Professional Qualifications
I have been seeing clients now for ten years. I am a BACP accredited practitioner and a UKCP registered Psychotherapist. I trained at Goldsmiths, at the Gestalt Centre, London and The Minster Centre, London.
- Certificate in Humanistic and Psychodynamic Counselling
- Diploma in Gestalt Counselling
- Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Therapy Theory
- Certificate in Couples Work
- MA in Advanced Clinical Practice at the Minster Centre and University of Middlesex
- My dissertation was about working as a therapist during a time of climate emergency as I feel this deeply affects the orientation of my work. My background is in the Arts and I have worked with clients in the creative professions.
Areas of Specialism
I work with depression and anxiety, issues of confidence and social anxiety, people who have suffered trauma, grief and loss. Some people have sought my help to examine why they feel lacking in purpose or enjoyment in their lives, or to look at ways in which they can increase their motivation at work or improve the quality of their relationships. I have an interest in times of transition and the challenges they bring. These include marriage or partnership, parenthood, study, changes of work and life style, divorce, bereavement, 'empty nest', ageing, illness, retirement and menopause. My clients have ranged in age from their twenties to their eighties. Please note that I am not currently working with couples but I use my couples knowledge in working with relationship difficulties with individuals.
Personal Approach
My core training is as a Gestalt counsellor. I completed my psychotherapy training over several years whilst working as a counsellor. I work relationally and am interested in how your experience and mine can be used to increase your awareness of yourself and to explore what is hidden or out of reach for you. I have an interest in attachment and how our experiences in early life are carried forward into adulthood and other relationships. Throughout 2019-2020, I attended a lecture series at the Tavistock Institute on the Development of Psychoanalytic thought which continues to inform my therapeutic work. More recently I have been engaging in development activities around Climate Psychology and what is commonly termed eco-anxiety. My professional development activities currently include work with grief pertaining not only to individual losses but also the magnitude of loss attached to climate and biodiversity.
"Awareness is the soil out of which change grows" Peter Kalmus 2017
