About me
Feeling anxious, depressed, or blocked? Issues still unresolved for you? Looking for a different approach to therapy?
In over a decade of practice, I have worked with a wide range of issues and presentations. Perhaps you’re seeking support following a bereavement or life-changing event. Perhaps you’re struggling with unresolved memories, or trauma. Whatever it is you’re going through, I invite you to make contact so we can think about your difficulties together.
My typical client has had some experience of - partly helpful - therapy but is now looking for a different approach. I have trained in integrative counselling and psychotherapy; consequently I draw on a range of techniques and modalities. I am interested in new and emerging therapeutic techniques and now specialise in somatic (body-focused) approaches. I am trauma-informed and have a certificate in energy psychotherapy. I am also a certified Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) practitioner.
I work with the whole self (body, mind and spirit) and will bring the body into the conversation between us. In my experience with clients, and in my own therapy, I have learnt that the most effective therapy does not rely on talking alone, but involves somatic awareness too. The approaches I use work incredibly effectively online as well as in-person.
What would a session be like? First, we would explore your issues together through conversation to find a focus. Then, I may suggest a self-applied embodied intervention. So, for example, I would tap on me and and invite you to tap on you; or I would hold certain points on my body, and invite you to hold those same points on your own body. Or, I might use positive affirmations, and then ask you to repeat them out loud, or internally, to yourself. Some of this may be a little strange at first, but I generally find my clients respond well, and gain great benefits from the shifts they experience.
I will tailor my sessions to you. If you respond well to the embodied approach then we'll go with that. Or, if you prefer a more psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approach, this is possible too and works well for those looking for long-term therapy. I find most people like to explore different approaches at different stages in their lives, influenced by their previous experiences in therapy. I'll work with you, and with your preferences.
All modalities are combined with listening and conversation, and fit firmly and safely within a recognisable and ethical psychotherapeutic frame. I am also very open to exploring the transpersonal and psycho-spiritual dimensions of your situation, if that feels right for you.
I ask lots of questions and listen deeply. I will take you seriously, and yet may use humour to do so.
I usually see people once per week. For Complex Trauma, or for those wishing to work intensively, I offer twice weekly sessions (usually once per week in-person, and once online, but could be twice per week online).
Issues I have worked with:
Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem
Bereavement
Work place stress / career change
Relationships / LGBTQ+ / divorce / psycho-sexual issues
Trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD, dissociative disorders
Illness (acute illness, chronic illness, ME / CFS, MS, auto-immune conditions, seizures and cancer)
Illness not responding to medical interventions.
Body, mind, spirit
Location:
I work online nationally, and in-person in Central London, near Waterloo station, SE1.
My training:
I have trained in integrative counselling / psychotherapy at the Minster Centre, London, and this training allows me to draw on psychodynamic, humanistic, and relational approaches. I also have an MA in Applied Theatre and have worked in the following areas: the theatre; charity administration; as well as in the field of psychology.
More recently, I have trained in a number of specific trauma therapy techniques, including approaches which fit under the umbrella terms: somatic psychotherapy, energy psychotherapy and energy psychology. I use Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and am a certified Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) practitioner; as far as I know, I am the only therapist in the country integrating these two approaches.
Do get in contact:
Please know my intention is always for your health, healing, and wholeness. I would like to find out more about you and what it is you're going through, and see how we can find a way forward together.
Do send me a message to find out more, you will be welcome to do so.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Integrative Counselling (The Minster Centre, London)
Certificate in Energy Psychotherapy: energy psychology for psychotherapists and other mental health professionals (Converging Streams, London), 2013-2014
Certified Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) Practitioner, 2017
Certified Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) practitioner, 2021
MA Applied Theatre, 2005
Experience
Whilst training as a therapist I worked for mental health charities and in drug and alcohol recovery settings. I now work in private practice with a broad range of general adult presentations: anxiety, depression, cancer, trauma and health problems, including health problems not responding to medical interventions. I have a background in the arts and theatre.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Trauma Therapy
- Integrative psychotherapy
- Spiritual & Transpersonal Counselling
- Illness, including illness not responding to medical interventions
- Energy Psychology
- Energy Psychotherapy
- Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT)
- Tapping
- Intention work, guided visualisations and mantras
- Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
Therapies offered
Fees
£100.00 - £125.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£100 / session: Online
£110 / session in-person, Surbiton KT6 4QH (includes room-hire)
£120 / session: In-person, London SW19 or SE1 (includes room-hire)
Couples: £120 / session online or in-person
Concessions for students, OAPS and those on Personal Independent Payment (PIP)
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