About me
In my experience the reasons for seeking therapy are as unique as each client out there trying to find a connection with a therapist such as myself, on platforms such as this. From energy sucking questions which won’t go away such as ‘What’s wrong with me? Am I normal?’, through dealing with problems in relationships, life changes and challenges, or maybe the more existential questions around our sense of freedom, meaning-making or the purpose we find in our living.
Whatever your reasons for reaching out I offer a calm, non judgemental space in which we can think creatively. My relaxed style embraces and values diversity. I am interested in you as a whole person. I aim to be alongside you, encouraging curiosity, offering consistency, support, and occasionally challenge, to help you make sense of your feelings and to reflect on what it is to be uniquely you.
As a relational therapist I believe that relationship is at the heart of what it is to be human. In it we can feel a profound sense of connection, love, and support, in knowing that we 'matter'. In it we can also experience pain, and be deeply hurt. Learnt patterns of relating can serve us well, equally we might become stuck in protective, or resposvice patterns of relating which cause us distress and work against what we long for.
I am interested in exploring your unique relational roadmap, your enduring patterns of ‘self-in-relationship’, which shape your experiences in relationship with yourself, with others and the world.
Rooted in the relational I believe the most profound change occurs in experience, most powerfully relational experiences. There is healing in voicing our thoughts and feelings; being seen and understood; finding permission that allows for the multiplicity of our experiences and the complexity of our feelings.
I will listen deeply, and with tenderness. Everything is welcome, nothing is too messy. Importantly for me the process is a collaborative one, I will not be offering solutions, instead we will be in there, together, trying to make sense of your experiences. I will always be in your corner, and however broken you might feel, I will always hold a sense of you as whole until you are ready to know that for yourself.
I beleive that to live fully, as ourselves, requires our commitment and service. I will encourage you to find a loyalty to knowing yourself deeply. Always with tenderness, you will start the process of noticing a wider set of choices. You will find empowerment to step into a more fulfilling version of your life, with increased confidence, spontaneity and hope.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
I am an experienced therapist, qualified to work with a wide range of issues, including relationships, parenting, anxiety and work stress, depression, life crises, low self esteem, sexuality and sexual difficulties, trauma, and feelings of shame and disconnect.
Over the years I have worked in statutory, and charitable organisations as well as in my private practice.
My relational approach puts you at the centre. Whatever you bring to be explored I always work in a way which is responsive to you, the issues that you bring and how it feels to be together trying to work a way through.
I am an accredited clinical member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I adhere to the professional ethical frameworks of this accrediting organisation in my practice.
Training and Qualifications:
My training is integrative, and embraces psychodynamic, humanistic, and body based psychotherapy.
- BA Combined Social Sciences (University of Keele)
- Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (University of Keele)
- Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Arts (IATE/University of East London)
- Diploma Integrative Counselling (The Minster Centre)
- Advanced Diploma Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling (The `Minster Centre)
- MA Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling (Middlesex University)
Next Steps:
We may take our first steps with a wish list, thoughts of what being in therapy might be like. Can we trust that with work, fierce commitment and our service this might transform into change beyond that which we even knew we wanted?
Please contact me if you feel I might be the person to accompany you on that journey of discovery.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 - £95.00
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Please get in touch to arrange a free initial consultation and book into sessions.
Further information
I have a Central London practice based in Westminster and a practice in Mill Hill, North West London.
Both premises have been thoughtfully designed to offer a welcoming and private space.
The Westminster practice is just a few minutes walk from Victoria's mainline and tube stations (Cardinal Place exit), and offers a central, easily accessible location.
The Mill Hill practice offers a North London location, with free parking at this address.
Sessions are typically 50 minutes and most commonly weekly.
