About me
Participating in your own life is what is most empowering. There is no better time to invest in yourself than now.
Background: I am an Integrative, Transpersonal psychotherapist and counsellor with over 22 years’ experience. I am a registered member of UKCP and BACP, and adhere to their code of ethics and safe practice. I work online, and have a private practice in Richmond and Kingston upon Thames providing in-person sessions for individuals/adults, and counselling students.
I have worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of issues, including Borderline Personality and Dissociative Disorders, Depression and loss of meaning, Anxiety and panic attacks, Bereavement and loss, Abuse, Trauma and PTSD, Shame, isolation and withdrawal, Domestic violence, Relationship difficulties, difficulties involving Difference, discrimination and marginalisation, Life transitions, Spiritual crisis, Creative self-discovery and growth. and with Neurodiverse Clients.
My Approach: I bring to my work a unique alchemy by weaving together a broad range of therapeutic approaches, which means I tailor my approach to the unique needs of each individual. I draw especially from Jungian, Humanistic, Relational, Psychodynamic, Existential, Archetypal and Transpersonal approaches, In Psychoanalysis, the main focus is on how past relational patterns and unresolved emotional wounds repeat themselves, and also can be transformed, in the present. Existential, Transpersonal and Jungian approaches offer specific methods, through the exploration of the unconscious, dreams, myths, creative mediums and imagination, which can have a surprising impact on specific life difficulties.
Throughout the years, I have come to see how working with a therapist can be especially helpful in terms of having a nurturing relationship with another person who really listens, is sensitive to our needs, and to the issues that we face in life.
You might think that you just have to learn to be less 'this way' and more 'that way', or that transformation is possible by sheer will power, or a change in behaviour, but in reality, the work of healing needs human connection and genuine care, that is why this work is so meaningful and profound for both the client and therapist. So, whatever your reasons are for coming to therapy; I am here to support you, and hold a space for you in a way that allows you to get in touch with the healing potential within you. A space where you can connect with your wellbeing and your desire to live, fully alive and fully awake.
What I'm like as a therapist: I care deeply about my clients and the situations they are struggling with. My training enables me to foster and maintain deep and sustained emotional contact, and a supportive relationship that empowers and embraces difference and diversity. You will be welcomed in your individual diversity, race, class, gender, neurodiversity, spiritual and sexual orientation in a respectful and professional way.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
Diploma in Integrative Psychosynthesis Counselling
Post-Diploma in Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Further Training:
Pan London Drug Misuse Training for Primary Care: Health Promotion and Disease Management
Working with Somatisation and Trauma - Body Psychotherapy
Working Therapeutically With The Body
Working with Trauma and Dissociation in Clinical Practice
Working with Transgenerational/Ancesral Trauma
Safeguarding Adults with Learning Disabilities
Institutional Abuse – Its Causes and Effects
Attachment Theory and Learning Disability
·Mental Health and People with Learning Disabilities
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.
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.
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, support for the end of life, spiritual crisis and emergence, post-trauma resilience, soul loss and loss of meaning, and institutional abuse.
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer online sessions, face-to-face sessions, and telephone sessions. The sessions are 50 minutes long. Online and telephone sessions are £70 per session, and face-to-face sessions are £90 per session. I have a limited number of concessions for those on low-income and for students, but solely for online and telephone sessions; please contact me to enquire about availability.
I offer a free 15-minute telephone appointment. Feel free to contact me if you would like to arrange an introductory telephone call.
I work from private offices located in Richmond and Kingston upon Thames. I work with clients from the surrounding Surbiton, Norbiton, Kew, Sheen, Wandsworth, Twickenham and Putney areas.
When I work
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Further information
I offer weekly sessions on an open-ended basis. Depending on your needs and circumstances, we can assess the length and frequency of sessions together.
