About me
You may find yourself caught in repeating patterns - returning to similar relationships, conflicts, or uncertainties without fully understanding why. Or perhaps there is a more general sense that something isn’t right, but difficult to name or define.
You don’t need to arrive with a clear explanation. Part of the work is finding a way to put things into words.
I offer a space to explore this in depth, without judgement or assumptions about what you should feel or how you ought to change.
My approach is oriented by psychoanalysis. This means the difficulties you bring are not treated as errors to be corrected, but as points of personal significance to be explored. Through careful discussion of the history, logic, and context of your problems, it can become possible to understand something of the role they play and the place they hold for you.
You might wish to speak because something important - work, a relationship, identity, sexuality - has become troubling or uncertain. I work without preconceptions about what constitutes ‘normal’ or ‘usual’ ways of suffering, and we will pay close attention to the words you use to describe what feels unmanageable. The work is guided by your speech and your own understanding, while remaining attentive to its limits.
How the work develops will depend largely on your curiosity and how you relate to your difficulties. Rather than offering advice, strategies, or relying on standards, I invite you to speak freely and in detail about your thoughts, feelings, memories, and wishes. With time and careful listening, new ways of relating to your difficulties can emerge, along with a lessening of the tension and distress they carry in your life.
If this way of working resonates with you, you’re welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Psychoanalysis, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Since 2019, I have been in ongoing Lacanian clinical training with the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR).
Alongside my private practice, I have several years of experience working within a low-cost psychotherapy clinic, as well as in university mental health and disability teams, autism support, and suicide bereavement services.
I abide by the code of ethics of CFAR and the code of professional conduct of the BACP.
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
£60.00 - £80.00
Additional information
Fees range between £60 – £80, depending on individual circumstances. I offer a limited number of reduced-fee spaces.
Missed sessions are charged when less than 48 hours’ notice is given.
Further information
I offer an initial telephone consultation to discuss what has brought you to therapy and to consider whether this way of working feels right for you. There is no charge for this meeting.
Sessions usually take place once a week or more, at a regular time.
The offer is open-ended, meaning there is no fixed number of sessions and you are free to bring the work to an end at any point.
The length of sessions is flexible and guided by the work itself. Rather than adhering to a fixed time limit, sessions are shaped by what is said. At times, it may feel useful to end earlier if something particularly significant has emerged and return to it later. At other moments, sessions may run slightly longer when it seems that something important would be lost by stopping abruptly. As a general guide, they usually last between 30 and 60 minutes.
I work in person in Greenwich (south-east London). Online or telephone sessions may be possible once we have begun working together, depending on the circumstances.
What is discussed in sessions is treated as private and confidential. Any personal data, such as contact details, is stored securely and is never shared with third parties without explicit permission.
