About me
Sometimes people come to therapy because they have begun to notice that the same things keep happening.
Perhaps you repeatedly feel responsible for other people, struggle to say no, fear rejection or conflict, or find yourself occupying the same role in different relationships. Family relationships from years ago may still have a surprisingly powerful effect on you now.
I’m a psychodynamic therapist with 20 years’ experience and I’m particularly interested in family and relationship dynamics.
We all learn ways of managing the families in which we grow up. We learn what is expected of us, which feelings are acceptable, how to get attention or avoid it, and what we need to do to feel loved or safe. Those ways of relating can follow us into adult life long after we need them.
My way of working is straightforward and engaged. I listen carefully, ask questions and sometimes challenge or draw attention to something I think is worth our thinking about. I’m also interested in what happens between us, because the therapeutic relationship itself can help us understand relationships elsewhere.
I particularly enjoy longer-term, open-ended work with people who want to understand themselves in some depth. You don’t have to make a long-term commitment when you first contact me; we can begin and see where the work takes us.
My experience also includes trauma, sexual abuse, addiction, bereavement, anxiety, depression, sexuality and identity.
I work with adults face-to-face in Hertfordshire and online.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling - 20 years post-qualifying experience.
- 17+ years spent working in the addiction field.
- Extensive work with relationship issues, (C)PTSD, stress, anxiety and depression, rape, sexual assault, and sexual problems. gender identity issues., mental health problems.
- Diploma in Adlerian Clinical Supervisor training.
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- £65 per face to face session.
- £65 per telephone session.
- £65 per Zoom session.
- £75 per 1 hour of Supervision
- £90 per 1.5 hours of Supervision
- £65 per 1 hour of Supervision for trainees
- £75 per 1.5 hours of Supervision for trainees
When I work
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I have varying availability. Please ask for further details.
Further information
Counselling sessions can be done in your home subject to a telephone conversation prior to sessions starting. The cost remains the same.
Telephone counselling is also an option (payments will be taken in advance). The fee remains the same.
Supervision sessions are £75 for one hour, £65 per hour for trainees, and £90 for one and a half hours, or £80 per one and a half hours of you're currently doing therapy training.
