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 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, workplace problems and bullying, life changes, C-PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, anger and addiction. 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 stressed or overwhelmed. I recognise that no two people experience these issues in the same way, so I offer a thoughtful and non-judgemental space in which we can explore what is happening.
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 and, at times, challenging, drawing on both practical and theoretical experience. The aim is to help you understand how patterns have developed through family, individual and societal contexts both past and present. In a containing and sometimes brave space, this process of exploration helps us to release what we no longer need and develop new pragmatic ways of responding that offer improved possibilities in mood, relationships and life.
Please email me to arrange a convenient time to have a no obligations chat about what you are looking for and how I think I can help.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Clinical training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
- Diploma in Trauma Therapy (NAOS Institute) COSRT Accred.
- 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.
- 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 call, usually around 20 minutes. If you decide you would like to explore therapy further, we can arrange an initial 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
£75.00 - £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
- Bullying
- Bereavement and impacted grief
- Relationship problems.
- Low self-esteem
- Racism and racial trauma
- Various trauma related issues; PTSD and CPTSD
- Anger management
- Addictions
- Low self-esteem
- Creative blocks
- Dissociation
- Feelings of sadness and isolation
