
My approach
I’ll sit with you in a room each week, listening and noticing, and being receptive to what emerges. I’ll ask different kinds of questions and share observations to help both of us see things more clearly, and to open up new possibilities to feel and act differently.
I see change as happening in systems of relationships, including the therapeutic relationship, so I’ll also pay attention to what might be going on between us. My training is focused on psychodynamic and group approaches: I hold this training lightly, using it to direct my attention.
I love to work with people who are somehow dissatisfied (despairing, at the end of their tether, impatient, frustrated, defeated) with the life they’ve made for themselves to date: our work is to understand the situation and unlock different possibilities. It can be challenging work, and I take care to create a safe environment to do it in.
The prompts to do this kind of work can be very varied: a loss, a diagnosis, an experience like shame, anxiety, or depression: or there might not be an obvious problem to focus on at first.
I am especially interested in therapy that’s useful for men; in people with difficulties at work; and in problems that emerge around broader life changes.
My qualifications
I am a registered member of the BACP, the UK’s largest professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists.
I have more than ten years experience as a manager and leader, consultant, coach, and social entrepreneur. My experience covers the public sector, social enterprise and charities, and consultancy; both in the UK and internationally.
I have lived and worked in Eastern Europe, and speak some Russian.
I believe this diversity of experience gives me a wide perspective to draw on, and helps me to relate to a wide range of experiences, challenges, and individual backgrounds and contexts.