About me
I am a qualified psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over twelve years’ experience working across the private, NHS and charity sectors. I have worked as a therapist, clinical researcher and in senior management to director level.
As a trauma-informed psychotherapist, I have worked with a diverse range of people experiencing difficulties including stress, anxiety and depression, workplace problems and bullying, anger, addiction, obesity, life changes such as menopause, trauma, grief and loss. My work also encompasses identity-related and relational issues, including those shaped by the intersectionalities of race, gender, sexuality and class, as well as the impact of trauma, abuse and attachment-based wounding.
You may be bringing live issues, longstanding concerns or old wounds to therapy, a wish to make changes in your life, or perhaps a sense that something is not quite right without being clear about what the problem is. Relationships may feel unsatisfactory, you may be feeling too stressed or overwhelmed to think clearly. I recognise that no two people experience these issues in the same way, so I offer a thoughtful and non-judgemental space tailored to your particular needs.
Some issues respond well to a few sessions; more can be achieved in the longer term if you wish. I offer short and long-term talking therapy for individuals either face-to-face, online or by phone.
My approach is compassionate, welcoming, down-to-earth and sometimes challenging, grounded in a rigorous training and informed by depth-oriented relational and existential thinking. I’m interested not only in what brings you to therapy, but in the fundamental questions of how you have become who you are, how family, relationships and wider society have shaped you, and continue to influence the present. Together, we can explore what holds you back, loosen patterns that no longer serve you, and consider what a fuller, more meaningful life might look like for you. I believe that with the right kind of work profound and lasting change is possible.
Please email me to arrange a convenient time for a brief informal chat, by phone or Zoom, about what you are looking for and whether we might be a good fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Post-graduate clinical training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
- Diploma in Trauma Therapy (NAOS Institute) COSRT Accred.
- Formerly Clinical Director at the Maya Centre.
- Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy Training (DIT) (short-term therapy of 16 sessions for treatment of depression and anxiety). Anna Freud Centre.
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation: Leadership and Management in Public and Voluntary Sectors.
- Clinical research into Hoarding Disorder for National Mind.
- NHS Honorary Psychotherapist - Specialist Psychotherapy Service. East London.
- Adolescent Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT).
- MA Psychoanalysis
- BA (Hons)
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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
I recommend starting with a free introductory phone or Zoom call, usually around 20 minutes. If you decide you would like to explore therapy further, we can arrange a full 50-minute session. This gives you an opportunity to ask questions, tell me about what brings you to therapy and what you hope to achieve. I will also ask questions and share observations about what may be going on for you, giving you a sense of how I work and whether we might be a good fit.
I have some flexibility with appointment times, which we can discuss during our initial conversation.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 - £100.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I occasionally have low-cost spaces for people on low or no income.
When I work
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Further information
I have extensive experience working with:
- Anxiety and Depression
- Workplace stress
- Disordered Eating
- Bullying past and present
- Bereavement and impacted grief
- Relationship problems
- Emotional abuse
- ADHD
- Racism and racial trauma
- Trauma and trauma related issues; PTSD and Complex- PTSD
- Panic attacks
- Anger
- Menopause transitions
- Addictions
- Low self-esteem
- Perfectionism
- Creative blocks
- Dissociation
- Feelings of sadness and isolation
