About me
Psychotherapy in East London & online.
Welcome. I’m a UKCP-registered psychotherapist and MBACP-accredited counsellor. I work with adults who may be struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, shame, low self-esteem, or a sense of disconnection; from themselves, from others, or from their cultural background and sense of belonging.
I also work with people navigating significant life transitions and changes in identity, relationships and family life. This may include experiences around pregnancy and birth, miscarriage, parenting, menopause, as well as other periods of change, loss or uncertainty. Such experiences can affect how we experience ourselves, our relationships and our place in the world, sometimes bringing to the surface feelings, conflicts or patterns that have previously been less visible.
Often what brings us to therapy is difficult to name. You may feel that something is missing, that you keep repeating the same patterns, or that you have lost a sense of direction or connection. You may be functioning on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, lonely, stuck or disconnected inside.
I offer a 20-minute introductory call so that we can discuss what is bringing you to therapy, what you are looking for, and how I might be able to support you. It is also an opportunity for you to get a sense of whether working together might feel right for you.
As a psychotherapist, part of my focus is on the ways our early relationships, families, cultures and wider social worlds shape how we understand ourselves and relate to others. This includes how these experiences can continue to shape our lives in the present, as well as how our current contexts may be affecting our wellbeing
My practice is informed by an intersectional and transcultural perspective, and I work with people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
I understand our experiences as shaped by more than our individual histories. Culture, identity, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, experience of disability, and migration are inseparable from the social and cultural contexts in which we live and from how our lives unfold within them.
Shaped by personal experience of migration and living between cultures, this approach seeks to make space for the many cultural selves we may carry, and for what it can mean to live between cultures, worlds and ways of belonging.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified, registered and accredited psychotherapist. I am qualified at Master’s Degree level and hold both UKCP Registration and MBACP Accreditation.
- Certificate in Clinical Supervision with an Intersectional Lens - TA East Institute,
- ITAA Advanced Diploma in TA Psychotherapy (Level 7)
- UKATA Diploma in TA Counselling & Psychotherapy (Level 6)
- The Adam Mickiewicz University; Life Sciences (Master’s Degree)
Memberships:
- BACP (Registered Accredited Member)
- UKCP (Registered Psychotherapist)
- UKATA
- EATA
- ITAA
Fully insured
Data Protection Registered
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.
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 online sessions.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £100.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
From £70 upwards, fees for sessions at the end of day are higher. Sessions last 50 minutes.
When I work
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Further information
I structure my work by ideas from Transactional Analysis (TA). TA therapy draws on the belief that we all have natural tendency towards growth and wellness. Yet, old patterns of relating, feeling and thinking, as well as layers of emotional defences can create blocks interrupting the natural cycle of wellness. The role of psychotherapist is to create the right conditions to remove those blocks.
TA offers a framework within which we can explore how we have been shaped by our experiences. As we come into this world, we gradually learn how to be and act in ways that allow us to best meet our needs and stay safe. Often we continue to replay the old strategies in grown up life. However, the strategies, that were once useful, can become self-defeating, painful, or problematic.
If we work together, I will offer curious and compassionate perspective and will help you put your experience into a wider context. This, I hope, will enable you to gain fresh insight in yourself. Insight in yourself makes choice possible. By becoming aware of your patterns of being in this world, and past adaptations or defences, you can decide to change them and release that which no longer serves you.
At the core of my practice is a philosophy of inclusiveness, through embracing the difference and acknowledging the importance of identity and belonging. I celebrate the diversity of human experience. I honour your journey.
