About me
I provide a warm, non-judgemental space to think honestly about your difficulties. I work with a wide range of emotional, behavioural and relationship issues, including: anxiety, depression, bereavement, struggles with others including romantic partners, confidence issues and life transitions. You may be at crisis point or you may want to attend to ongoing unhappiness. Therapy might be a chance to work through frustrations and disappointments or to clarify needs and hopes - but also some of the issues clients feel able to share with me have felt impossible to speak to anyone else about, for example suicidal thoughts, self-harm, risky behaviours, sexual difficulties, abuse, phobias and compulsions. Therapy can help with self-understanding and acceptance and allow you to live in a more authentic, emotionally flexible and resilient way.
It can be daunting working out what sort of therapy might be helpful to you, let alone which therapist to make contact with. Personal fit is vital. Do get in touch to arrange an introductory phone conversation at no charge with a view to booking in a consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA from Oxford University and completed my PGDip and clinical training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at London's Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust. Alongside my private practice, I have previously worked in NHS services including the Trauma Unit at the Tavistock.
Professional membership
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.
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.
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
£75.00 - £140.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The initial consultation meeting is for 90 minutes at a fee of £140. Subsequent consultation meetings and ongoing sessions are 50 minutes, at a standard fee of £100 per session. I do offer limited places at a reduced fee, generally £75, for those on lower incomes. Please enquire if this is relevant for you.
When I work
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