My Approach

My approach is existential and relational, informed by psychodynamic thinking. I am interested in your experience as a whole person: your history, relationships, culture, circumstances and the world you are living in now.

Sometimes we may work together for a specific period around a particular difficulty or decision. At other times, therapy may need more time to understand longstanding patterns and make sense of experiences that have been difficult to put into words.

Alongside my private practice, I continue to work within the NHS. My clinical background includes psychotherapy, talking therapies, crisis services, personality disorder services, early intervention in psychosis, community and liaison psychiatry. This has given me extensive experience of working with emotional distress, complexity, vulnerability and risk, while maintaining a clear and thoughtful therapeutic relationship.

I do not see therapy as a set of techniques applied to a problem. I see it as a space where we can slow things down, become curious about what is happening and think together about how you want to live.

You do not need to arrive knowing exactly what is wrong or what you want to change.

You may simply know that something needs attention.
We can start here.

About Me

I am an existential psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience across NHS psychotherapy, talking therapies, mental health services and private practice.

I work with adults and young adults, including senior professionals, leaders, people living and working away from their home country, and those navigating demanding or changing environments.

Many of the people I work with are functioning well on the outside. They are capable, responsible and used to managing a lot. But something may no longer feel quite right. You may be under pressure at work, questioning a relationship, struggling with a major decision, feeling burnt out, or wondering what you actually want from your life. You may have achieved what you thought you wanted and still feel lost, disconnected or unsure about what comes next.

Work can be a significant part of this. Leadership brings its own pressures: responsibility, difficult relationships, organisational politics, expectations from others and the constant need to make decisions. There can be very little space to stop and think about how all of this is affecting you.

Therapy can offer that space.

We can look at what is happening in your life without reducing it to a diagnosis or trying to fix you. We might explore questions about identity, relationships, purpose, responsibility, confidence, belonging, uncertainty, change and the choices available to you.

For leaders and senior professionals, this can mean having space to think clearly about how you are showing up at work, the impact you have on others, the pressures you carry and the kind of leader you want to be. The aim is not to create a perfect version of yourself, but to develop greater clarity about what matters to you and how you want to act. This can support a steadier, more authentic leadership presence, particularly when situations are complex or uncertain.

I also work with people who are struggling more personally. You may be trying to understand why relationships keep becoming difficult, why you feel stuck in familiar patterns, or why something from your past continues to affect how you see yourself and others. You may be experiencing anxiety, shame, anger, loneliness, loss, emotional overwhelm or a sense that you have lost your direction.

For people living between cultures, countries or languages, there can be another layer to this. Moving away from home, adapting to a different culture, building a new life or questioning where you belong can affect relationships, identity and your sense of self in ways that are not always easy to explain.

I am also interested in the changing ways people relate to technology and AI. Some people now turn to AI for reassurance, reflection, advice or companionship. While it can be useful, I think it is important to have somewhere to explore what is happening in your relationships with other people, with yourself and, increasingly, with technology. Therapy offers something different: a relationship in which another person is present, responds to you and does not simply give you the answer you are looking for.

I work with

• Companies
• 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

• Existential Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Age-related Issues
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Couple Issues
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Divorce
• Employment Difficulties
• Family
• Health-related Issues
• Identity Problems
• Mental Health Issues
• Online Counselling
• Parents
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Private Practice Issues
• Race Issues
• Relationships
• Separation
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Supervision
• Workplace Counselling