About me
I am a Couple, Family, Emotional Focussed and Systemic Psychotherapist, Dramatherapist, Clinical Supervisor and Yoga Teacher.
I offer individual, couple, family or group therapy for clients wanting to understand better and resolve areas of difficulty in their lives and their relationships. As a family therapist I include talking and creative methods.
I work with individuals and teams in my supervision practice which includes talking and creative activities.
After 28years of yoga practice I completed a yoga training in India in 2019 and a course in restorative yoga and am offering therapeutic yoga, within my therapy practice.
I work from home in West Norwood and on zoom.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered family and systemic psychotherapist, emotional focussed couples therapist, dramatherapist, clinical supervisor and yoga teacher. I have over 30 years experience of working in mental health services with clients with severe trauma histories and have also been working privately at home and in a variety of community settings and institutions.
I have had extensive personal therapy including, individual, couple, family and group work for my own trauma which informs my work.
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£100.00 - £150.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My prices are £100 for individual therapy or supervision and £150 per hour for couples and families wanting Emotional Focussed, Family and systemic psychotherapy. Individual sessions are usually 60 minutes and couple and Family first sessions last 90minutes and subsequent session times can be a shorter time.
I charge £75 for an individual yoga session and £20 per individual in a group session.
I run workshops and therapy groups.
I am also open to negotiation re concessionary rates.
When I work
I am available day times and some evenings.
Further information
I am happy to offer an initial free telephone consultation regarding an area of difficulty that a prospective client, couple or family wishes to address. I work with children and teenagers.
