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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
COVID-19 Statement
I am currently seeing clients via Zoom. I have availability for new clients and reduced fees for front line staff.
General Information
Fully qualified Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist offering open-ended individual therapy in South West London. I have extensive experience working with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relational concerns. My priority is to build a containing and supportive therapeutic relationship which creates a space for honest discussion and exploration.
Psychological difficulties can take several forms and people often convey that something is ‘not quite right,’ perhaps they have been feeling low, tearful, disconnected or anxious for some time. These difficulties can take us by surprise and often emerge when ‘everything should be okay.’ Together we will talk about your difficulties, how you make sense of them and explore ways to overcome or minimise the effects they have on your daily life.
Approach & Experience
Relational psychotherapy provides the foundation and guiding principles for my work. This means I value collaborative discussions with individuals around their needs, preferences, therapeutic direction and desired outcomes. I have provided psychological support to individuals across NHS, corporate, non-profit and private settings. At present, I split my time between private practice and a charity which offers long-term counselling.
Contact me
Deciding to begin therapy can be anxiety provoking and you have already taken a valuable step by considering it. If you would like to make an appointment or discuss the possibility of therapy with me, please contact me. Finding a therapist that you feel comfortable with is very important and I invite you to come for an initial session to see if you think we could work well together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy (DCPsych, CPsychol)
Professional Bodies
- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Chartered Membership - British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Membership: The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
- Membership: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Research Interests & Specialisms
- Diabetes and Eating Disorders - researcher and international speaker http://www.diabulimiahelpline.org/2020-speakers.htm
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.
British Psychological Society
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 - £95.00
Free initial telephone session
