About me
Hi there. I am a humanistic, attachment-based therapist. I work with individuals, couples needing relationship counselling and with sexual compulsivity and porn addiction.
Often, we become aware of difficulties in our lives through our relationships. You might find yourself frequently arguing with an intimate partner, feeling disconnected from colleagues, struggling in social situations, or people-pleasing at your own expense. These patterns are often rooted in our earliest relationships.
One relationship that is frequently overlooked is the one we have with ourself. When life becomes overwhelming, through difficult circumstances, busy schedules or competing demands, we can start to feel stuck, disconnected, or hopeless. These feelings are often described as anxiety, depression, a lack of meaning or mid-life crises.
Therapy offers a space to reconnect with who you are, or to discover that more fully. This involves engaging with yourself at a deeper level and nurturing your creativity. In sessions, this might include working with images, exploring dreams and fantasies, or using meditation and guided imagery to realise unconscious parts of yourself.
I work with anyone who is interested in understanding themselves better. I also have some areas in which I specialise:
Couples and relationship counselling
Conflict is the primary reason couples seek help. Conflict is natural in any relationship but sometimes it can feel like differences are so entrenched you question whether you can stay together. Alternatively you feel you know each other so well life together has become boring or you’ve lost the spark you once had. In relationship therapy it is important that both partners are heard, and that you hear each other, however difficult this can be. Once you feel more able to listen to each other we focus on getting you back in touch, improving communication, rebuilding trust and rediscovering the joy of being together. Sometimes couples have already decided to separate and come to therapy to do so intelligently. Relationship therapy is not only for those in romantic relationships.
Sexual Compulsivity and Porn Addiction
Has sex become a problem rather than a joy for you? Has using porn gone from an occasional enjoyment to problematic behaviour and resulted in Erectile Dysfunction? Are you seeing sex workers more than you ever wanted to? Are you getting involved in increasingly risky activities at Chemsex parties? Do your fantasies sometimes scare you? What starts out as an exciting exploration of your sexuality can end up being an unwanted compulsion.
Procrastination / Brain fog / Disassociation
Have you sat at your desk all day, seemingly working, but knowing that you haven’t achieved what you set out to? Some people describe this as being in a fog, procrastinating or daydreaming the hours away, only to be left with a sense of guilt and a lack of purpose. You then try to get a week’s work done in a few hours, telling yourself that you work best under pressure.
‘Pulling yourself together’ rarely works. Your motivation has disappeared for a reason. Investigating it means building a relationship with your inner self, giving attention to those aspects of yourself that you have devalued, forgotten about, or rejected. Maybe you’ve found it easier to deny that there is a deeper, more meaningful part of you, or perhaps you’ve forgotten how to play.
Mature Adults
Older adults in their 60s and retirees in their 70s, 80s and 90s can feel the world is passing them by. You can feel invisible, like you know longer count. Changes in the world and how people behave toward each other, as well as changes to your body and physical ability can make society feel alien. Many people find themselves on their own, facing life decisions without the input of loved ones, experiencing grief and loneliness, not wanting to be a burden but needing connection.
It doesn’t have to be this way. No matter how many candles you have on your cake, later life can be enjoyable and rewarding. Therapy can help you to work out how to make it so.
Get in touch for an initial 20 minute online chat where I can answer any question you may have.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked in the NHS, at an alcohol therapy service, homeless hostels, and with charities helping sex workers, rough sleepers and drug addicts. I have ran therapeutic and personal development groups for staff working with vulnerable adults and conducted Mental Health Assessments. In my current private practice I work with individuals and couples.
I have a Diploma in Integrative Counselling, a Certificate in Working with Couples, a Foundation in Group Analysis and a Diploma in Sex Addiction and Sexual Compulsivity. I am currently studying for a Diploma in Jungian Analytic Psychology.
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Fees
£85.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£100 couples/relationship therapy
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Further information
Get in contact for an initial chat
