For over 14 years, I have worked as a group and individual psychotherapist with patients suffering from anxiety, grief, high emotional sensitivity, emotional dysregulation, eating distress, depression, suicidality and self-harm, trauma (particularly complex trauma) and difficulties in interpersonal relationships.
I began my clinical work in forensic services with male offenders, both within the prison population and in the community. Since 2016, I have worked in an NHS Complex Emotional Needs Service with patients who suffer from complex emotional and relational difficulties, many of whom meet criteria for borderline personality disorder and, or complex PTSD. I also specialise in in working with young adults (18 – 25-year-olds).
In 2020, I established a private practice seeing patients for individual and group psychotherapy. I also work in a small team of experienced therapists offering the full MBT treatment programme.
I have been supervising MBT therapists since 2020 and reached accreditation as an MBT Supervisor with The Anna Freud Centre in 2023. I supervise individual MBT practitioner trainees and offer private MBT supervision to teams nationwide to support their delivery of MBT treatment.
My approach
I understand that often people seek therapy because they’re at a point in their lives where they feel stuck, hopeless, or desperate and need help. Together we will explore the beliefs and ideas you hold about yourself and the world. We will work with both conscious and unconscious processes to build an understanding of pain, repeating patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour.
This can support you to develop a greater sense of your self – your thoughts, feelings, identifications, and values – and to help you feel empowered to choose different ways of being and relating. I understand that some people may enter therapy with mistrust, anxiety and hurt, based on past experiences. I believe it is vital to establish a safe, caring and contained space for a therapeutic relationship to develop where change can occur.
Alongside my psychotherapy work, I am a qualified yoga teacher. I draw on this somatic experience to support my work with trauma and am interested in how experiences in the body can communicate trauma and emotional distress in a way that has not yet found words. I aim to listen to these experiences and, alongside you, try to give words and thoughts to them.
I practice in a way that is inclusive, and doesn’t pathologise sexualities, gender identities and other self-identifications. I welcome referrals from individuals identifying with or wishing to explore non-normative ways of being and living. I am sensitive to and welcome exploration of the impact of class, race and gender that effect our lives and our work together.
Supervision
I draw upon my specialism in MBT and psychoanalytic training to hold space to think with other therapists about the complex dynamics activated when working with patients, systemic dynamics that arise, as well as unconscious and parallel processes. I am passionate about supporting professionals to think about complex emotional needs, trauma, and relational difficulties in a way that allows space for empathy, minimizes othering, digests challenging internal experiences and challenges harmful stereotypes that can make accessing treatment and care difficult.
Availability
I offer weekly individual sessions either in-person or online.
I offer MBT supervision online, please contact me for availability.
Contact
My contact details are [email protected]
Rates
Fees for individual psychotherapy available on request.
Supervision fees range from £100-£150.