About me
About me and my therapy practice:
I have over 18 years of experience working with adults from diverse backgrounds through both short- and long-term therapy. My professional journey includes working with NHS mental health services, charitable and community organisations. I am currently running a private practice, where I continue to provide tailored therapeutic support.
People seek therapy for many different reasons. These may include low mood, depression, various forms of anxiety, relationship difficulties or break-ups, experiences of sexual abuse, emotional distress, bereavement, childhood experiences of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, domestic violence, addiction, or trauma.
You may be facing work-related stress, panic, anxiety, low self-esteem, obsessive thoughts, phobias, or other emotional difficulties that are affecting your quality of life. I understand that seeking help and opening up about what you're going through can be challenging - especially if you’ve never had the experience of being supported before.
We all encounter difficulties and long for the ability to work through them and move forward. In therapy, we will work together in an empathic, safe, and confidential space to explore and make sense of the experiences that have impacted you, and to support your path toward healing and growth.
In our first session, we will take time to think together and explore the history of the difficulties you’ve been experiencing. This initial exploration will help us understand important details that may shape our work together throughout the course of therapy. It will also provide a foundation for making sense of your current experiences.
Training, qualifications & experience
Brief therapy, Long-term psychotherapy, EMDR, Integrative, Psychodynamic, Relational, Trauma therapy, Mindfulness.
I am a BPC-accredited Dynamic Interpersonal Therapist (DIT) and a qualified DIT supervisor. I am an accredited BACP and UKCP counsellor and psychotherapist as well as an accredited EMDR therapist.
I use various types of therapy modalities in my treatment including the following:
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy works on past difficulties triggered by present circumstances and impacts how you feel and experience the present.
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) to work on relationship difficulties and how you relate to yourself and others creates the pattern of relationships.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) enables the individual to process traumatic events and heal from emotional difficulties and distress resulting from disturbing life experiences.
Supervision details:
I am a registered DIT (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy) qualified supervisor.
I offer group supervision as well as individual sessions.
Qualifications and accreditations:
- MA in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
- DIT supervision
- UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) /Accredited member psychotherapist
- British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) / Accredited member counsellor and psychotherapist
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) / Accredited Dynamic Interpersonal Therapist (DIT)
- Accredited Europe/UK EMDR therapist
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.
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.
EMDR UK
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
Health Insurance/EAP
Further information
Training & Accreditation:
- MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Membership:
- British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy / Accredited Member
- Member of EMDR UK & Ireland
- UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) /Accredited
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) /Accredited Dynamic Interpersonal Therapist (DIT)
Private Health Insurance:
I am a registered psychotherapist with AXA, Aviva, and Vitality insurance and accept clients insured through these providers.
