About me
I am an Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapist registered with the BACP, working in the NHS and in private practice.
I offer a warm and non-judgemental space where you can speak freely about what is causing you pain and where you are listened to carefully with no preconceptions.
Why Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a form of talking therapy with a long tradition and designed to help people with a wide range of difficulties. You may turn to psychotherapy because you do not enjoy or live life the way you would like to. There might be certain thoughts, behaviours or feelings that weigh you down or that you do not understand. You may struggle connecting to the people around you or doing the things that bring you joy without knowing why. Or there might have been unexpected changes or losses in your life that have left you grieving.
Psychotherapy offers a confidential and non-judgemental space where you can talk about these thoughts, feelings and difficult events. The problems that bring you to therapy are not treated in isolation. Instead, we explore them in view of your personal and cultural history. Seen in the wider context of your life, symptoms like anxiety or low mood can often be traced back to past conflicts, questions or memories that have been forgotten or pushed out of mind. Addressing what lies behind the problems allows you a better understanding of yourself and your closest relationships and greater freedom moving forward.
As social beings, we are attuned to explicit and implicit assumptions about what is right or fair, what is important or desirable (for example, at home, at school or at work). Consciously and unconsciously, we are shaped by these rules. This impacts how we see ourselves, how we spend our time and who we love or reject. Psychotherapy questions what is usually taken as given. It pays attention to what might be deemed irrelevant or unimportant elsewhere. This is why, unlike other forms of therapy, psychotherapy has no predefined goals. In psychotherapy, you might gain new perspectives as to what is most important to you and why. This can lead to new discoveries, new ways of relating to others and new ways of being in the world that are not imposed by others but are uniquely yours.
About me
I am a Psychotherapist registered with the BACP, working with adults in the NHS and in private practice. I have worked with clients seeking help for a wide range of problems, related to low or fluctuating mood, compulsive behaviours, traumatic memories, sexual or gender identity and more. It is important to me to always offer a warm and non-judgemental space where you can speak freely about what is causing you pain and where you are listened to carefully with no preconceptions.
I hold an MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy from Birkbeck, University of London, and an MSc in Psychology and an MA in History of Art from the University of Bamberg, Germany. Psychotherapy and art are for me both ways to process and respond to the world around us, especially experiences that are initially harder to make sense of.
I have a particular interest in psychoanalysis, especially the works of the French Psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, and in the way language shapes our unconscious. I am interested in how words that have intrigued, hurt or captivated us in childhood can play a special role throughout adulthood, often without us noticing, or how a multilingual person might discover that their languages bring different nuances to the way they feel and think about their life. I believe that the role that language plays in our life is what makes talking therapy work.
I offer sessions in English or in German.
First steps
Once you get in touch with me, I will offer an initial phone call free of charge as an opportunity to discuss any questions that you might have and to talk about and to talk about what you can expect from starting therapy. We will also discuss the session fee and time.
My fees are £50 for the first consultation and £70 for the following sessions. I reserve some midday slots at a reduced price of £50.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- MSc Psychology
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
I reserve a number of slots at a reduced concession fee.
When I work
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