About me
I am an attachment based psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over twenty five years experience offering psychodynamic attachment based counselling and psychotherapy and supervision from my private practices in Crouch End/Hornsey and Highbury & Islington.
I am registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and am a certified Imago couples therapist.
My work is also informed by Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), which brings a focused, experience-near way of helping people recognise and work through the anxieties and defences that can keep them from feeling their true emotions — and by a deep understanding of neurodiversity, so that therapy is shaped around how each person actually experiences and processes the world, rather than a one-size-fits-all model of what therapy should look like.
As a therapist, I am passionate about providing the opportunity for individuals to understand themselves better through sharing their struggles in a safe, non-judgmental environment. The therapy relationship enables people to explore the choices they have made and the patterns they may repeat and feel stuck in, and helps bring about change and new ways of relating.
I chose the Bowlby Centre to train as a psychotherapist because of the emphasis in the training on the work of John Bowlby, whose groundbreaking research revealed the importance of the early years of a child's experience and the relationship between a child and his/her primary caregiver. Bowlby highlighted the importance of loss, separation and traumatic events in shaping who we are and the struggles we may have in later life.
I trained as an Imago certified therapist because of the safety and effectiveness that this model provides to couples to be able to connect with each other in a way that can be transformative to relationships where there has been ruptures that seemed beyond repair and communication that seemed forever lost.
I work with people from a range of backgrounds, sexual orientations, genders and neurotypes — all with their own unique history that deserves a chance to be fully understood and explored.
I am experienced in working with all kinds of struggles and issues including relationship and parenting difficulties, high levels of anxiety and phobias, depression, the impact of trauma and abuse, and loss and bereavement.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Post University I completed a one years foundation course in psychotherapy and counselling at Regents College.
Followed by a clinical and theoretical four year course at the John Bowlby Centre (previously CAPP). From there I qualified as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist and registered as a member of the UKCP. I have over twenty years experience working as a psychotherapist, working with individuals and couples from different backgrounds, ages and reasons for seeking therapy.
Imago couples therapy training.
I am in supervision with two experienced psychotherapists and also registered as a UKCP member.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£120.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fee is for individuals is £120 for 60 minutes.
The initial consultation for individuals is £140 for a 75 minute session.
My fee for couple sessions is £150 for 60 minutes.
I accept cash, cheques or bank transfer.
Further information
Skype/Zoom Sessions and telephone sessions are also available.
