About me
What is bringing you here today? Something unresolved from the past? Struggles with relationships or connecting to others? Unhelpful patterns of thoughts, feelings, behaviours that limit you? Feeling stuck in life or a sense of not belonging? I can help and offer therapy tailored to suit you. I will work with an approach that makes sense to you and is compatible with your values.
Working in relationship together I will encourage you to explore issues, concerns and difficult feelings in a safe, non-judgemental space. In a way, the therapy space can be experienced as a microcosm of the outside world and used to understand how we are in the world and whether that feels ok for us or not. Particularly, it is an opportunity to explore how we might like to be and how that would feel. For me, it is the relational aspect that gets to the heart of the matter.
Making the decision to come to therapy is not always an easy one and demonstrates a willingness and desire for change. In return, my commitment is to support and facilitate you on this journey to the best of my ability.
I am a qualified therapist based in North London having undertaken an integrative training in psychodynamic & humanistic counselling. However, I firmly believe that change comes from within and models and techniques can only be used as a guide in helping us to understand our inner worlds.
I have worked with a wide range of people dealing with many different issues from anxiety, depression and relationships to bereavement and trauma. Although the presenting issues and symptoms may be similar, each individual is unique and it is through working in relationship that awareness, change and resolution is made possible.
I am BACP registered and abide by their ethical framework.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified counsellor with a Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling from CPPD Counselling School in London.
Before embarking on a career in counselling and psychotherapy, I was involved in project and financial analysis for large organisations and have an understanding and awareness of the pressures and stresses on individuals' lives in the business world.
I have travelled extensively, enjoy the natural world, and value stillness and movement to restore inner balance and harmony.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a free-of-charge introductory telephone conversation (15 minutes)
Concessions may be available depending on circumstances
Further information
I am located within 10 minutes of Finsbury Park station, where there are a number of transport options.
