About me
Hello, I am an experienced BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and Counsellor, working full time in private practice and qualified since 2008. I offer counselling sessions from Blackheath, Southeast London (SE3), and online, offering long term, short term and Single Session Therapy interventions. I work with individuals and couples.
My specialisms are in infidelity, neurodiversity and Narcissistic Abuse. I also have extensive experience working with binge eating, relationship problems, and life transitions.
My interests in couples therapy include neurodiversity, communication, infidelity, and navigating life transitions together.
FOR COUPLES:
We often interpret our partner’s words through the filter of our own fears and past experiences. Existential therapy helps slow this down, encouraging honest reflection on each person’s values, assumptions, and needs. Together, we explore how each partner can take responsibility for their role in the relationship, communicate more intentionally, and reconnect with what really matters to them.
My specialisms include working with couples experiencing communication difficulties, navigating neurodiversity within the relationship, rebuilding trust after infidelity, and supporting couples through life transitions.
FOR INDIVIDUALS:
My approach is Existential and Humanistic, focusing on your lived experience and how you make meaning in your world.
One of the starting points in our sessions will be to identify what I call ‘obstructive meanings’, that is connections formed in childhood or later in life between things that aren’t truly related, but that continue to shape your experience in unhelpful ways. Together, we’ll explore and experiment with creating new, more intentional ways of understanding and organising your life story.
I am an active participant in sessions, I ask questions and will use gentle challenge to help you identify fresh perspectives that you may not have seen before. My approach is direct but at the same time gentle. I believe that meaningful change often requires honest exploration, yet always within a foundation of respect and care. Compassion and curiosity are my guiding principles, and I work to cultivate these qualities not only in our therapeutic relationship but also to encourage you develop them toward yourself. By examining your internal dialogues and where negative self-talk originated, we can cultivate a more compassionate inner voice that supports rather than undermines your wellbeing.
When suitable, I incorporate bodywork and inner child work to facilitate trauma healing and access deeper layers of experience that talking alone might not reach.
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You can find detailed information about my approach and how I work on my website. Feel free to explore and if you have any questions or something resonates with you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
MA in Psychosocial Studies - University of East London
PgDip in Counselling - University of West London
Certificate in ExIstential Psychotherapy - NSPC
BSc in Psychology - Middlesex University
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£110.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individuals: £110 (50 mins)
Couples: £150 (50 mins)
SST Individuals: £200 (75 mins)
SST Couples: £320 (110 mins)
When I work
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Further information
FAQs
How do I start therapy with you?
You can reach out to me via email or phone to arrange an initial consultation. I will respond to you within 24 hours.
During the initial consultation we can discuss our respective availabilities, explore how I can support you, and address any questions you might have at this initial stage of exploring therapy. It's a chance for you to learn more about me and the therapeutic process in general, helping you decide if I am the right fit for you.
The initial consultation is free of charge and it typically lasts for up to 20 minutes. After that, you're under no obligation to continue.
Where is your practice located?
My practice is located in Blackheath Village, a five-minute walk from Blackheath Rail Station. This location is well connected to both South East and Central London with direct trains from central train stations and it is easily accessible by bus, walk or rail from Lewisham, Lee, Greenwich, Deptford, New Cross, Hither Green, Ladywell, Lee and the surrounding areas.
What session options do you provide?
You can choose from in-person sessions or virtually over Zoom. If my availability allows it, I can also accommodate hybrid (a mix of face to face and virtual sessions). I offer both short-term and long-term psychotherapy, with sessions available on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Additionally, I offer Single Session Therapy (SST), which consists of a longer, one off session.
What is Single Session Therapy?
Single session therapy (SST) is a structured and focused approach, usually completed in one longer session. This solution-focused approach is ideal for those seeking immediate support, that have specific issues to address or with limited resources or time for long-term therapy.
ADHD 12 Session Programme
For clients with ADHD, I offer a 12-week awareness and strategy programme designed to help you better understand your experiences and develop personalised tools for daily life. You can find more about it on my website.
