ABOUT your psychotherapist
Professional Qualifications
I am an independent UKCP registered integrative psychotherapist, integrating core psychoanalytic theories with a humanistic relational approach. I believe a combination of the two is the best approach. I am also a UKAHPP senior member.
Having a first degree and former career in the Fine Arts, my psychotherapy qualifications include a Post Graduate Certificate in the fundamentals of psychotherapy and counselling, a Post Graduate Diploma in psychotherapy, a Certificate in group work and an Advanced Diploma in psychotherapy. I am also trained in story stem assessment profiling, which identifies styles of attachment in young people, and have developed a very fluid approach to working with young adults who benefit from supportive mentoring through difficult times, as a supportive non-parent counsellor.
Experience
I have over 20 years experience of helping people, working as a psychotherapist within the NHS and Charity sectors since 1996 and in private practice since 1998. During this time I worked as a professional debriefer for counsellors. I am also an associate professor, lecturer and director of psychotherapy training at a well known reputable London University, with Fellow status and a CertEd in higher education.
My professional experience includes working within the field of addictions (public and private sector), and working with psychiatric out-patients (Winchester UK). I have worked with a wide range of personalty disorders, though I view labelling as a means to understand, as opposed to 'pathologise' a person.
My expertise encompasses all aspects of individual psychotherapy and the primary aim of my work is to increase awareness and understanding, deepen insight into patterns of experience and behaviour, and address issues deemed problematic with the aim of gaining clarity and resolution.
Interests
I prefer to call myself a Life Investigator, as my interest in psychotherapy is part of a life-long search for truth in all aspects of life and living, to fully understand why things are a certain way. I am non-religious and consider myself existential-spiritual, with an interest in Buddhist phenomenology as well as a respect for all cultural and spiritual beliefs and experiences; and as a person of dual heritage I am conscious of how people experience marginalisation and difference in all aspects of life experience.
My research interests are in the combining of mental health and technology, for which I have a Twitter account, used for research purposes. I have developed a simple mindfulness App called ReConnect, available in the App Store and Google Play. I will be offering this free to my clients in due course.
Service Information
I offer psychotherapy to individuals in Wimbledon, but clients attend from the surrounding areas of Merton, Sutton, Kingston and Wandsworth, as well as from overseas online (Singapore, US and Australia). Please note, I am continuing to work during the Covid crisis, consulting clients online via Zoom encrypted.
