My Approach

I work in a transparent and collaborative way to build a trusting relationship whereby we can explore the difficulties together. I have a very non-judgmental and compassionate approach.

About Me

Hello.

As a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, this means I am trained to focus on your early life experiences/childhood and how this shapes and impacts your current relationships and day to day life. As such; in addition to my existing experience in clinical psychology approaches to attachment and trauma, I have post-doctoral psychoanalytic training in attachment, loss/grief, identity, addiction, sexual/complex trauma and relational and personality difficulties. I am also the former editor of the Journal: Attachment - New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis.

I am also a Systemic (Family/Couples) Practitioner accredited by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT). I provide specialist skills in working with children, adolescents, individuals, couples, families and organisations using attachment and systemic theories, this means I focus on relationships.

I am also Principal Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). I also hold chartered registration and I'm an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). I have 14 years direct clinical experience (NHS/Private). I am trained to work across the age span i.e. from childhood to older age, and with all types of emotional and psychological difficulties. I typically see Adults who typically come to see me for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Work-related Stress/Burnout, PTSD and Relationship difficulties at work and personal life.

I use a range of psychological therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-based CBT, Trauma-focused CBT, Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed work.

I provide supervision and a range of group offers. Currently running a psychotherapy group for women. Please visit my website for further details.

I work with

• Couples
• Families
• Groups
• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Addiction
• Anxiety
• Couple Issues
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• EMDR
• Identity Problems
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Parents
• Relationships
• Sexual Abuse
• Stress
• Supervision
• Trauma
• Workplace Counselling