About me
I am an attachment-based psychotherapist in East London whose aim is to build trust, promote growth and inspire change within a secure therapeutic relationship. I work within both a short-term framework on immediate specific issues and in the longer term on more deep-seated emotional change. I have an integrative approach seeing a wide range of people; understanding workplace attachments and dynamics, bullying, climate anxiety, friendship and sibling attachments, post-cancer support, menopause and midlife and those who struggle with decision-making particularly at a big junction in their life. I am also a supervisor, training supervisor, teacher, lecturer and training therapist. I offer therapy face-to-face in person at my practice or on the telephone and via Zoom.
I work on weekdays both during the day and in the early evening in my practice in Walthamstow and offer both short and long term therapy. My fees are £85 - £105 per session depending on frequency of sessions.
I trained at the Bowlby Centre as an attachment based psychoanalytic psychotherapist. I have twenty years experience working in the world of counselling and psychotherapy and have helped many feel more content, secure and in control of their life. I have also spent many years working as a clinical seminar leader on psychotherapy training courses in London and developing a training curricula for attachment-based psychotherapy. I m also a Training Therapist and Supervisor to trainees and supervisor to those interested in an attachment framework. Prior to training as a psychotherapist I spent over ten years working in the FMCG industry identifying and applying consumer insight to brand strategy and communication.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications and Training
Distinction in Introduction to Psychodynamic Counselling, Birkbeck University. (2005)
UKCP-Accredited Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. (2006-2010)
Member of Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College, UKCP. (2011)
I have 20 years experience in face to face and online psychotherapy, alongside teaching, supervision, curriculum development committee and training therapist roles.
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
When I work
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Further information
If you think you might like someone to talk to, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number above or via email. Please leave a contact email or telephone number so I can call you back. I look forward to hearing from you.
What can you expect when we first meet?
We will initially talk on the phone when I will take basic details about you. We will arrange a time and day for you to visit my practice for two 50-minute assessments one week apart. We will spend time discussing why you wish to be in therapy or counselling, your expectations of treatment, whether you have been in therapy before and a more general conversation about your life history. It is hoped from this will come a good understanding of your struggles and an early sense of whether we are right for each other. If this is the case then we will agree the timing of our sessions and take it from there. I work on a once-weekly basis as a minimum and see individuals twice or three times a week where necessary.
I also work online either exclusively or in hybrid between in person and online sessions to suit your requirements.
I offer both short term focussed therapy and long term open-ended therapy.
How to get here
I am very easy to reach on public transport. I live a short walk from Walthamstow Central and Walthamstow Queens Rd stations which offer fast, frequent links on the Underground, Overground and National Rail networks in addition to an excellent bus network in and out of Central London.
