About me
I am a couples and individual psychodynamic psychotherapist and I work in person and on Zoom. I have experience working with a wide range of emotional, psychological and cognitive problems in couple relationships and individual lives. Whatever mental unrest or relationship issue you are struggling with I can offer you sessions to express your feelings and work through your thoughts and behaviours. I aim to help you with whatever you are struggling with in the 'here & now' - depression, anxiety, stress, family, sex, identity, anger - to name just a few. Our past experience matters a great deal in what troubles us in the present and I would want to help you unpack and understand that link with the past.
The psychodynamic approach to couple relationships is through a close and careful examination of what each partner brings to the relationship, that can mean our ideas and feelings about how we want to be treated, loved and communicated. In addition, each individual needs to understand and reflect on how their behaviour, attitudes and feelings affect the other. I can help you both understand what you bring to your most intimate relationship, why you bring it and reflect on changes or adaptations you might want or need to make. Our past will be part of what we bring to the couple relationship but it can be other aspects of our experience too, often something we’re not aware of. I work dynamically with couples to identify what is happening between you both to have better communication, intimacy, sex, understanding and closeness.
Talking, sharing and thinking in therapy with me has the potential to open up different ways of feeling and then different ways of living.Talking in the short term and long term can help.
Training, qualifications & experience
- I am a registered, professional member of the BACP (British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, and the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy). I adhere to their strict professional guidelines and ethical codes of clinical practice.
- I trained & qualified as a psychodynamic psychotherapist at Westminster Pastoral Foundation Therapy. I have a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Theory and Practice, accredited by Roehampton University
- I hold a Certificate in the Study of The Couple from Tavistock Relationships
- I have a BA Hons. degree in English & Psychology and a PGCE
- I have worked at WPF Therapy in assessments of patients
- I am an accredited counsellor for the Foundation for Infant Loss
- I have worked for the Samaritans, in the NHS as well as corporate and educational settings.
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.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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
Photos & videos
Fees
£90.00 - £140.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- I respond promptly to your enquiry by phone or email.
- Your first appointment with me is an initial consultation which can last between an hour to an hour and a half. My fee for the initial consultation is £140 for individuals and £175 for couples.
- I would then offer you a regular, weekly (or twice weekly) session of 50 minutes at the same time every week.
- My session fee for individuals is between £90-100
- My session fee for couples is £140
When I work
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Further information
My consulting room in WC1E is served by
Bus 14, 24, 29, 73, 390
Tubes: Northern Line: Goodge Street (4 minutes), Euston (10-12 minutes), Victoria Line: Warren Street (10 minutes), Metropolitan Line, Hammersmith and Circle Lines: Euston Square (5 min), Piccadilly Line: Russell Square (10 minutes), Central and Elizabeth Line: Tottenham Court Road (12 minutes)
Lioness Overground and Trains: Euston (10-12 minutes)
My practice in EC1 is 5-10 minutes from Farringdon and Chancery Lane stations on foot. It is close to Clerkenwell Road, Roseberry Avenue, Leather Lane, Exmouth Market and Kings Cross.
