My Practice
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical supervisor working with adults aged 18 and over in the UK.
I offer a confidential space in which emotional difficulties, relationships and recurring patterns can be explored and understood. People come to psychotherapy for many different reasons, sometimes at a point of particular distress or change, and sometimes with a less easily defined sense that something in their lives is not as they would wish it to be.
My approach is psychoanalytic, which means being interested not only in present difficulties, but also in the experiences, relationships and patterns that may lie beneath them. The work can be short-term or open-ended, depending on individual circumstances and what we agree together.
Alongside my clinical practice, I work as a supervisor and have taught counselling and psychotherapy. I also contribute to the wider psychotherapeutic community through talks, workshops and study groups.
A precís of my work is on this website.
You can contact me here.
My Training
My psychoanalytic training included intensive work at a frequency of three sessions a week. This does not mean that all psychotherapy needs to take place at this frequency; many of the people I work with attend once weekly.
My consulting room also has a psychoanalytic couch. Some people find it helpful to lie on the couch during sessions rather than sit facing me. This can offer a different kind of space for thoughts, feelings and associations to emerge. Whether the couch is used is something that can be considered as part of the therapeutic work.
Professional Memberships
Find my professional memberships here.
My Professional Ethos:
Psychotherapy is about making that all important attachment with a psychotherapist to process the disturbances of the mind and life’s ups and downs…..read more
My Psychotherapy Approach
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy, both open-ended and time-limited. Open-ended psychotherapy allows the work to develop at its own pace, without a predetermined end date.
Short-term work
Time-limited psychotherapy can also be valuable and may be more suitable for some people, particularly when circumstances make a longer commitment difficult. We can think together about what form of therapy might be most appropriate.
I also offer online sessions via Zoom for people who are unable to travel easily to my consulting room.
My Fees: £80 per session. Depending on the assessment, I may offer discounts to clients on tight budgets including trainees in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Sessions are held at a regular, agreed time each week. Because this dedicated slot is reserved exclusively for you, missed or cancelled sessions are charged at the standard rate.
What you can expect when you contact me:
This is how an initial session is conducted when you contact me for the first time.
You can contact me here