About me
Hello! I am a warm, compassionate Creative and Embodied Psychotherapist and Internal Family Systems Therapist working with young people and adults in person and online. I combine years of robust clinical experience as a Psychotherapist in the NHS, with a creative and playful approach from a career in the arts. At the heart of my work is a respectful, good humoured and authentic therapeutic relationship where you can feel safe, seen and deeply understood.
Alongside talking, I offer creative, embodied and somatic tools, individually tailored to support your process. This could include visualisation, somatic tracking, pendulation, image cards and archetypes, art making, creative writing, sand tray, hotseating and roleplay, ritual and cycle work- tools which help you to tap into and give expression to deep unconscious feelings and explore the different ‘parts’ of your psyche.
I specialise in complex relational trauma, ADHD, AUDHD and RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria), PMDD, attachment wounds, relationship difficulties, emotional dysregulation, stress and burnout.
Creative and Embodied Psychotherapy is a holistic and trauma responsive psychological therapy, working with the body and mind to help you gain deeper insight and awareness into your inner world and experiences, that words alone can’t always reach. Creative and Embodied Psychotherapy supports you to connect with your own resources and ability to heal, whilst building nervous system capacity and supporting brain plasticity; the brain’s ability to change, adapt, and form new neural pathways, which can lead to sustainable new habits.
Internal Family Systems Therapy is based on the idea that we all have inner parts (e.g 'the inner critic', 'the people pleaser', 'the addict' etc) that develop throughout our lives to protect our vulnerable, wounded parts, as well as an authentic, core 'Self ' that is curious, compassionate, and capable of healing. When we can befriend our protectors and meet our wounded parts with self energy, we can activate neural pathways linked to safety, emotional regulation, and integration, allowing old patterns to soften and healing to happen within the system.
Couples and Relationship therapy
Drawing on creative, embodied and Internal Family System approaches, I support you to understand the patterns and parts that shape your relationship, so you can move from protection to connection, to strengthen communication, and create space for partners to feel heard and understood. Through embodied awareness, curiosity and gentle playfulness, I will support you to connect with your own grounded presence and to meet each other with greater clarity and compassion.
Training, qualifications & experience
I currently work in private practice at The Awareness Centre in Tooting, Rooms for Therapists in Wimbledon and Clapham, and online.
Qualifications and Registrations
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), working within their ethical guidelines.
- Intimacy from the Inside Out- IFS Institute (current).
- Certificate in Couples and Relationship Therapy- Gestalt Centre
- Internal Family Systems Level 1- IFS Training UK
- Certificate in Integrative Embodied Psychotherapy, (Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy)
- MA (Distinction) in Dramatherapy from the University of Roehampton.
- Diploma in Neurodramatic Play- Dr Sue Jennings.
- Level 3 Counselling Skills- Richmond College.
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.
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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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I'm an experienced writer and performer in the arts, and I bring playfulness and curiosity to the therapy space, offering sessions that are uniquely tailored to you.
In addition to my private practice, I also offer therapy specifically for actors, performers and those in the creative industries to support their wellbeing, alongside consultation to theatre companies and arts organisations.
Walk and talk/ outdoor therapy.
Therapies offered
Fees
£90.00 - £120.00
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