I have extensive experience offering psychodynamic psychotherapy both in private practice for adults and in secure settings with adults and young people. Issues that I work with include: anxiety, depression, trauma, personality disorders, PTSD, low self-esteem, sexual and physical abuse, anger and addiction issues.
I offer open-ended as well as time-limited therapy. I work psychodynamically believing that current patterns of behaviour are often affected by experiences earlier on and that our choices in the present are influenced by what has happened to us in the past.
This type of therapy is non prescriptive, you choose what to talk about in sessions and together we can try and understand why you react and behave in certain ways. The relationship to the therapist is a crucial element to the therapy, highlighting unconscious patterns of behaviour which can then gradually become identified and in doing so help us to develop the capacity to understand them. Understanding more about both past and present relationships and increasing self-awareness can help affect change.
We will meet for an initial consultation, which lasts for 50 minutes during which time we will be able to explore what your needs are and how psychotherapy may help you. Sometimes it is helpful to have a second initial consultation to see how you felt after the first one and in case we have been unable to cover everything in our first meeting. Should we work together sessions last 50 minutes and take place at the same time every week. All enquiries are dealt with in the strictest confidence, referral from your GP is not required for an appointment.
I have worked as the Clinical Lead and Manager of a psychotherapy service in a large men’s prison, as well as having worked in an outpatient NHS psychotherapy service.
Alongside my private practice I currently work for an NHS Forensic Psychotherapy Department in West London.
I work to the Code of Ethics of my Professional Standards Authority Register and I have Professional Indemnity Insurance.