About me
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with adults in Central and South West London. I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council and the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy.
I offer a confidential, thoughtful, and open space to explore emotions, relationships, and experiences, supporting insight, meaning, and understanding of how people relate to themselves and others.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained at WPF Therapy and the British Psychotherapy Foundation. Alongside my psychotherapy practice, I am Emerita Professor of Biomedical and Clinical Ethics at City, St George’s, University of London.
I have worked for many years in the NHS, higher education, and charitable sectors. For the last 5 years, I have seen people in private practice as well.
My training and background have prepared me to work with a wide range of concerns and difficulties. I am particularly interested in the experience of illness, including serious and terminal diagnoses, caring, the intersection of the mind and body, and transitional phases of life, including young adulthood, parenthood, ageing, and bereavement.
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.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£85.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My standard fees are £100 for consultations and £85 for therapy sessions. I am mindful that cost can be a barrier for some people, and I hold a limited number of low-fee places in my practice.
