My approach
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist and counsellor, offering therapy to individual adults with a range of emotional, psychological, interpersonal and behavioural issues.
I offer both fixed/ short-term and open-ended psychotherapy and counselling.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an evidence-based treatment that has been proven to support deep-seated and long-term change. I understand our difficulties as an expression of underlying and broader issues related to our identity, wider life and history. Often these connections between the parts of ourselves can be hidden or unconscious; it is my privilege to help you to gain understanding, self-knowledge and the freedom to move forwards in your life.
I will offer you a safe and containing space to talk openly, without fear of judgement or censorship. I bring my training and professional curiosity to this process, drawing attention to details and connections that may not have been considered before.
I have experience working with the following issues:
- Abuse
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorders
- Confusion
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Isolation
- Obsession & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Personality disorders
- Psychosis and Psychotic episodes
- Relationship issues
- Searching for a sense of meaning
- Spiritual crises
- Struggling with conflict and indecision
- Trauma
Qualifications & experience
My background lies in the charity, education and social care sectors. Working within some of the most diverse and deprived communities within the UK has enabled me to gain insight into the many ways that social and cultural factors shape our psychological selves. I am empathic to the unique ways we suffer and, from experience, understand how these struggles can become the start of a process serving new growth and freedom.
My previous work and research informs my way of working flexibly with each individual, upholding inclusion, equality and safeguarding.
I hold a PGDip in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy & Counselling (University of Roehampton) and an MA in Applied Theology (University of Oxford).
My ongoing training includes: the Post-Foundation Course with the Institute of Psychoanalysis (IoPA) and the MA in the Philosophy of Medicine & Psychiatry with King’s College London (KCL).