About me
I'm Stephan, a BACP Registered Member offering individual therapy from a calm, private consulting room in London N19, close to Archway, Tufnell Park, and Upper Holloway.
I work with adults who are struggling with low self-worth, grief and loss, or insecurity in relationships. These difficulties often show up as anxiety, depression, self-criticism, people-pleasing, or problems with closeness and aloneness.
My approach is integrative and broadly psychodynamic, informed by attachment theory and relational psychotherapy. I offer a regulated and containing presence — attending both to the day-to-day struggles you bring, and to the deeper work of understanding where those difficulties come from.
I commonly work with people experiencing:
- Shame and low self-worth
- Grief, loss, and bereavement
- Attachment insecurity and relational difficulties
- Anxiety and depression
- People-pleasing and difficulty asserting needs
- Self-criticism and harsh inner voices
I am a relatively active therapist. I may offer observations or gentle challenges, while always holding your experience and perspective at the centre of the work.
My therapeutic approach is an integration of:
Psychodynamic Therapy. My core orientation is psychodynamic, meaning I pay attention to patterns, defences, and unconscious processes that shape your present-day experience. This is not purely a talking cure — I am interested in what gets felt, not just what gets said.
Attachment Theory. Much of our adult difficulty in relationships can be traced to early attachment experiences. I keep this relational lens at the heart of our work.
Relational Psychotherapy. The therapeutic relationship itself is a vehicle for change. How things unfold between us in the room is often as important as what we discuss.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP).
- Trained at CPPD London and Regent's University.
- BSc, London School of Economics (LSE).
- Previous clinical experience at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Face2Face London.
- Full professional supervision, insurance, DBS, and ICO registration.
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
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
Please get in touch to arrange a free exploratory call, an initial consultation, or to ask any questions about starting therapy.
Further information
For in-person therapy, I have a calm, private consulting room in Bickerton House, next to Dartmouth Park in London N19. Archway, Tufnell Park, and Upper Holloway stations are a few minutes’ walk. Camden, Crouch End, Finchley, Hampstead, Highgate, and Muswell Hill are close by.
