This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am an experienced psychotherapist and a doctoral researcher in psychoanalytic and psychosocial studies working with adults with many issues such as anxiety, depression, bereavement, ADHD, PTSD, trauma, low self-esteem, family issues, low self-confidence, Autism, stress, feeling sad, addiction, anger management, emotional abuse, health anxiety, panic attacks, separation and divorce, dissociation, neurodiversity and difficult childhood experiences. Sometimes, you might feel dissatisfied or stuck in your life without understanding why. During these moments, psychotherapy can provide valuable support.
I am a psychoanalytically oriented psychodynamic psychotherapist, which means I will explore with you how experiences and early relationships may impact how you live in the present and how you form relationships around you and make choices. Therapy is a journey of exploring yourself collaboratively to reach a deeper understanding of yourself. It is a process over time and can help to bring about lasting changes in your life and enable you to live more fully, with more acceptance and more freedom. From time to time, we question our feelings, behaviours, relationships, and intentions in life. I offer an intimate space for speaking and listening, where these conflicting questions can be safely discovered.
In the last decade, my work focused on anxiety, depression, fear, loss of creativity and the general sense of not having reached one's true self. I specialize in areas relating to the body and space, including sexual problems, fertility, disability, somatic issues, changes in the body, eating disorders, identity, racism and culture.
Psychodynamic therapy is a powerful tool for investigating the impacts of our past and present. I offer a dedicated space for you to explore the interweaving threads of your life, from past troubles to present events; this work is rarely linear. We're working to deeply understand the habits, patterns and emotions that feel constraining. As a result, you may encounter issues you believe you have resolved and discover new questions each time you delve deeper. It's a space where you can truly discover yourself and the potential for transformation that lies within you.
I work from a culturally sensitive perspective and have a particular interest in helping people navigate issues of biculturalism, immigration and oppressive social structures.
Psychotherapy
I offer time-limited and open-ended psychodynamic psychotherapy. We meet once or more weekly in an open-ended work, while time-limited psychotherapy can last for 8 or 12 weeks. It can benefit many people by developing new ways of thinking, improving mood, reducing stress and worry, and providing support when facing life challenges. It can help identify thinking and belief patterns linked to emotional distress and concerning behaviour.
Coaching
I provide neurodiversity coaching, which focuses on developing skills and strategies based on your strengths. This typically lasts between 6 and 12 sessions, during which we identify the focus of our work together. If you're interested in coaching, please get in touch with me to arrange a phone call, as the fees and structure differ from my clinical service.
My fee for clinical services is £95 a session. However, I am open to offering a sliding-scale fee structure. This means that if you are in a situation where you cannot afford the full fee, we can discuss a reduced rate based on your financial circumstances. Please don't hesitate to ask about this. Part of the reason I set a high standard fee is to offset seeing some patients at a very significantly reduced rate. I am especially open to sliding my fee for BPOC, folks on low income and key workers.
This is a safe space for queer/trans folks and activists in the social and political sphere.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered member of The Relational School and a registered member (MBACP) of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Academic background
- PhD University of Essex
- MSc University of London
- BA Birkbeck
Clinical affiliations
- Tavistock Relationship
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS South East London
I have a professional background in social care and mental health. In the last decade, I have worked in community mental health settings, higher education, and primary and secondary care, specialising in complex mental health, neurodiversity, and autism. My clinical experience includes NHS and TR alongside clinical collectives and community care centres.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 - £95.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please contact me to discuss the fee structure.
When I work
I offer short-term and open-ended psychotherapy.
Further information
I am currently primarily working online via telephone and video.
