This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am an experienced Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychotherapist, working with older children, young people and adults suffering from a range of complex emotional, relational and behavioural issues such as acute anxiety (panic attacks, ticks, dissociation), depression, suicide ideation, abuse, ADHD presentation and family issues.
I have worked within a CAMHS team in London, a Rape & Sexual Abuse Service and in schools, with young people. As well as my private practice in both London & Hereford, where I offer both face-to-face sessions as well as online, I run a specialised therapeutic service for schools working in challenging social areas.
I gained an MA in Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock & Portman Trust and continued my interest in working with acute complexities by studying at The Portman assessing and working with risk. In 2023 I completed core training with ISTDP London which is an accelerated form of dynamic psychotherapy. This active approach focuses on processing emotional blockages and changing maladaptive response patterns which are responsible for symptoms such as anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
I also run a practice near Victoria and have a designated child oriented practice in the Sidney Smith Buildings in Sloane Square.
My Areas of Specialism include:
- Academic Pressure/Exams
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Aggression
- Bereavement
- Bullying
- Depression
- Difficulty with social skills
- Divorce/parental conflict
- Excessive worry & rumination
- Feeling miserable/shame or embarrassment
- Low Self-esteem
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Physiological Symptoms of Anxiety
- PTSD & other Trauma responses
- Relationship, peer group and family issues (past and present)
- School refusal
- Self-harm
- Sexual Abuse
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA Child, Adolescent, Family Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust University of East London)
- Certificate in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health & Wellbeing (Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust University of East London)
- BA (Hons) Person-Centred Counselling (The Metanoia Institute Middlesex University)
- Advanced Certificate in Understanding Psychotherapy & Risk (The Portman Clinic)
- Practitioner Certificate in Working with Addictions & Eating Disorders (The Metanoia Institute Middlesex University)
- Dip, Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychotherapy & counselling supervision (Terapia)
- ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy) – Three year core training
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.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer both concessions for trainees and others - please enquire.
I offer a free initial 15 minutes meeting via phone or online
Further information
I work both online and in person in Central London and Hereford.
