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Welcome

Maybe suffering of some kind has brought you to look for a psychotherapist, or perhaps you are interested in supporting your well-being and growth as an individual? And of course these reasons may not be mutually exclusive. Whatever has prompted you to look at this website, I hope that you'll find the information you need to decide whether to take the first step and reach out. If you do want to take that first step, I offer a 15 minute Zoom call free of charge to help you get a better sense of whether I am the right therapist for you.

Maybe your problems are ones you can easily name and define - depression, anxiety, relationship issues - or something less tangible. Whatever it is, my experience tells me that speaking about it, feeling into it and finding words for it, in the presence of a therapist who is on your side, wishing to promote your flourishing, can be helpful.


If suffering is to a certain extent an inevitable component of every human life- hopefully amongst and alongside some joy and contentment - then what makes the difference is how we are with it. Can we bring acceptance and self-compassion to what cannot be changed? Make creative changes that move our lives in the right direction for ourselves?

When we can bring an accepting, compassionate presence to more of our experience, we gain the confidence and skills both to find a path through our suffering and to grow as individuals. Psychotherapy can help us do that.


Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy can be defined as attending to or healing (from the Greek ‘therapia’) the soul (‘psyche’). The word 'soul' should not be understood in a conventional religious sense here but as a perspective, where, in James Hillman's words 'events are deepened into experience'. In our fast, inattentive culture, a place for slow, careful and attentive listening is all the more valuable and needed. When we are struggling or lost, a welcoming presence and a listening ear can make a great difference. Something worthwhile can and usually does unfold from that.

So, psychotherapy as I try to practice it is a path back to re-connection and relationship - to ourselves, to others, to nature, to soul/ life energy. My first training was in Core Process Psychotherapy and this remains the foundation of my approach. Core Process combines a mindful attention to self and to relationship with an understanding of how the past may have contributed to our more defensive ways of relating to self and world. These ways of being and relating are embodied now - in speech, in body, in mind. By bringing mindful awareness to them, we have the capacity to to open to a direct sense of the innate well-being that underlies all our habitual storylines and to find space and compassion around what might feel stuck. This opens up possibility: for living in more creative ways, for accepting ourselves, for relating more skilfully and with greater connectedness to others. Other trainings have included Focusing (accessing the 'felt sense' to bring new perspectives and forward movement) and in artwork and writing for therapeutic purposes. More recently, I have worked as a psychological therapist on a clinical trial with psilocybin. I offer integration work for those who have had psychedelic experiences.


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Supervision

I am a UKCP registered supervisor and offer supervision to psychotherapists and counsellors in Stoke Newington, London N16. Sessions by Skype/ Facetime/Zoom etc are also possible.


I have worked as a supervisor since 2009 and over that time I have supervised counsellors and therapists working in a variety of therapeutic modalities, for Mind, on various counselling and therapy courses and in private practice, both 1:1 and in groups.


I support a pluralistic view of psychotherapy which is non-dogmatic and respectful of different working modalities.


Please call or email for more details.

About Me

I have been practicing as a therapist for around 25 years and in that time have worked with all kinds of people, bringing all kinds of issues. I work in private practice as a psychotherapist and supervisor. I also work for the mental health charity Mind, supervising groups of counsellors.


I believe that the core of therapeutic work is always about being present, responsive and alive to what is unfolding in you, the client.


My main training was in Core Process Psychotherapy at the Karuna Institute. I have also trained in Focusing and working with the arts in therapy. Rather than applying techniques in an impersonal way though, I’ll listen and work with you to help you to find the best way forward for yourself as an individual in your unique life situation.

I am registered with BUPA and Axa/ Arriva.

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Qualifications:

MA in Core Process Psychotherapy (Karuna Institute, 2002)

Certificate In Creativity And Imagination (Institute For The Arts In Therapy And Education, 2005)

Diploma in Supervision (Karuna Institute, 2009)

Certificate in Creative Writing For Therapeutic Purposes (Metanoia, 2019)

UKCP Registered Psychotherapist since 2003

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Sessions & Fees


Sessions are 50 minutes, usually at the same time every week.


Sessions may be in-person (this is preferable) or by Zoom.

My standard fees are £75 per session. I offer a sliding scale of £70-85 and ask new clients to place themselves on this fee scale. An initial conversation about therapy by phone / Zoom is offered free of charge.


Please call or email if you are interested and would like to arrange an initial consultation.

My Location

I’m based in Stoke Newington/Stamford Hill - N16 6LP.

I'm available to meet for sessions in person (this is preferable), and also offer sessions by Zoom.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Get In Touch

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how therapy works, or to arrange an initial assessment appointment.

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All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential.