About me
People generally seek support for one of two reasons. First, because a life-event such as job-loss, divorce, bereavement or abortion is causing significant distress. Or second, a long-established psychological pattern (such as anger, always being 'fine', anxiety, low-mood or self-esteem) is impacting life. It could be both.
Being heard by someone who can understand you is a big part of therapy. In my 52 years, I am lucky to have led a full life with its ups and downs, successes and failures - life experience that lends itself to hearing you. Another core aim of my work is to help you develop the self-understanding to address the challenges bringing you to therapy.
Should you choose to work with me, we will probably look at some of the following and see where it takes us:
- What do you want to change and what does that entail?
- How do you understand, make sense of, and give meaning to events that are impacting you?
- Where might acceptance help you and what do you struggle to accept
- What relational patterns have developed in your life and how might they be helping or hindering you?
Therapy can be challenging, and emotional risks are part of the process. My role is to work alongside you with honesty, care and attention to whatever challenges and risks you face. My clients tell me that it can be uncomfortable - they also say they're glad they did it.
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.
Free Introductory Session
I offer a free 50-minute introductory session online, so you can speak about what brings you here, I can introduce myself and how I work, and you can get a feel for how we fit. So by the time of your first paid session, we will 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.
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.
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Fees
£75.00 - £120.00
Additional information
Feel free to bring any questions about fees to your introductory session.
