About Me
I am a qualified and experienced psychotherapist and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and adhere to its ethical framework.
I hold a MA degree in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton London and currently undertaking further clinical training with The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis as a trainee psychoanalyst.
I have a rich background working mainly with adults in a variety of mental health settings that includes hospitals, NHS work in both primary and secondary care and the voluntary sector. I worked with people from different walks of life, with different backgrounds, circumstances and needs. It means that I can support my clients with a vast range of challenges they might be facing.
How I work and what I offer:
I work in a way that offers a safe, non-judgmental, socially minded space to support you to look at what brought you to seek therapy at the moment. A space to explore more deeply what might lie beneath the surface and contributes or sustains feelings of pain, distress, confusion, restlessness, or maybe even a general sense of not finding your place in the world.
I mainly work psychodynamically and psychoanalytically. It means that I work with what is visible and known to us and others, but also particularly interested in the less seen parts of us, the parts that often feels irrational, overlooked, misunderstood, or the parts that are yet known to us. We may not know or understand these parts in us, their origins, histories and characters, however it does not mean they are not there, in constant operation, shaping our everyday lives, our relationships and our identities.
Psychoanalysis, or psychoanalytic work, may sound frighting, daunting or outdated, but when it is practised in a mindful and contemporary way, its unique nature and thinking allows us to fully adopt our curiosity about ourselves, others and the world around us.
As it is not a ‘one size fits all’ type of psychotherapy and acknowledges that meaningful change takes time, it embraces our individuality and invites us to truly be ourselves. In that aspect, psychoanalysis has room and is for everyone.