About me
I am an experienced Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. My experience tells me through self-reflection and a solid understanding of our thoughts, feelings, and intentions, we can all improve our quality of wellbeing.
With over two decades of experience working 1-2-1 with adult mental health, I understand that therapy provides a safe and supportive space that can help you grow as a person. My passion is to help people improve their psychological well-being and aid them on a journey of personal growth. I believe the aim of therapy is to feel less half-alive. I feel it is crucial to gain a greater self-awareness of our daily thoughts and behaviours and break the frustrating repetition that we find ourselves in time and time again.
My aim is to provide a safe and comfortable space for you to talk. I can empathise with it not being the easiest thing to admit, needing help with emotional distress, but being in analysis for many years myself, I have seen the benefits of having regular open-ended therapy. I am proud and passionate to now be in the position of helping others. I feel it is important for my clients to be understood, so I do my best to ask only the right questions without being intrusive, allowing enough space to talk without interruption.
I also want to get to know you as a person so that I can really get to see what it might be like in your shoes. Empathy is incredibly important for us all to have, even more so if you are a therapist. I pride myself on being an empathetic person who will do my best to listen and try to understand the issues that surround your life.
Training, qualifications & experience
As far as my approach and qualifications, I am psychodynamically trained, graduating at one of London’s leading clinical and academic institutions, WPF Therapy. WPF is highly respected and known for its long and rigorous training to ensure I provide my clients with the highest standard of psychotherapy.
With this, I am registered and bound by the ethics of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), The Foundation of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (FPC), The International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy (IAFP), and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
In my private practice, I have extensive experience working with adults with anxiety, ADHD, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, grief/loss, trauma, work stress and burnout, and questions of identity or life transitions. I'm comfortable working with both everyday struggles and complex, long-standing patterns.
Alongside my private practice, I have experience working with professional athletes and individuals navigating the psychological impact of spinal/brain injuries through my work with a charity. I also hold an honorary role within an NHS counselling and psychotherapy service at a Category B prison, where I work within a forensic psychotherapy setting. These experiences have given me a deeper understanding of how people cope with pressure, trauma, identity and life-changing events across very different walks of life.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
London Bridge practice
Initial assessment cost - £130 (60-90mins)
Ongoing open-ended therapy sessions - £100
Chelmsford Practice
Initial assessment cost - £75
Ongoing open-ended therapy sessions - £65
