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I have some availability for both long and short-term work starting in September in Clapham and Central London, online and on the phone.  

One part of therapy is thinking about your past; ‘Where have you been?’ ‘What has happened to you?’ ‘What have you lost?’ Another part of the process thinking about the future ‘Who do I want to be?’ ‘How can I feel more like myself?’ They allow us to think about what has happened to you and what you want moving forward.

Our sessions will work towards psychological change. Change, no matter how much we want it, comes from the unknown, it brings newness and uncertainty. It requires support and can be both painful and deeply joyful. My job is to provide this support, to work with you, to help you think about the life you are living and the life you want to live, to listen carefully and without judgement.

I offer you a place to bring feelings that are causing you to suffer; anxiety, depression, relationship issues, loneliness or isolation, feelings of hopelessness or a lack of confidence. As our relationship develops, we can create some structure around these feelings. This could mean learning to set proper boundaries, learning to trust others, getting in touch with emotional needs, learning to get angry in a healthy way, listening to parts of ourself that we’ve become estranged from. 

My practice is always developing. It is influenced by my ever-evolving education and the conversations I have had with other therapists, clients, mentors and teachers. Words and stories are the most powerful tools we have to change our perceptions. Communication creates meaning; telling a story and being listened to has the capacity to create deep internal changes. I want to hear your story and help you make sense of it.

Before my training, I worked with plants. There is, I believe, a deep kinship between gardening and psychotherapy. Both require a certain sensitivity to the signals and needs of living things, a tolerance for doubt and hope for cultivating the future. Gardens, like people, have a personality and a direction all of their own.

Learning is a cornerstone value in my practice. I am undertaking a further UKCP accredited MSc training. I also attend NSPA conferences, workshops and lectures. I am interested in the bridges between the fields of psychotherapy and neuroscience: how lots of new research is revealing truth in Freudian maps of the mind. I follow the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ ethical guidelines in my work.

I am also interested in the intersection between psychedelics and psychotherapy as trials enter phase III. I am conducting qualitative research on the links between psychodynamic thought and methods for psychedelic integration therapy.  

Before our first session, we can speak on the phone so you can get a sense of what I'm like and ask me any questions you might have. I will also ask you some questions to get a general sense of what you would like from therapy and where you are in your life at the moment. This conversation is fifteen minutes and is free. If you would like to arrange speaking then please get in touch via email or text.

After speaking, our first session will be 50 minutes long, either in-person, online or on the phone. This is where the work will really begin. There will be space for you to lay out what is going on for you in greater detail. The pace and the content will be determined by you, the reasons you have come and how long you are planning to work with me for. At the end the first session you can go away and have a think about how it felt, if you decide not to continue with the work, I will not charge you.