About me
Are you feeling stuck, at your wit’s end or consumed with difficult thoughts and emotions?
I am an integrative psychotherapist/counsellor and couple’s therapist with over 20 years of experience. I specialise in working with anxiety (including social & performance anxiety, panic attacks, phobias and GAD), EMDR, couples therapy, depression, relationships, confidence & self-esteem, intimacy and finding direction in life.
Negative thinking and emotions can be extremely challenging and create roadblocks in your life. You may be experiencing:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress at work
- Difficulty managing anger
- Low mood
- Lack of motivation
- Relationship challenges
- Loss of a loved one
- Lack of confidence or self esteem
- Difficulty coming to terms with changes in life
- Eating disorders
- Panic attacks
- Uncertainty in your relationship
- Trauma
Whether you experience any of these issues, or want more understanding of your emotions and how to manage them, I can help support you.
Or maybe you want to find a deeper sense of purpose or increase your motivation. It can be challenging facing these issues alone and counselling in a non-judgemental space can help lighten the load.
We can explore these issues, thoughts and feelings together, helping you develop more understanding of yourself and the resources you need to build your resilience and create a life with a greater sense of value.
I offer sessions:
In Enfield and Palmers Green
Online
I aim to put the needs and aims of the client first. We will first explore what you want from therapy and where you want to move towards. Then we will work collaboratively to help you in your area of concern, spending all the time needed to process any unresolved areas so that you can move forwards more positively.
Although you will have all the space you need to discuss your concerns, I believe it is important, as a therapist, not only to listen quietly but also to help you explore your thoughts and feelings compassionately and empathetically. I will often ask you questions to help you explore your issues and, at times, safely challenge you.
Whether you need to process experiences, resolve internal conflict or find direction, I will support you and we will work together to find the right approach.
I work on an open-ended basis. It is impossible to prescribe a set time for resolving issues, and you will have the time and space to safely explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
My integrative approach includes:
- Person Centred Counselling
- Gestalt Counselling
- Transactional Analysis
- CBT
- Existential Counselling
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Emotional Regulation, including breath work
- Working with parts
- EMDR
- ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Exposure & Response Prevention
- Couples Therapy
Are you wanting to improve your relationship?
Relationships present many challenges to couples. These can sometimes break relationships apart, however, when approached differently can also deepen the connection and love with your partner.
People come to couples’ counselling for different reasons, for example:
- To improve your relationship
- To deepen the connection with your partner
- How to handle conflict and arguing
- When you have uncertainty about the relationship
- How to manage different expectations
- Ending a relationship
Couples therapy sessions cost £95.
Interested in therapy?
I would like to find out more about you and your needs. Please book an initial session, contact me with any questions, or email me for a complimentary 15 minute discovery call.
Training, qualifications & experience
BSc(hons), MSc, ADHP(NC), Dip EHP(NLP), UKCP
I have been a psychotherapist for over 20 years and have worked with a diverse range of clients and issues. I am also a Senior Lecturer and former Course Leader on the MSc Programme in Integrative Counselling and Coaching at UEL. For several years, I was the counsellor at an FE College in North London and also at the London Contemporary Dance School. In the past, I trained and worked professionally as a musician, so I have personal experience of the challenges faced in life as a performer.
My original training was integrative, including a variety of therapeutic approaches such as Gestalt, Psychodynamic, Transactional Analysis, CBT and Person Centred. I regularly continue my training and am experienced in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), EMDR and Couples Therapy.
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
Phobias
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
£65 per session (50 mins) for individuals
£95 per session for couples
Further information
I aim to be as flexible as possible in my approach with clients, to help find the right approach for the individual.
I work from home and there is free street parking available close by. Please note there are stairs.
