About me
I work with anxiety, shame, depression and low mood, addiction, compulsive habits and relationship difficulties.
Naming these struggles is one thing. Living with them is another. They can be really hard. They can come to shape how you see yourself, relate to others, seep into your decision making and affect how you move through life.
In therapy, we begin to understand the patterns beneath these difficulties, how they developed and how something different can become possible. Some things may need to change, others may need greater acceptance, and part of the work is learning the difference. Over time, this can lead to greater clarity, self-understanding and more freedom in how you live your life.
My role is to work alongside you with honesty, care and attention. Therapy is not always easy, and emotional risks are often part of the process, but my aim is to create a space where you feel comfortable enough to be vulnerable.
Often, one of the hardest parts is the initial contact. If you feel ready to take that first step, reach out and we can talk about what you are looking for and how I work.
What to expect in Your First Session
I offer new clients a free 30-minute online consultation to introduce me to what brings you to therapy and give you a sense of who I am and how I work. So by the time we reach a first session, we will usually already have some sense of each other.
In the first session we will cover some of the same ground again, but in more depth and at your pace. There is no obligation to say more than you feel comfortable with, and when I ask questions there is no assumption that you should already have answers. Often, the questions themselves are important to sit with and reflect on over time.
I will often ask how you found the session at the end and you are welcome to answer honestly - whether it felt relieving, difficult, disappointing, encouraging or hard to say. And if you would rather not answer, that is fine too.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA in existential psychotherapy, a post-graduate diploma in integrative psychotherapy and a diploma in cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy. I run my private practice and have extensive experience working with addiction as a therapist in a mental health and addiction in-patient treatment centre in London.
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
£75.00 - £120.00
Additional information
Fees discussed on enquiry
