About me
As a qualified and registered systemic psychotherapist, I am specifically trained to work with families and couples, as well as individuals.
You may want to explore conflict dynamics within your couple relationship or with your children. You may be stuck in unhelpful patterns that feel hard to step out of. You may want to strengthen communication and understanding of each other’s perspectives. I help couples, families, and individuals to begin to better understand these repetitive cycles or patterns of conflict they find themselves in, working to understand why this might be happening despite their best efforts. This creates space for the repair of any harm experienced to take place and for more helpful relational patterns to emerge between people.
I offer a safe and neutral environment for partners or family members to explore how attachment bonds, feelings, behaviours, and patterns are affecting relationships. Through curiosity, guided communication, and therapeutic techniques, couples and families will be supported to understand each other’s needs, express their emotions constructively, and strengthen relationships.
Alternatively, you might be struggling with low mood, feeling stuck with your present situation, or struggling with past events, ill health, trauma, or bereavement. I aim to seek to address difficulties you may be experiencing by exploring how past experiences, current dynamics, and external pressures shape current challenges and present feelings.
Whatever the issue, I offer a warm, compassionate, non-judgemental space where you will be validated and empowered to explore the issues important to you and those important to you.
I offer a relaxed space either in Forest Hill, Crystal Palace therapy rooms, or online.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have 29 years experience working with clients experiencing parenting issues, mental ill-health, substance dependence, and supporting families and couples in crisis situations. I began working in mental health in 1998, and since 2000, have worked in a range of settings as a therapeutic social worker with children and families. Since 2008, I have been working with couples and families as a systemic practitioner, psychotherapist, and supervisor. I offer couples, family, and individual therapy as well as clinical supervision.
Alongside using varied systemic family therapy models, I have additional training in Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Emotion Focused Family Therapy, Internal Family Systems (Level 1 and 2- IFIO- for couples), Attachment Based FT, Mindfulness, Non-Violent Resistance, and Motivational Interviewing
Professional Qualifications
- Certificate in Family and Systemic Supervision, Consultation and Training (Tavistock and Portman)
- MSc in Family Therapy (King's College London)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Working Systemically with Couples and Families
- Post Graduate Certificate in Working Systemically with Couples and Families
- MA in Social Work ( University of Liverpool)
Professional Membership
- AFT, UKCP, ICEEFT, registered
- SW England Registered
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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).
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Fees
£100.00 - £150.00
