About me
I offer individual and couples counselling, and psychosexual therapy, in Crystal Palace (SE19) and online. I have over 20 years of experience as a counsellor to support you with a range of issues including:
- Relationship difficulties
- Anxiety and depression
- Sexual difficulties
- Navigating crises
- Feeling stuck or overwhelmed
- LGBTQ+ and cultural /sexuality and sexual identities
- Challenges arising from neurodiversity (including ADHD, autism and dyslexia)
My approach is integrative and tailored to each person or couple I work with. I draw on evidence-based therapeutic models and trauma-informed practice, including EMDR, to help you understand patterns, heal emotional wounds, and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships with yourself and others.
Reaching out for support can feel like a big step. I offer a supportive and collaborative space to help you find clarity and move toward meaningful change. My role is to offer a warm, caring, and non-judgemental space where you can explore what’s happening beneath the surface, whether that’s difficulties with communication, desire, intimacy, identity, trust, or the impact of past experiences.
Individual Counselling
If you are struggling with day-to-day life, feeling stuck, unable to make decisions, tearful, angry, resentful, lonely, or struggling with your relationship with yourself and others, I can help you through your journey by being there to offer you support, insight, and clarity.
My role as a counsellor is to support you through this challenging time and help you utilise your internal abilities to implement change that leads to a more satisfying life. I will not offer advice but will commit to walking alongside you without judgment, as I believe every individual has the potential to achieve a satisfying life.
Psychosexual therapy and couples counselling
Are you happy with the sex you are having? Are you and your partner having satisfying sex? Are you struggling with your sexuality? Are you experiencing low libido, low sexual desire, inability to achieve an orgasm, difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection, inability to control ejaculation or experiencing delayed ejaculation
It is often difficult to know how to resolve difficulties around sex, sexuality and relationships. As a psychosexual and relationship therapist I will support and help you explore sexual and relationship issues in a safe environment. I believe human beings are all sexual beings regardless of their age or sexuality. I offer a claim space for individuals and couples to explore their sexual problems without being judged.
Cognitive Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT for couples for Depression)
This is an evidence-based approach that exists to help depressed individuals in committed relationships learn to cope with their depression as a team with their partner. Additionally, couples are helped to have the most positive, healthiest relationship possible.
- Partners of depressed individuals often want to help, but don't know how. This treatment helps both members of the couple better understand depression and how to support one another in this process.
- This treatment teaches a variety of practical techniques to help couples combat depression as a team. Some of the techniques used are similar to what is used in individual therapy, but in this treatment partners learn how to help the individual overcome depression.
- Depression can sometimes make having a healthy relationship more difficult; if you have been experiencing relationship concerns, those are addressed as well.
- Finally, research suggests that this treatment works as well as, and sometimes better than, individual treatment for depression. Additionally, this treatment can enhance and strengthen relationships.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training, qualifications & experience
- EMDR Therapist
- Group Facilitation
- Postgraduate certification in (BCT) working with couples with depression
- Post Graduate Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Counselling.
- Relate Psychosexual Therapy certificate
- Relate Adult Relationship certificate (couple work)
- BA Degree in Integrative Counselling.
- Foundation Degree in Psychology and Integrative Counselling.
- Certificate in Social Work.
I have worked in various sectors including private, charity and primary care settings, including Relate, Mind and Kings College Hospital. I have experience with a wide range of individuals and couples on a variety of issues. I also work as a disability consultant with people with learning disabilities. I developed a passion for helping whilst working with people with learning disabilities within the NHS. I became aware that every human being is unique with individual abilities and the potential to achieve their goals given resources, time and acceptance.
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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.
COSRT is the UK’s leading membership organisation for therapists specialising in sexual and relationship issues.
All members must abide by their Code of Ethics and the performance of accredited members is regularly monitored.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also offer:
- Sexual information workshops for people with learning disability.
- Multicultural and intermarriage couple group work.
- Learning disability couple therapy
- Aging and sex
- Working and living away from home (immigrating/adapting)
- First date preparation
- behaviour couple therapy
- women group normal a six week program talking about sex
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees start from £80 for a 50 minute individual session and I am able to offer lower fees for those on low incomes and students.
Couples fees start from £ 100 for a 60 minute session.
I offer longer or shorter sessions on request (75m, 90m, 30m)
I also offer Intense therapy for couples 90min twice a day with a break between sessions.
When I work
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Further information
I practice from within walking distance of Crystal Palace station. Regular buses to within 2 minutes walk from my practice are: 249, 468, 196, 450, SL6, N68. Free parking is available.
Phone calls are welcome as it is useful to speak in any event before meeting for the first time. I will only offer an assessment session if the space is available and we both feel we can work together. The assessment session is where you explore your needs and whether I am the right person to be working with.
I also offer counselling in Swahili and Kikuyu
