About me
Many people I work with wouldn't describe themselves as struggling... at least not out loud. They're capable, driven and good at holding things together but something isn't right. There's a deep sense of stickiness and exhaustion that rest doesn't fix, procrastination that makes no sense given how capable they are, a lack of confidence and sadness underneath a successful exterior and relationships full of anxiety, jealousy or the feeling of never being quite secure.
What I've learned from working with people is that the problem you arrive with is often not where the work ends up. Burnout can turn out to be about self-worth. Overwhelm can turn out to be about a sensitivity you've spent years masking. Sometimes it really is straightforward stress and we work with that too. When you are stuck in a life that looks right on paper but feels hollow, that stuckness is often really a crisis of meaning. The work isn't to fix a fault but to discover what your life is asking of you now. Sometimes the heaviness or low mood you feel isn't only deep sadness, it may be potential that is waiting to be fulfilled. Together we uncover what's blocked so you know what you actually want and how to move toward it.
I'm an integrative psychotherapist, trained in existential and relational approaches and my work is trauma informed throughout. Jealousy, insecurity and relentless self-criticism have deep roots and it changes things when you understand where yours began. Rather than offering techniques to manage symptoms, I'm interested in your life as a whole (work, love, meaning, identity) and in what happens between us in the room, since the patterns that run through your relationships tend to show themselves there too. If questions of meaning, spirituality or faith of any kind matter to you, they have a place in our work, whatever your background. You know your own experience better than anyone else ever could and my job is to help you get clearer on what's really going on for you, so you can decide how you want to respond. I believe therapy can help people step into ownership of their own lives and get clarity on how they want to live their lives moving forward.
Areas I work with include:
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Relationship difficulties
- Jealousy, possessiveness and insecurity in relationships
- High sensitivity and the cost of masking it
- Burnout, overwhelm and work related stress
- Procrastination and perfectionism
- Anxiety and low mood
- Life transitions and questions of meaning and purpose
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling (Integrative) from Regent's University London and am a registered member of the BACP.
At Imperial College London I work daily with exceptionally capable people navigating pressure, self doubt and the gap between external success and inner happiness and peace. I have also been working with domestic violence survivors for several years in a fully trauma informed service.
Before I became a psychotherapist, I spent 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry. It gave me a first hand education in high pressure professional environments and confirmed that what interested me most was never what I was working with, but the people around me.
Member organisations
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£120.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions are £120. I also offer a free 20 minutes introductory call if you would like to talk about whether therapy might work for you.
Further information
For bookings and scheduling free introductory calls, please use the link by clicking 'Visit Website'.
