About me
Do you feel uncertain of who you are, or where you belong? Or are you carrying the weight of a loss or a big life change?
This might come from experiencing something painful like a bereavement, a trauma or a sudden change in your life. Or perhaps you are carrying something from your past that you have not quite made sense of yet.
You don't need to have it figured out to start therapy — I’m here to help you make sense of those complicated feelings. I offer a free call where you can ask questions you have about how therapy might help.
Who I help
I have particular experience in two areas.
The first is identity — around gender, sexuality, cultural belonging, or family expectations versus who you feel yourself to be. I've worked with LGBTQIA+ clients (including at Albany Trust) and with neurodiverse clients, including those with ADHD. Together we can make sense of what has shaped you, and work towards a clearer, more grounded sense of who you are.
The second area is loss, bereavement, and significant life change. I offer a space to talk openly about who or what you've lost, and the meaning they held in your life. From here, we can start to make sense of the complicated feelings around loss, while working towards a new balance in yourself and your world.
I also bring specialist understanding of the performing arts world, drawn from 20 years of experience touring internationally. Through this and my work as a counsellor, I've worked across many cultures. Whatever your own cultural background or language, I welcome you to bring it into the room as part of our work together.
Outdoor therapy / Walk and talk
What if the therapy room was not a room but an open space? Sitting or walking side by side in nature can make it easier to talk more freely and for thoughts to flow. We take time to observe what is around us as well as inside us.
This is why in addition to in-person and online sessions, I offer outdoor therapy in and around Berkhamsted.
My approach
My approach is psychodynamic: we work with what's happening in your life now and with how past experiences may still shape how you think, feel, and relate to others. Clients describe me as caring, curious, and attentive. I offer a warm, non-judgemental space, where we can explore thoughts and feelings that maybe have never quite had room to breathe.
Getting started
I see clients in Central London (Kings Cross), Berkhamsted as well as online.
After the introductory call, if we decide to go ahead, we have two 50-minute consultations to explore your reasons for coming to therapy in more depth. It's also a chance for you to see what therapy with me would be like and for us to decide together if we're a good fit for longer-term work.
If any of this resonates, get in touch to arrange your free call.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Sessional Counsellor for Mind, Enfield & Barnet
- Experience in university counselling (trauma, anxiety, ADHD), LGBTQIA+ charity (Albany Trust), bereavement support (Age UK), and NHS
- 20 years working internationally in the performing arts — informing specialist understanding of performance pressure, creative identity, and the challenges of touring and itinerant life.
- MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy — Birkbeck, University of London
- Foundation Course in Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy — AGIP (Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy)
- Level 2 CPCAB Certificate & Award in Counselling Skills
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work with a wide range of issues not limited to these listed. We have an initial short phone call (free) to discuss this.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I am able to offer a reduced fee in certain circumstances. Please get in touch to find out more.
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Further information
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I offer weekly therapy sessions, in-person and online. Please contact me for availability.
Choosing a therapist can feel like a big decision. This is why I offer a free brief introductory call so you can ask any questions you might have and I can explain what the following steps would be.
