About me
I am a warm and approachable BACP-registered psychotherapist, offering affordable sessions in Hackney, East London and online.
I know how nerve-racking it can be to seek help. But I've also experienced relief that comes from finally feeling listened to and understood. "Healing through meeting" is my mantra.
Whatever you're going through, I'm committed to meeting you with acceptance, openness, creativity and dignity. Together we can explore what it is like to be you, and discover lasting ways of living better.
I work with a diverse range of clients but my lived experience has given me particular insight into the challenges faced by men, as well as LGBTQ+ issues. Isolation, relationship problems, low self-worth, phone addiction, porn/sex obsession and AI anxiety are frequent themes.
I'm not a big one for psychological jargon, or explaining to clients why they are the way they are. I believe you are the expert on your own experience - my role is to help you clarify your feelings and take a stand on how to respond. I believe that therapy can help people take responsibility for their own existence and live their lives with courage, resilience and wholeheartedness.
I have experience working with issues including:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Work- and study-related stress
- Relationship problems
- Family dynamics
- Low self-esteem/impostor syndrome
- Life changes: job loss, separation, bereavement
- Ageing/mortality
- Lack of meaning/purpose
- Ethical quandaries
- LGBTQ+ issues
- Men's issues
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) anxiety
- The day-to-day challenges of being alive in the 2020s.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained on the MA programme in Psychotherapy and Counselling (Existential Pathway) at Regent's University in London, graduating with a distinction. I have experience working with students and young people through Imperial College's Student Counselling and Mental Health Service, as well as extensive experience with LGBTQ+ clients at Elop, the UK's largest queer counselling service.
Before retraining as a therapist I worked for 15+ years as a journalist, holding senior roles at several national newspapers. This grounding in curiosity, clarity and directness continues to shape my therapy work.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their ethical framework.
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
Additional information
- If you would like to chat about whether therapy might work for you, I offer free, no-obligation 30-minute introductory sessions. These can be over the phone, on Zoom or in person.
- I try to keep my fees affordable at £70 per session. If this is still beyond your budget, please inquire about concession rates.
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