About me
I am a psychotherapist/counsellor and supervisor with specialist expertise in intercultural psychotherapy and a particular interest in developmental and early relational trauma. My experience spans working with a diverse range of clients, including as a psychotherapist within the NHS (SW London NHS Foundation Trust) and as a counsellor supporting war veterans in a country affected by conflict.
I believe that lasting internal change is possible, no matter how stuck or hopeless things may feel—especially when you are ready for it. But readiness alone isn’t always enough. We often need structure, support, understanding, and a compassionate presence to walk alongside us. I aim to provide these essentials: a supportive space, an empathic witness, and someone you can think with as you navigate your journey.
How I Work
Allowing ourselves time to pause, reflect, and remember—in the presence of an empathetic other—can help us reconnect with our inner worlds, and clarify what we truly need from life and relationships in the present moment.
Some of the topics I work with include:
- Addiction and eating disorders
- Anxiety, panic, and feelings of emptiness
- Attachment and intimacy difficulties
- Childhood betrayal, neglect, and abuse
- Depression and dissociation
- Sexuality and navigating sexual identity
- Loneliness, isolation, belonging, and experiences of otherness
- Loss, abandonment, and bereavement
- Parental narcissism and family dysfunction
- Racialised injury and internalised racism
- Toxic shame, shamelessness, and transferred guilt
- Trauma (including complex, developmental, intergenerational, and racialised trauma)
Sessions are available online, with limited availability for in-person appointments at my consulting room in Surbiton, Surrey.
What next?
The first step is to arrange an initial appointment to see if counselling could work for you. We will use the first session to see whether we can work together.
At our first session, we will discuss the main reasons that brought you to therapy, explore the way to work together that may best suit you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP-accredited psychotherapist/counsellor and supervisor. My training is in integrative psychotherapy, which means I draw on both person-centred therapy (focusing on empathy and personal growth) and psychodynamic therapy (exploring how past experiences influence present feelings and behaviours).
Before establishing my psychotherapy practice, I spent 20 years working in the technology sector—most recently with emerging technologies—and developed a keen interest in how these advances can contribute to mental health research and development.
My therapeutic approach is also shaped by my passion for the arts, philosophy, literature, and an awareness of wider social, economic, and political movements.
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
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fee is £65 for individuals and £80 for couples. I review my fees in January each year.
When I work
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