About me
If you are looking for help with what you are going through, you can get in touch with me via Counselling Directory, email, phone or my website.
What therapy do you get with me?
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist specialising in trauma and chronic illness, offering in person and online therapy sessions in Bristol. You can contact me to book a time and space where you can be heard and supported.
How can I help you?
You may be experiencing difficulties relating to how you feel, your past experiences, your physical health, your relationships, your family, society - or with other aspects of your identity and lived experience. I will listen to you, support you and help you to gain understanding and insight so that you can find some peace, agency and freedom.
We have two initial meetings usually, before beginning ongoing sessions. Together we can identify your hopes for therapy. According to what will best support you, we would have either once or twice weekly therapy sessions.
Sessions take place either in my private and peaceful consulting room in central Bristol, or online, according to what best suits your needs.
You are welcome to get in touch to ask any questions you may have about therapy with me.
How can psychodynamic therapy help you?
If you are experiencing depression, anxiety, anger, pain, fatigue, stress, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, feeling stuck and cut-off, or difficulties with concentrating and making decisions, psychodynamic psychotherapy can help, through a combination of rapport, support and exploration.
Together we work on understanding links and patterns between different parts of your life, in the context of your day-to-day material experience, so you can have some clarity, feel better and make positive changes for your wellbeing.
Specialist psychodynamic therapy for trauma
We work together on understanding what is affecting you and how, ensuring your emotional safety is taken care of in a sensitive, collaborative and boundaried way, including making use of trauma-informed practice.
Specialist psychodynamic therapy for chronic illness
We work together to help you manage impacts, feelings and symptoms; I support you to process and work with the unique challenges and losses that come with living with a chronic condition or illness.
Where I work
The consulting room is on the ground floor of a quiet building in Old Market in Bristol. There are no steps to enter the room, however the bathroom is up a short flight of stairs on the first floor. There is a choice of a comfortable chair or couch to sit or lie on.
Please contact me if you have questions about the accessibility of the room.
Fees
My usual fee is £75 per 50 minute session.
I offer reduced fees starting at £40 per 50 minute session if you are on a low income. If you are on a low income or unwaged and would like to have therapy with me, please get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified psychodynamic psychotherapist with over ten years' experience of working with trauma, and chronic illness and other long-term health conditions.
I have extensive experience working with questions and issues relating to aspects of identity and sense of self, and with relationship, family and social problems.
As well as private practice, I work as a psychotherapist for the NHS in the Complex Psychological Interventions service in Bristol.
I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council.
I am a Member of the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling.
I am a Clinical Associate Member of the Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
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