How I work

My approach is integrative which means that I can support you to address what is troubling you - be it your thoughts, your emotions or your behaviours - from a comprehensive understanding of human development that incorporates psychology, neuroscience, somatics and philosophy. 

This gives me the flexibility to tailor the support I offer to the unique experience and needs of my clients, be it long- or short-term, focused on deep understanding or on practical symptom-relief.

Integrative is also a description of the outcome that my therapeutic approach seeks to achieve. The parts of our experience that most often bring us to therapy are those that don’t feel like they fit; anxious parts, sad parts, destructive parts that feel split off, hidden, unwanted or denied. 

The therapy I practise sensitively reaches out to these parts and works out how to meet their needs in new and nourishing ways, helping you to accept and digest them, and thereby feel more whole, more together and more in tune.

My qualifications and experience

I hold Postgraduate and Advanced Diplomas in Integrative Psychotherapy from Regent’s University London, a leading training institution in the fields of Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology. 

In addition to private practice, I have for the last five years been associated with a clinic specialising in the treatment of eating disorders, working alongside a psychiatrist and dietetic practitioners as part of a multidisciplinary team. I have also worked in a therapeutic capacity for mental health charities and within an addiction service.

Before retraining as a psychotherapist, my career was in the field of broadcast journalism, an experience that informs my creative way of working, fostering the power of mental pictures and spoken words to imbue meaning and energise change. It also makes me sensitive to the impact of media in all forms on our minds, our bodies, and how we place ourselves in the world. 

Accreditation

I am an accredited member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), uphold and abide by its code of ethics, including engagement in continuing professional development.