About me
I am a trauma-informed Psychodynamic Counsellor & Psychotherapist based in Camden, London. I have a MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy and work with individual adult clients both in-person and online, typically meeting once weekly for open-ended or time limited therapy.
Taking the first steps into therapy can feel daunting - particularly at a time when you might be struggling to make sense of difficult thoughts and feelings and perhaps wondering why you seem to repeat unhealthy patterns. So it’s important to take the time to find a therapist who feels right for you and with whom you can hope to build a relationship of trust.
As a psychodynamic practitioner, I am interested in how your past relationships and experiences connect with and shape how you relate to yourself and others in the present. Working non-judgmentally and in a confidential and reflective space, my role is to help you make sense of how you function psychologically. I will work with you to help you gain new perspectives: to change how we do things, we need to try and understand why we do them. Gaining an insight into how our past may have shaped us helps us better understand the deep-seated patterns by which we – often unconsciously – live our lives. When we begin to reframe our experiences, there is hope for greater self-awareness and emotionally healthier ways of being and relating.
What Issues Can I Help You With?
I have experience of working with a wide range of issues. Some of the issues I can help you with include:
- Low self-esteem/self-worth
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Attachment
- Early childhood trauma
- Complex trauma
- Suicidal thoughts and self-harm
- Academic and workplace stress
- Bereavement/loss
- Fears of being trapped in 'unhealthy' patterns
- Feelings of being 'stuck'
- Coping with life transitions, such as: moving home, a new job, the end of a relationship.
What happens next?
I welcome you to contact me and I will aim to respond within 48 hours of your enquiry (please do check junk mail). If I have current availability, I will suggest a time for an initial phone or online consultation. Speaking in advance gives you an opportunity to briefly outline your difficulties and ask any immediate questions you may have. This is a two-way process for both you and I to consider if we might be able to work together.
Towards the end of the consultation, we will discuss the possibility of arranging a one hour consultation session, which will take place either in-person or online. Any further sessions will last 50 minutes and would be scheduled on a weekly basis (same day and same time).
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Qualifications:
- MSc (Distinction), Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy, Birkbeck, University of London.
- Post Graduate Diploma, Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy, Birkbeck, University of London.
- Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling and Counselling Skills, Birkbeck, University of London.
- BA (Hons), University of Warwick
Experience:
Alongside my Private Practice I am also an Honorary Therapist at the Tavistock & Portman (NHS) in London and a Psychological Therapist at the University of Warwick.
Past experience includes student counselling at Birkbeck College (University of London) and the University of Birmingham. I have also volunteered at a central Birmingham charity offering free and low-cost counselling within the community.
Background:
Before training to be a psychotherapist, I worked for many years in London in the broadcast industry and therefore have extensive experience of working in corporate and creative environments.
I volunteered for a number of years - before and during my training - with the Central London Samaritans, where I provided support via phone, face-to-face, text and email. I also had the opportunity to engage in outreach work, which included presenting mental health talks to secondary-school pupils across London.
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
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.
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
£90.00 per session
Additional information
15 minute telephone/online consultation: Free
Initial one-hour consultation session - £95 per session
Ongoing 50-minute sessions: £90 per session.
Fees for online and in-person sessions are the same.
When I work
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I have availability for in-person sessions in my consulting room in Camden on Tuesday afternoons from the end of June 2026.
I have availability for online (Zoom) sessions on Thursdays and Fridays.
Further information
Please note, my consulting rooms are currently in buildings with stair access only.
