About me
Therapy offers a way to explore whatever has become difficult to understand, bear, or change on your own. You may be struggling with a loss, a relationship, work, or difficulties relating to sexuality, love or desire. You might find yourself caught between what others want or expect from you and what you want for yourself.
Sometimes the difficulty is harder to name. You may be highly capable, but still feel anxious, depressed, stuck, or unfulfilled. Therapy can give you time to understand what’s really going on.
A psychoanalytic approach doesn’t assume that what you’re going through is self-explanatory or reducible to an off-the-shelf solution. It recognises that our difficulties are bound up with our lived experience, and with unconscious desires, conflicts and prohibitions that can shape our lives without our fully realising it.
I offer a space where you can speak freely, including about thoughts, feelings, or desires that may be difficult to speak about elsewhere.
Together, we can explore what your difficulties mean in the context of your life, the relationships that have shaped you, what you care about, and what you want. Through this process, you may come to understand yourself and your suffering differently, and find new possibilities in how you want to live.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I hold an MA in Psychoanalysis & Contemporary Society, and an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. I am also a candidate on the clinical training programme at the Lacanian psychoanalytic institute the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research. I abide by the BACP and UKCP codes of ethics.
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
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
When I work
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Further information
How long does therapy last?
That’s up to you. Some people find a short period of sessions can help to address an immediate concern; others choose to explore the roots of their difficulties in a more open-ended way, potentially over several years.
What is the frequency of sessions?
Usually, we would start out meeting once a week. Later on, we may decide to increase or decrease the frequency of sessions, depending on what we think will best support the work.
How long does each session last?
Sessions last up to 50 minutes.
Where do sessions take place?
I offer sessions in person at my consulting room in Finsbury Park, or online via Zoom or Skype.
What is the next step?
If you would like to arrange a brief phone call to discuss the possibility of working together or to set up an initial consultation session, you can email me here.
If we conclude that another therapist or kind of therapy might be a better fit for you, I would be happy to refer you to a suitable colleague.
