QUALIFICATIONS AND MODALITY
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I conduct my practice within their ethical framework. Find out more here.
I hold a Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling and a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
I’m a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist. That means that I believe that any difficulties, internal conflicts and unhealthy and/or self-sabotaging patterns of relating are rooted in our childhood experiences and our ‘blueprint’ relationships with our attachment figures. The way in which we are shaped by those experiences and relationships is often unconscious, as are our defence mechanisms that we develop in childhood in order to cope with difficult, painful and intolerable feelings and dynamics. These unresolved conflicts and traumas drive us to re-enact them in the now, in a desperate attempt to resolve and repair them.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy enables connecting with the unconscious drives and defences by bringing them into awareness. This can lead to more self-acceptance, self-integration and when we’re ready, a meaningful change. It’s a process that brings you closer into the reality of your life.
I work relationally, which means that we use the therapeutic relationship that unfolds throughout our work together, in order to better understand and map out your inner world.
I am a trauma-informed therapist and I use body awareness and mindfulness in my work with trauma, PTSD and CPTSD.
I also hold a certification in EMDR Therapy and Coaching ( Module 1,2 and 3 ).
I offer open-ended Psychotherapy and EMDR therapy.This is often integrated. How we might work together is discussed in our initial consultation(assessment).
The assessment is usually 90 mins long and is charged the standard fee.
FEES
Psychotherapy - £80 per session ( 50 min )- Individual sessions
Couples therapy - £100 per session ( 60 min )
EMDR - £90 per session (60 min) or £120 for 90 min session.
LOCATION
The Barnsbury Therapy Space, 144 Liverpool Road, N1 1LA
ATTENDANCE AND CANCELLATION
Sessions are offered once or twice weekly, always on the same day and at the same time that we agree.
Cancelled and missed sessions are charged the full fee.
Rescheduling sessions might be possible with one week’s notice.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All sessions are STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL . This is one of the fundamental ethics in Counselling & Psychotherapy. You can find more information here.
EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALTY
I have most specialised qualification, experience and interest in working with:
ABUSE
TRAUMA
PTSD&CPTSDS
RELATIONSHIP ISSUES / ATTACHMENT ISSUES
NAVIGATING DIFFERENT SEXUALITIES AND GENDER IDENTITIES
SUBSTANCE ADDICTION
EMOTIONAL CODEPENDENCY
BEREAVEMEN & LOSS
CHILDHOOD EMOTIONAL NEGLECT
DEPRESSION
SELF-HARM
SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES
SEXUAL & PORN ADDICTION
“Anything dead coming back to life hurts.”
