About me

Training and experience
BACP accredited psychotherapist and counsellor
MA Counselling & Psychotherapy
PG Dip Counselling Children and Young people in Schools
Qualifications accredited by the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
 
I am a fully qualified psychotherapist and counsellor and have been trained to Masters level to work with both adults and children.

All my work is supervised by an accredited clinical supervisor and conforms to the ethical requirements of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists (BACP) which I am a committed member.
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I currently work in private practice in North London with clients with a broad range of difficulties as well as working in London schools with children and their families.  I hold an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service certificate (DBS) and have trained in child protection and safeguarding. 

My Approach
As an integrative psychotherapist, I draw on a range of theoretical models to enable me to support the needs of individual clients and to help them explore and understand how they feel.

  • psychoanalytic therapies (looking at how past experiences affect the present)
  • humanistic therapies (with a focus on self-development and growth)
  • arts therapies (using the creative arts in a therapeutic way)
  • other therapies (including therapies such as couples/family/group work and mindfulness)

The difference between working with children and adults
​Many issues and difficulties we bring to therapy as adults are found to be rooted in the experiences we had in childhood.

Some of these problems can begin surfacing during childhood/adolescence and young people come to counselling presenting with a wide range of issues, including bullying, family breakdown, bereavement, anger and anxiety, self harming and eating disorders.

There is a wealth of evidence that shows children and young people are less likely to suffer from serious mental health problems in later life if they receive support at an early age.
 
The main difference between adult and child work is in the way they express themselves.

Mostly children and young people do not have the cognitive skills to be able to verbally express their thoughts and feelings and therefore find it difficult to communicate their worries in therapy. With the use of play and art materials children are given a medium that is natural to them and through their play they are able to express themselves and work through particular worries that maybe affecting their wellbeing and development. Adults can also benefit from using art materials particularly if the work becomes very painful. Art creates an opportunity to express deep emotion that we often cannot understand or put into words.
​“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” (Carl Gustav Jung)