About me
I am an integrative and neurosomatic psychotherapist, which is a mouthful of a way for saying that the way I approach therapy is to integrate several schools of thought in psychotherapy with an understanding of the human nervous system and how it directly impacts our experience.
I have been working as a therapist for several years and I was drawn to it from my own therapy which I started in my late 20s. I use my personal experience alongside my extensive training in working with people with trauma, depression, anxiety, addiction, chronic illnesses, isolation, identity crises, relationship problems, life transitions, belonging, meaning, and purpose.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and I am working towards senior accreditation. I adhere to the BACP’s ethical framework for good practice.
About therapy with me
The nervous system connects our brains, bodies, and environments—and somehow this complex set of inseparable interconnections gives rise to our minds.
Whatever’s on our mind therefore also presents itself in the body (and brain) in some form, whether as stress, tension, panic, pain, or illness, or indeed as a sense of contentment, ease, and wellbeing. Likewise, our interior life tends to reflect back at us in our external environment—in our relationships, home, work and so on.
I see these myriad interdependent connections as the many gateways onto the path of discovery and healing, and they’ll come clear in therapy as you and I begin to form our own relationship with each other.
As we do so, our relationship can become a kind of “live-laboratory” in which we identify and understand the patterns and processes of your mind and life – your habitual and unconscious ways of being, your default modes of thought, your body’s automatic responses – as they occur in therapy.
When you start therapy, much of this will probably be unconscious at first and simply “playing itself out” in your life in the ways in which you see yourself and relate to others, and in how you expect others and the world to relate to you.
When these unconscious patterns, processes and expectations are functioning well, there’s no problem to notice. On the other hand, if you’re experiencing a problem that you’re seeking therapy for, it's very often a consequence of some unconscious process which has become dysfunctional, maladaptive to your environment, and not in harmony with life as it really is. Something significant is out of whack and the pain, distress or stuckness you’re feeling is the body’s organic intelligence letting you know.
And since you can’t help but bring these default patterns, processes and expectations with you into our relationship (because this is what we all do with each other all the time, it simply is the human condition), they’ll play out in therapy too–which is a good thing.
The key difference between the therapy relationship and the others in your life is that in psychotherapy we slow right down and examine these patterns and processes as they’re occurring in real time.
That way, you can begin to understand the nature of your mind; the habits, default assumptions, expectations and standard ways of being that you’ve unconsciously adopted through your life without realising it and are most likely, albeit inadvertently, causing or contributing to the very distress and dysfunction you’re experiencing and coming to therapy for.
This is what I meant by calling the therapy relationship a “live-laboratory”, which maybe sounds a little too clinical so isn’t a perfect metaphor, but what I hope to convey is that much like a scientist undertaking experiments, gathering data, seeing what works and what doesn’t, refining and honing for better results, we might approach therapy together in the spirit of experimentation and exploration too, with the aim of you gaining more and more information about yourself, a deeper self-understanding, to see how and why you tend to do the things you do; to get a clearer picture of the causes and conditions of what isn’t working for you in your life now. And with this deeper self-understanding comes empathy, genuine love and acceptance for who you really are – at heart and in your authenticity – beneath the maladaptive patterning; and with that comes greater courage and agency to live your life not by default but in the ways you really want.
I offer one-to-one sessions in-person in East Dulwich/Peckham Rye and online.
Getting Started
If my approach appeals to you then please contact me to arrange an initial conversation to see if we’re a good fit for one another. This will usually be a 15–20-minute video call which is free of charge.
Training, qualifications & experience
2016-2017: 1 year Certificate in Psychotherapy & Counselling at Regent's University
2021-2023: 2 year PGDip in Neurosomatic Psychotherapy at NAOS Institute
2024-2025: 2 year PGDip in Advanced Clinical Practise in Psychotherapy & Counselling at The Minster Centre
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fee is between £75 and £90 (depending on location, and online vs in person) for a 50-minute session . I hold a small number of spaces at a reduced fee for people on low income or in financial difficulty. The availability for these spaces changes, so please ask for details.
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Further information
If it sounds like my approach appeals to you then please contact me to arrange an initial conversation to see if we’re a good fit for one another. This will usually be 15–20-minute zoom or phone call which is free of charge.
