About me
I am a qualified and experienced psychotherapist and counsellor based in Tottenham, North London. I have worked extensively with people facing issues such as depression, anxiety, OCD, bereavement, trauma, addiction, relationship problems, low self-confidence, self-injury, sexual abuse, sexual difficulties, living with neurodiversity and work concerns. I provide a confidential space for both individuals and couples to address their suffering, in person or online. In addition to my private practice, I work part-time for an NHS service that offers long-term psychotherapy to people who self-harm.
Many of the people who come to see me are struggling with the consequences of painful childhood experiences, such as growing up with a family member who was emotionally dysregulated or had addiction issues. I have worked extensively with members of the LGBTQI+ community. I have good knowledge and understanding when it comes to working with people who have been bereaved in a particularly traumatic way, such as through suicide or a sudden accident.
My therapeutic approach is psychoanalytic (also known as psychodynamic). This aims to help people identify unhelpful patterns of thinking or behaving that are outside of their awareness and that may be contributing to their current difficulties. For example, an issue with a partner, friend or colleague may be causing you to suffer partly because it evokes a painful past experience with which you have yet to come to terms. An important part of coming to terms with a past event is expressing the feelings we had about it at the time, for instance by telling a therapist about them.
I am registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), one of the main regulatory bodies for therapists in the UK, and follow their ethical framework. I am also a Senior Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, meaning that I have achieved a recognised standard of professional excellence and ethical practice.
I am a member of Pink Therapy, which is dedicated to working with clients in a way that respects gender and sexual diversity. Many of the people I have worked with are autistic or have a diagnosis of ADHD/ADD and my practice does not pathologise those whose neurotype differs from the predominant neurotype.
I am registered as a counsellor with health insurance providers Aetna Global Benefits, Aviva, Axa, Bupa, Healix and Vitality Health.
I work in English or French and see clients once, twice or three times a week.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Guild of Psychotherapists
Member of the Guild of Psychotherapists
Diploma in therapeutic counselling, Mary Ward Centre
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £100.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I charge £60-80 per session for individuals depending on income, £80-100 per session for couples. Some concessions are available for people on a low income, please ask for details.
Further information
What happens in a first session?
Because of the way I work, it is important for me to get a good understanding of a person’s life history, including significant early experiences, and of how the difficulty that brought them to therapy first arose. So, in a first session it is likely that I would ask you a lot of questions about yourself and your past. I also need to do this to establish the nature of the difficulty that you are facing and whether I think I am a good fit for your needs. You are always welcome to say if there are any questions you would rather not answer. I charge for all sessions, including introductory ones.
Of course, a first session would also be an opportunity for you to ask me any questions about how I work or any other aspects of the therapy about which you may be unsure. In this session we would also agree on the parameters of our work together.
