My training
I am an accredited full clinical member of the UKCP and follow their codes of ethics. I trained at the University of Oxford on the Masters Programme in Psychodynamic Practice, a four year, in-depth, rigorous personal, theoretical and clinical training.
My experience
I have worked in therapeutic settings for over 10 years, working with young people and adults in education, community settings and private practice including facilitating group supervision. Some of the work that I do, but not exclusively, has focussed on people’s experience of abuse, trauma, loss, grief, family and relationship difficulties, divorce, anxiety, low mood and depression, suicide bereavement, impact of boarding school, chronic illness. But more importantly I am ready to hold you in mind as an individual with your own unique experience and history to explore.
How I work
I will work with you by helping you to think about the issues you are facing now or have gone through in the past, to help you make sense of them and to process painful or difficult feelings. You might be unsure about what you are feeling or what you need to think about. You might feel stuck and the work may be challenging at times. I will work with and alongside you to explore and unravel complicated thoughts and feelings in a secure, safe and confidential space.
Working psychodynamically means that we will think about your current feelings or symptoms and see how these may be affected and shaped by your past experiences.
Over time we will work together to locate and connect patterns of thinking or behaviour which had previously been kept hidden away. In bringing these feelings and experiences to the fore there is the possibility of finding clarity and moving out of a stuck state of mind or repetitive patterns of thinking and behaviour.
I seek to be anti-racist, being aware of privilege and unconscious bias.
Postnominals and Qualifications
PgDip, Mst, MUKCP (accred.)
Qualifications in Detail
Mst (Master of Studies) in Psychodynamic Practice, The University of Oxford. [Recipient of the 2023 Kellogg Scholarship, awarded for academic excellence within the MSt in Psychodynamic Practice programme.]
PGCert (Postgraduate Certificate) Psychodynamic Practice, The University of Oxford
PGDip (Postgraduate Diploma) Psychodynamic Practice, The University of Oxford
Post Qualification Certificate in Couples Counselling (with Heidi Renton, MBACP, RegCOSRT), Basingstoke Counselling Service
Professional Memberships & Directories
UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy)
UPCA (Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling Association)
UKCP, UPCA, Psychology Today, Counselling Directory, Aligned, Konfidens
OPS (Oxford Psychotherapy Society)
