Psychotherapy and counselling

I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist and counsellor. Psychodynamic psychotherapy and counselling is a type of in depth therapy.

It allows people to develop an understanding of their inner thoughts and feelings and can also help them to gain a deeper understanding of how some patterns of relating may have roots in the past.

Psychotherapy is a collaborative process between the person seeking help and myself, which takes place in a safe and confidential setting. Rather than simply offering advice or reassurance, I aim to help you think about yourself and relationships differently. This process can be helpful to anyone who wishes to develop greater self-awareness and a better understanding of their relationship with others, both past and present.

Psychotherapy can sometimes be a challenging process, which requires commitment to face and work through difficult feelings, as well as an extremely rewarding and cathartic one, whereby individuals are helped to think about and explore their own experience, to reach deeper levels of understanding and explore choices and options for their future.

I will listen carefully to whatever you bring to your sessions, in order that we may try to understand your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

I work with you so that you can develop a greater understanding of yourself, so that you may cope better with how you feel, and how you interact with people, and the world around you.

I am also trained in EMDR, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. It is a structured way of working with memories that have stayed raw: experiences that return as flashbacks or nightmares, or that leave a sense of threat which will not settle. Using bilateral stimulation, most often guided eye movements, EMDR helps the mind reprocess those memories so that they can be remembered without being relived.

Trauma is not only the result of single, obvious events. It can also build from something sustained over years, and it often sits underneath the difficulties that bring people to therapy in the first place. We can use EMDR on its own, or alongside longer-term psychodynamic work, depending on what you find helpful.

Sessions are usually at the same time, and on the same day each week.

We can meet in person in Kentish Town or Oxford Circus, or online by video.

I offer Open-ended Psychotherapy where you and I work together to understand you at a greater depth, and over time.

I also offer Time Limited Therapy which is typically 12 to 24 sessions, where you and I might try and focus on one particular issue that you are having difficulty with.

I ask for at least 48 hours’ notice if you need to cancel a session. Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice are charged in full.