My Approach

I am a relationship and creative therapist with experience of working with a wide range of people in different contexts. My approach endeavours to work in collaboration and be respectful of diversity and difference. I offer a safe, non judgmental & confidential space where therapy sessions unfold at a pace that is comfortable for the client.

I take an anti-oppressive stance recognising effects of societal structures of oppression on daily lived experience, taking account of power imbalances in society. Part of doing therapy can be calling out and naming the impact on lived experience of these oppressive structures as well as recognising and celebrating acts of resistance and liberation.

My practice is influenced by psychodynamic and systemic models & approaches, Narrative therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), Mindfulness & Sand tray therapy.

I have special interest and experience of working with clients who have been adopted and those who are care experienced, reconstituted and step-families, bereavement and the LGBTQ+ & trans communities.

Sessions can integrate body techniques, & use of images &/or objects to support process & expression, especially when words can be hard to find.

About Me

I am a white British middle class woman living in the London area. I am fully qualified in Systemic Couple & Family Psychotherapy (MA), and Art Psychotherapy (MA, a qualified supervisor & accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) & Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). I am registered with The Association of Family Therapy & Systemic Practice (AFT).

I have over 25 years’ clinical experience working therapeutically with a diverse range of individuals, couples and families. I am experienced in working in many types of settings, including the NHS, social services, the charitable sector and through private practice.

I have a special interest and experience of working with clients with experience of adoption and the care system, reconstituted and step-families, clients impacted by sexual abuse, working with bereavement and working with the LGBTQ+ & trans community.

I always work with client feedback and regularly review my practice through supervision, training and self reflection. I am a mindfulness and yoga practitioner.

I work with

• Couples
• Families
• Individuals

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

• Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
• Family Therapist
• Systemic Family and Couple Psychotherapist
• Systemic Psychotherapist