My Approach

My core approach is psychodynamic psychotherapy. Rather than focusing only on symptoms or offering techniques to manage them, this way of working looks at the patterns underneath: how past experiences, relationships, and things that may be hard to put into words shape how you feel, relate, and react now. Often, difficulties that seem to come "out of nowhere," or repeat despite your best efforts, make more sense once we can see the pattern.
The main part of this work happens in the relationship between us. How you relate to me, especially if we notice recurring patterns, often mirrors something about how you relate more broadly and can become one of the most useful things we look at together, not just talk about.

This isn't about dwelling on the past for its own sake. The aim is that understanding why a pattern developed gives you more choice about it now, rather than continuing to live according to learnt survival strategies.

There are times when a psychodynamic approach needs some preparatory work — particularly where trauma or dissociation make deeper relational work unsafe to start with. I have additional training in EMDR, DBT-informed stabilisation, and grounding work for these situations, which I draw on if clinically indicated, with the aim of returning to the psychodynamic work once the groundwork is in place.

About Me

Have you seen several professionals already, been given different labels along the way, or been told you don't quite fit into one service?

My main interest is in understanding and helping people make sense of complexity — where a condition is harder to fit into existing pathways, where neurodivergence, trauma, dissociative experience, or the interplay between physical and mental health mean that a single label rarely tells the whole story.

I'm a Consultant Psychiatrist in Medical Psychotherapy and General Adult Psychiatry, with 15 years of NHS experience, including within specialist psychotherapy services. I was a psychotherapy tutor for CWPT NHS Trust, supervising psychiatry residents on their psychotherapy cases and leading Balint groups — meaning my experience is both with patients, and with groups and other professionals.

I also offer clinical supervision and consultation to mental health professionals, to support and add depth to their own clinical work.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Medical Psychotherapist