Have you been trying to make sense of the way you are feeling or behaving? Would you like to feel more comfortable in your skin, to feel you are living by design rather than by default?
As an accredited psychotherapist and counsellor with over 20 years’ experience in professional practice, perhaps I can help. I specialise in treating eating disorders, addictions, compulsive behaviour and traumatic stress. My experience includes working in private practice and in specialist clinics. This has included leading both the eating disorder service and the addiction service of Priory Hospital Roehampton.
Taking a first step to seek therapy can feel daunting but, in practice, therapy tends to consist of curiosity, connection, exploration, self acceptance and humour. Feel free to contact me to arrange an informal conversation via Zoom or telephone to discuss how we might work together.
To support recovery and the wider family, I also offer psychoeducation and therapy groups for families.
About Us
Accredited psychotherapist and counsellor
I have gained a wealth of experience working over many years in various settings, including private mental health clinics, NHS and in private practice. I provide individual and group psychotherapy as well as workshops.
People mainly come to see me due to challenges associated with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction and traumatic stress.
Create Possibility
‘The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled’……………..
Plutarch (100 AD)
Therapy
As an integrative contemporary psychotherapist, I work to ensure that the treatment approach is tailored to the needs of each client. This flexibility allows us choice about what therapeutic model to use. For example, we may focus on using one specific approach throughout the therapy or we might find it helpful to adapt the therapeutic approach throughout the sessions by drawing techniques from a range of models. Some of the therapeutic approaches I use are described below:
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a process in which we explore emotional challenges, thoughts, moods and patterns of behaviour, usually through talking.
EMDR
The term EMDR in full can sound quite daunting – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing – however, in practice it tends to feel intuitive and accessible.
Cognitive Hypnotherapy
Cognitive Hypnotherapy is an evidence-based approach which uses trance to induce a deep state of heightened relaxation, during the unconscious mind.
Internal Family Systems
How we present our self in one situation can be different from how we are in another. The evidence-based model of Internal Family Systems (IFS) approaches therapy from this principle.
Sessions & Fees
I provide both short term counselling to work on a specific identified issue and longer term psychotherapy to facilitate resolution of more complex or embedded problems. It is usual to meet weekly, however, my approach is to focus on each person’s personal situation. Therefore, one client might have time limited therapy consisting of significantly longer sessions and/or more frequent sessions, whilst another client might have fortnightly therapy after a period of weekly sessions.
Currently sessions are offered in Belgravia and Chelsea in London or via Zoom for clients who are located across or outside the UK.
I provide individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy and workshops for adults and older adolescents (16+). I also provide information and support for families of those living with eating disorders or addiction.
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