COUNSELLING& PSYCHOTHERAPY
About me
I am a BACP registered counsellor and psychotherapist practicing in Central, South London and online. I am a trainee member of the UPCA and the NPSA.
I bring curiosity and creativity to the therapeutic relationship, in order to engage in depth with what feels difficult or frightening.
I can help with specific issues; an experience, trauma, phobia, habit or relationship you want to work on. Perhaps you want to improve your capacity to develop healthy boundaries; to get better at connecting and being vulnerable - or to learn to be comfortable being alone and feel more independent, perhaps you want to stop comparing yourself to others.
I can also help if a broader curiosity brings you here, a general feeling that there’s something to be discovered or explored, or a desire to know yourself better.
“When approaching the unconscious—that is, what we do not know—we, patient and analyst alike, are certain to be disturbed. In every consulting-room, there ought to be two rather frightened people: the patient and the psychoanalyst.”
- Wilfred Bion, The Tavistock Seminars
Healing happens when we confront difficult feelings with the support of another person - dynamics form in relationships and must also be reformed in relationships.
How I Work
Psychodynamically
I focus on exploring subliminal thoughts, assumptions and narratives. Over time, this enables my clients to identify feelings, conflicts and patterns from earlier relationships that may be playing out and affecting their lives now.
Relationally
People are shaped by their relationships. A therapist-client relationship that can be enjoyed and relied on is an important resource when processing challenging feelings and memories, improving communication and creating meaningful connections with others.
Telling Stories
The “narrative self” in neuroscience refers to the stories we construct about our identity and experiences. Psychotherapy helps reshape these narratives, offering a space to reinterpret past events, challenge limiting beliefs, and create a more cohesive, adaptive sense of self, fostering emotional healing and personal growth.
Together, we may identify and challenge some of the narratives reiterated in your personal mythology, reframing stories that no longer serve you. There is a great deal of power in the plots and patterns through which we see our lives. We take on a role in a tragedy, comedy, love story. By identifying these narratives we can ask important questions, ‘What part am I playing? Do I want this role? Where do I want this story to take me?’
*Gerson, M. J. (2014). ‘Reconsidering Self and Identity Through a Dialogue Between Neuroscience and Psychoanalytic Theory.’ Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 24(2), 210–226. https://doi.org/10.1080/10481885.2014.893783
