About me
To offer an idea of what you could expect from the psychodynamic approach, I'd broadly describe its principles as follows:
there will be a focus on your emotional world and how feelings are expressed or avoided;
in time, we'd identify recurring themes and patterns in your life;
we would discuss past experience and think about how it relates to the present;
we'd get to know your relationships, of all kinds, including the therapy relationship itself, and;
because the causes of emotional distress are generally woven into the fabric of our lives we would explore the inner world of daydreams, dreams, images, imagination, sensations and intuitions.
Engaging in therapy, talking about whatever comes to mind if you feel free to say it, is a meaningful way to get to know your story, to help with the issues bringing you to therapy and to think about and find other preferred ways of living.
If you would like to get in touch, we would first meet for a consultation to discuss what has prompted you to seek therapy and to work out if psychodynamic therapy is the right approach for you. We'll find a shared understanding of the purpose of therapy - what we are working towards and how we are working towards it.
Towards the end of the first meeting, we'll usually have a clear idea if we can work together and would then find a space in the week when we could meet. Each meeting lasts for 50 minutes. The work tends to be longer-term and open-ended, although it can also be more focused to an agreed number of months.
Therapy works within clear boundaries. The weekly commitment to therapy provides a stability and momentum for the work, creating a sense of security for a person's emotional and psychological world.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice in Manchester and online, having previously worked in the NHS and Third Sector organisations.
My clinical training in Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy (MSc) was completed at Birkbeck, University Of London in 2016.
Prior to this, I graduated from the University Of Sussex with an MA in Social & Political Thought in 2012 and from the Open University with a BSc in Psychology (1st) in 2010.
I am registered with the British Association For Counselling And Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their ethical framework and code of conduct.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 - £70.00
Health Insurance/EAP
When I work
All weekdays.
