About me
Having worked both in industry and as a university lecturer, I have extenisve experience of the pressures encountered in both corporate and academic life. I have also worked in general practice within the NHS as well as with people with severe and enduring mental health issues. I am now in private practice. I believe passionately in human creativity and our capacity for continuous personal development and growth. I am committed to helping my clients access and optimise their potential for feeling more secure and at ease, with themselves and in their relationships with others. What is most important to me is that psychotherapy should lead to lasting benefits in everyday life beyond the therapy room. I am particularly interested in life's transitions, in coming to terms with changed circumstances such as bereavement, the forming or dissolution of relationships, changed or lost employment and 'empty nest syndrome' - the perfectly natural feelings of grief and loneliness parents or guardians may experience when their children first leave home. I specialise in working with older people, individually and in groups, and am founder and facilitator of Silver Circle a therapeutic support group for those who, in the later stages of their lives, may be particularly affected by increasing mental or physical frailty, reduced mobility and social isolation. I maintain my involvement with current developments in the counselling and psychotherapy professions through my links with The Minster Centre whose Board I currently chair, and have written for The British Journal of Psychotherapy Integration 2009 , BACP's Private Practice 2011, 2012 and the e-journal Contemporary Psychotherapy of which I am Production Editor.
Speaks
English
Type of sessions available
In person
By phone
Online
Areas of expertise
Anxiety
Depression
Interpersonal relationships
Bereavement
Performance anxiety
Attachment disorder
Self-esteem
Loneliness
Finding meaning
Redundancy
ADHD
End of life
Fees
Average session fee:
£85.00
Fee structure
£75.00 per 50-minute sessiion Discounted rate for students £55.00 per 50-minute session Supervision £60.00 per 50-minute sessiion
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Therapy offered
Person-centred/humanistic
Psychodynamic
Integrative
Relational
Interpersonal
Client groups
Adults
Training and qualifications
Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy - Regent's College, London Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling - The Minster Centre, London MA in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling - Middlesex University, UK Diploma in Creative Approaches to Supervision - London Centre for Psychodrama BACP registered No 046730 UKCP registered No 10161180
Verified professional membership