not only what is happening now, but how earlier experiences, attachment patterns and unconscious dynamics impact present difficulties.
When these patterns are understood — and felt within a contained and thoughtful therapeutic relationship — a shift becomes possible. Clients often experience greater emotional insight and a sense of freedom, more stable relationships, and a clearer sense of themselves and their hopes and expectations.
While the therapeutic relationship can sometimes feel awkward, I do ask plenty of questions and will speak not just to the part of you which seeks understanding, but also that aspect which hopes for repair and renewal.
I work with:
-Depression and persistent low mood
Anxiety, overthinking and chronic worry.
-Family issues
-OCD, managing ADHD, etc
-Repeating relationship patterns
-Attachment difficulties
-Trauma and developmental trauma
-Emotional numbness or internal emptiness
-Difficulties with intimacy
-Identity concerns
-Burnout and high-functioning stress. Professionals who feel internally stuck despite outward competence.
-Chronic mental health and personality disorders (out-patient)
Some clients come seeking focused, shorter-term work around a specific issue. Others choose longer-term, open-ended therapy to explore deeper relational patterns and longstanding difficulties. We can think together about what feels most appropriate for you.
I aim to provide a private, confidential and consistent space where you can speak freely and be taken seriously.
Get in touch
If you are considering therapy, I very much welcome a conversation, so please do get in touch if you feel that us working together might be helpful.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an accredited member of the BACP. The British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy.
I began my training at Birkbeck, University of London, qualifying as a psychodynamic counsellor at the renowned Highgate Counselling Centre (UK. Est.1966).
I hold a foundation qualification in Analytic Group Work from the Institute for Group Analysis (2024) based in Hampstead, London.
I have trained extensively with Place2Be in respect of working with children and I am Enhanced DBS checked.
I have been long-serving member of a National Suicide Charity.
As an accredited member of the BACP - The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I work within and in reference to their ethical and professional guidelines. In line with BACP membership, I am also committed to my Continuing Professional Development and undertake regular supervision of my work.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Intellectually I'm interested in the mechanisms of contemporary capitalism and technocratic systems, and the impact these structures are having psychosocially and on the subjectivity of the individual.
I am also personally interested in seeing those experiencing relational conflict and/or codependency within the family and in long-standing intimate relationships.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £130.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees
I’ve organised my fees such that the widest access to my services is possible.
I agree a contract with each individual based on their means and availability. Fees start at £80 for regular online 50 minute sessions during working hours. I offer an initial consultation at the same rate. This provides an opportunity to discuss what is drawing you to therapy and consider whether working together feels right.
(Note: There is greater demand for evenings and weekends)
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an investment in sustained psychological change. Initially, what this looks like might not necessarily be apparent, and so sessions are held weekly at a regular time to provide a sense of consistency and security, as we begin to understand the nature of the problem.
Health Insurance
I’m a registered practitioner for Bupa | Aviva | AXA PP | WPA | Allianz & Vitality. Your respective insurance will provide details. I will require you membership number and authorisation code.
Low fee work
Please don't hesitate to ask about concessions. I believe there should be no barriers to accessing support and so I am always willing to assist where applicable.
- I offer a number of sessions at a reduced rate by negotiation for those on low incomes and high outgoings such as those with dependants and for students in full time study or in training with a recognised counselling association.
- If you are on very low income or on state support I can suggest you contact two particular organisations which I can provide on request.
When I work
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Further information
Contracts and location
I offer two contracts; Short-term (for a specific issue) and Open-ended. I encourage prospective clients to commit to 3 or 4 initial sessions to allow anxieties to settle, for a way of working to present itself and for us to establish some goals together.
My clinic is in London Bridge, SE1 and online. Both are situated within well established rooms and offices, arranged and presented for therapeutic practice.
The London Bridge clinic is open all year round and is easily accessible from London Bridge Station (on the Northern and Jubilee Lines) and has toilet facilities.
