As a UKCP registered Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, I offer a contained, explorative space to talk through a variety of difficulties ranging from everyday struggles with work and relationships to troubling concerns about sense of identity and psychological distress.

I have a passionate interest in psychoanalysis, philosophy and critical psychiatry, and have worked both within the NHS and privately in a variety of therapeutic fields over a number of years.

I have experienced therapeutic encounters with a vast array of individuals ranging from those who have been deeply troubled by events in their lives to those who have simply felt stuck and in need of growth through gaining greater personal insight and understanding.

I trained with the Philadelphia Association, which was set up by RD Laing and colleagues during the 1960s with the aim of challenging traditional ways of understanding mental and emotional suffering.

I have also worked for many years as a Community Psychiatric Nurse and am aware of the difficulties and challenges faced when seeking the most appropriate kind of help in times of distress.

Some of the thinkers who have influenced my way of working: Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Ronald D Laing and Donald Winnicott