About me
I am a London based psychoanalytic psychotherapist working in Broadway Market, E8 and Archway, N19. I also work online. Finding the right therapist for you can be challenging. I imagine you might have questions about how I work and if this type of therapy is right for you. to address that, I offer an initial free 15 minute phone.call. After that, if we want to proceed, we can have a couple of initial paid for sessions before deciding to go ahead on a longer term basis.
I'm interested in what has brought you to therapy at this point in your life. We are all individuals with particular life experiences and I am here to listen in a confidential and non judgemental way to what it is you might be struggling with. I don't give advice, I try to help you make sense of the material you bring to your sessions and pick up on hidden unconscious patterns, internal beliefs and modes of behaviour that may no longer be helpful to you. You might be struggling with a loss, trauma, self sabotage, sexual problems, gender identity, disappointment, anxiety, the list is endless. Whatever it is I hope to be able to help you work through it.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers a particular kind of space: unhurried, consistent, and attentive to what lies beneath the surface. It is not about quick fixes or symptom management. It is about understanding, how you came to be who you are, what are you carrying, and what change might become possible when those things are identified and brought into consciousness.
I work with you to help you understand yourself better.
Before qualifying as a psychotherapist, I was and still am an artist. My work revolved around the human condition which is what brought me to train as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Psychotherapy is a creative process too, and I bring my creativity and nuanced ways of thinking to the therapy room and your sessions. Therapy is a collaboration, and a meeting of two minds. Saying things out loud, confidentially, to another person, and thinking about it together is not work one can do alone. I am here to listen and help you work out where the unwanted feelings and patterns of behaviour might have come from and work them through so that hopefully they can sit within you in a different less destructive way.
If you would like to make the first step into working with me, please get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
- My training was rigorous and took me twelve years.
- In that time I completed a foundation course and a two year infant observation course at the British Psychotherapy Foundation. (BPF)
- I held an honorary psychotherapy role in the NHS.
- I then went on to complete my clinical training at the Association of Group and Individual Psychotherapy (AGIP).
- I am UKCP registered and CPJA registered.
- I have had substantial in-depth analysis as a part of my training.
- I adhere to UKCP guidelines and ethical conduct. I also have regular supervision.
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.
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
£85.00 - £95.00
Additional information
I have a few concessionary spaces where I work on a sliding scale for those on lower incomes. Please enquire to check if I have any available.
Please note that I do charge for missed sessions, but I will offer alternatives in the same week where possible when advanced notice is given.
