About me
When we fall into 'psychological distress' and overwhelm there can be a myriad of reasons why. My specialism is working with adults who identify some of their issues as coming from one of life's most essential questions: who am I?
I began my journey as an integrative therapist during covid lockdowns after a long career in the film and television industry.
I use a client first and often challenging approach. I tend to prefer to focus on clients feelings in the "here and now”, but I regularly work across other forms of therapy including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural therapy and coaching methods.
Therapy is 'exploration'. The process can be like an archeological dig. Uncovering truth and meaning can be difficult, but my job is to guide you to do it safely and at the pace which is right for you. During this process we tend to oscillate between issues experienced both at surface level, and at depth, and we will either move backwards towards past issued or forwards towards a more goal orientated future.
Either way, my aim is to create long lasting change and growth.
Besides identity issues, I have experience working with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, addiction, neurodiversity, issues related to workplace stress, relationship problems, life transitions and attitudes to food (binge or comfort eating). I have also experience with relatives of survivors of abuse, and guilt and shame associated with these.
My approach is foregrounded by kindness, to yourself and each other. I bring together elements of body based (somatic) psychotherapy , psychodynamic therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). I will ground this in neuroscience, mindfulness and art work.
I offer in person sessions in Forest Hill, Lewisham and Balham from Monday to Friday. I also offer online sessions, conducted via Google Meet.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am accredited by the British Association of Counselling Professionals and a member of the International Coaching Federation. I have a PGDip from the University of East London, Integrative Counselling and Coaching.
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
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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Further information
Types of therapy
Behavioural, CBT, Emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Narrative therapy, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Solution focused brief therapy
