About me
I'm an existential psychotherapist, UKCP (Accred), MBACP (Reg). My practice consists of individual work and facilitation of psychotherapy groups, both long-term.
Please note that I work solely online.
I trained within the existential-phenomenological tradition, at the heart of which is examining our capacities for self-determination, and our potential to make meaningful changes in our lives. When I first read Sartre's words; "everything has been figured out, except how to live", something in me awoke to the huge, but curiously simple task, that we as humans face. How can we figure out how to truly live in a way that not just makes sense, but feels possible to us? If you have a sense that you're somehow getting in your own way, I'm committed to investigating that with you.
I am direct but not directive in my approach. I am challenging, but human-hearted and humorous. I will work with you collaboratively, at your own pace, with the primary aim of assisting you to have a clearer understanding of your experience. I'm interested in how I might guide you to discover new perspectives, develop greater resilience, and cultivate an authentic understanding of what it means and feels like to be you.
I offer free a 30 minute consultation via Zoom. To book a consultation, please get in touch. It would be great if you could send a brief outline of what you're looking for, whether you'd prefer online or in-person, and we can go from there. The consultation is an opportunity to discuss how I might be able to support you and whether my availability aligns with your desired session times.
For more information about groups, please see below.
Training, qualifications & experience
UKCP accredited, full clinical member, BACP registered member, SEA UK member
PGCEP in Existential Psychotherapy & Counselling – Regent's University London
MA in Existential Psychotherapy & Counselling – Regent’s University London
Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy & Counselling – Regent’s University London
Higher Education Certificate in Psychotherapy & Counselling – Regent’s University London
NHS Trust Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy – Tavistock & Portman Trust
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
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please note that my concessions pertain to online sessions and not in-person.
When I work
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Further information
GROUP THERAPY
I have worked in groups for many years and wholeheartedly believe in the efficacy of group psychotherapy. What I see in the group setting is a uniquely profound process. In working more explicitly in relation to others, I've witnessed clients arrive at significant insight about themselves, in a way that might not have been possible for them in individual work. The group environment is fundamentally collaborative, and it puts us in touch with ourselves through our experience of others.
My perspective on the fundamental benefit of group psychotherapy is articulated by Irvin Yalom: "People need people - for initial and continued survival, for socialisation, for the pursuit of satisfaction. No one - not the dying, not the outcast, not the mighty - transcends the need for human contact.”
I understand that the idea of group psychotherapy may seem intimidating and unusual, and so will gladly talk you through the process in more detail, if you find yourself curious about it. There are of course instances where group may not be suitable, but this really dependent on the individual.
