About me
Psychodynamic psychotherapy offers a space to think about your inner world and your experience of yourself and others.
Often, the reasons we find ourselves struggling are not immediately clear. We may notice patterns that repeat in relationships, feelings that feel overwhelming or out of reach, or a sense that something is not quite right, even if it is difficult to put into words. In therapy, these experiences can be explored at a pace that allows meaning to emerge over time.
Rather than offering advice or solutions, psychotherapy is a collaborative process of thinking together. By paying attention to thoughts, feelings, memories, and the therapeutic relationship itself, aspects of experience that may have remained outside awareness can begin to take shape. This can open the possibility for change.
The work usually begins with one or more initial consultations. These meetings provide an opportunity to think about what brings you to therapy, and to begin to get a sense of what it might be like to work together.
Sessions take place regularly and last 50 minutes.
I offer both long-term and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy in a safe and confidential setting in London. Sessions are primarily in person, with the option of online work where appropriate.
People come to therapy for many different reasons. Sometimes these are clearly defined, and at other times they are more difficult to articulate.
You might recognise something of yourself in the following:
- A sense of feeling stuck, as though certain patterns keep repeating
- Difficulties in relationships that feel familiar but hard to change
- Feeling overwhelmed by emotions, or cut off from them altogether
- A persistent sense of self-doubt, shame, or inner criticism
- Experiences of loss or absence that continue to have an emotional impact
- Uncertainty about who you are, or what you want
- Difficulties with closeness, dependency, or trusting others
- Feeling alone, even when surrounded by others
- Reactions or behaviours that feel out of proportion or difficult to understand
- A sense that something is not quite right, even if it is hard to say why
You do not need to arrive with a clearly defined problem. Often, it is enough to feel that something in your experience would benefit from being thought about.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapist (TSP) accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), working in private practice and within the NHS.
My clinical work has developed through experience in a range of NHS settings, where I have worked with adults facing a wide variety of emotional and psychological difficulties.
My training includes Intercultural Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, alongside further training at the Institute of Psychoanalysis and the British Psychoanalytic Association. I have also specialised in parent–infant psychotherapy, a field I remain particularly engaged with.
I offer both long-term and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy in a safe and confidential setting in London. Sessions are primarily in person, with the option of online work where appropriate.
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). 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).
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