About me
Welcome! You may be at a point in your life where you have found yourself stuck in one way or another, which may produce symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, anger, low self-esteem or relationship problems. You may also behave in ways that are driven by your difficult emotions.
The aim of therapy is to help you to discover your strengths and inner resources so you can live a fulfilled life. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is the most important aspect of the therapy as it provides my clients with the safety to discuss their thoughts and feelings without judgement.
I work in an integrated way with an emphasis on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). I enhance traditional CBT with mindfulness based CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), schema therapy and compassionate focused therapy. Integrating these approaches means that therapy can be adapted around the needs of my clients. The common theme within these approaches is to help my clients to recognize their thoughts and to explore whether they influence behaviours that may be keeping problems going.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc Counselling Psychology
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology
- EMDR Part 1&2
I have over 10 years experience of providing psychological therapy in both the private and NHS settings with clients who experience mild, moderate and severe and enduring mental health problems providing short and long term CBT.
Alongside my private practice, I work in the NHS within an IAPT setting providing brief CBT to clients with difficulties ranging from Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder( OCD), Panic Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) , Phobias, Depression and people living with long term health conditions. I have also gained experience in working with adolescents and people with eating disorders including: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. In addition, I provide EMDR for PTSD and childhood trauma.
Member organisations
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 Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK.
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists.
BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.

Health and Care Professions Council
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 per fact to face session at Sanderstead and Coulsdon. £70.00 per Skype and telephone sessions.