About me
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Cambridge for individuals and couples who are struggling emotionally or in their relationships. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, this approach works with the underlying roots of difficulties.
My consulting room is in central Cambridge, near Parker’s Piece. I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council and follow its Code of Ethics and professional standards. I trained at the British Psychotherapy Foundation, the Tavistock NHS Foundation Trust and Relate. My training involved many years of intensive clinical work, personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy and supervision to a rigorous professional standard to support in-depth work with patients.
I have over 20 years experience in this work.
Individual Therapy in Cambridge
You may be experiencing anxiety, low mood, self-doubt or recurring difficulties in relationships. You may find yourself repeating patterns you do not understand or coping outwardly whilst feeling distressed inside.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers a regular, confidential space to think carefully about these experiences. Together we explore emotional patterns and ways of relating that may be difficult to shift. As these become clearer, it can become possible to respond differently and to experience more lasting change in how you relate to yourself and to others.
I work with adults from a wide range of backgrounds, including those in demanding professional or academic roles and those facing significant life changes.
Couples Therapy in Cambridge
Relationship difficulties can become strained, repetitive or distant.
You may find yourselves arguing in familiar ways, feeling unheard or struggling after a breach of trust. External pressures such as work, parenting or loss can intensify underlying tensions. .
Couples therapy provides a structured and containing setting in which both partners can speak openly and feel heard. We work to understand the patterns between you and consider how things might change.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council, accredited by the Professional Standards Agency.
- Member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation
- Trained at the Tavistock Clinic and British Psychotherapy Foundation, both leading centres for psychotherapy in the UK
- MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (University of Essex)
- BA(Hons) in English Literature (University of East Anglia)
- Qualified Relate therapist
- 20 years experience as a psychotherapist in private practice and the NHS
- 20 Years experience as a company director delivering training for the long term unemployed, lone parents and people with mental and physical health conditions.
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.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Life transitions such as career changes, relocation, becoming a parent
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Individuals: Initial Consultation (75 minutes) £95
Subsequent sessions (50 minutes) £80
Couples: Initial consultation (75 minutes) £125
Subsequent sessions (60 minutes) £100
