About me
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working in private practice in north London. This means I work intensively with people face to face and on the couch. I am interested in the ways that physical symptoms, memories, dreams, and fantasy life can offer us insight into current experiences and ways of being. On its own, however, insight it is often not enough to initiate change at a deeper level; many people need to have a new experience of themselves in relation to another before their insights can be useful and more profound changes can occur. At its best, I think this is what psychoanalytic therapy offers. Having trained initially in a variety of somatic and body-based therapies and then as an Integrative Psychotherapist, I returned to study psychoanalysis. My engagement with psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as a longstanding immersion in body-based practice, contribute to a strongly held belief in the importance of working towards mind-body integration and a feeling of wholeness. I also believe that psychoanalytic therapy can be a truly somatic practice. Working in the NHS and voluntary sector has helped me appreciate the diverse needs and wishes of people who come to therapy and the variety of issues that they bring. I have worked with all kinds of people including those struggling with depression and anxiety, personality disorders, difficult relationships, troubling body symptoms and complex trauma.
Speaks
English, French
Type of sessions available
In person
By phone
Online
Areas of expertise
Anxiety
Depression
Interpersonal relationships
Family issues
Eating disorders
Sexual abuse
Trauma
Gender diversity
Social anxiety
Intimacy
Boarding school syndrome
Body-focused repetitive behaviours
Fees
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Therapy offered
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Integrative
Client groups
Adults
Adolescents
Training and qualifications
I studied History at Oxford and then moved to Paris to work for The Economist. Later, I trained as a psychotherapist in London and then got an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy from Middlesex University. Subsequently, I returned to study psychoanalysis at a number of places including The Institute of Psychoanalysis and CFAR London and The Centre for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and IPTAR NYC . My psychoanalytic commitments are informed and supported by my understanding of the body and somatic practice. I am a lapsed yoga teacher and I have a Diploma in Biodynamic massage, a method that attempts to converse with and contain affective states in the body though physical touch. I am a member of The UKCP and Das Unbehagen
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