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About Me
I’m a qualified, experienced and award-winning psychodynamic counsellor, registered with the BACP (MBACP). Ethical practice and the therapeutic relationship are at the heart of my work, and I work in line with the BACP’s Ethical Framework.
My core training includes a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and a Certificate in Counselling Skills. I continue to expand my knowledge through ongoing professional development in areas such as bereavement, relationships, anxiety, emotional awareness, identity, and counselling theory.
Before becoming a counsellor, I spent nearly a decade in academic research across psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, counselling, and psychology. This background means my work is grounded in robust, evidence-based practices. If you’d like to know more about what that looks like in our sessions, I’d be happy to share.
I am deeply committed to helping people understand themselves, find meaning and live a more enriched life.
I believe you already hold the answers within you – my role is to help you uncover them, in a space of trust, compassion, and respect.
Let’s begin your next chapter: if you’d like to explore whether counselling with me feels right for you, I’d be happy to arrange an initial conversation.
About Me
I’m a qualified psychodynamic counsellor, and I work according to the BACP Ethical Framework. My core clinical qualifications are a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and a Certificate in Counselling Skills. In addition to these I engage in regular professional training in areas such as bereavement, relationships, anxiety, emotional awareness, identity & self, counselling and psychotherapy theory. My academic background includes a degree in Philosophy, Literature and Existential Theory.
Having worked in academic research – across psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, counselling and psychology – for nearly a decade, I made the jump into training as a psychodynamic counsellor in 2015. My background in research means that my work is firmly rooted in robust, evidence-based, practices. If you would like to know more about what this means in practice, please ask me when we meet.
I am deeply committed to helping people understand themselves, find meaning and live a more enriched life.
I work from a start point of trust, authenticity, respect, compassion and a belief that everyone holds their own answers inside of themselves – my job is to help you find yours.
If you would like to learn more about my approach to counselling, and what working together might be like, please contact me.
My role as your counsellor is to support you as you explore yourself – your experiences, relationships, feelings and behaviours.
For counselling to be effective, it’s important that you feel safe and comfortable with the person you choose to work with.
This is why I offer a no-obligation two-step consultation process:
Step 1 - Initial Phone Call
20 minutes: £0
A chance for us to connect, talk about what’s bringing you to counselling, and explore your hopes and goals. You can get a sense of my approach, and we can decide together if you’d like to meet for a further consultation.
Step 2 - Consultation & Assessment Session
50 minutes: £55
Here we take a deeper look at your story – what has led you here, and what you’d like to achieve. It’s also an opportunity to ask questions and get a feel for what it might be like to work together.
Ongoing Counselling Sessions
50 minutes: £55
If we continue, we’ll meet weekly at an agreed time.
Counselling is a joint process, so we’ll regularly review your goals to ensure our work stays meaningful and relevant.
- Understand: From our first conversation, we begin uncovering your story and patterns.
- Overcome: We address challenges and reduce their hold over your life.
- Grow: You move forward with greater clarity, freedom, and confidence.
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About Psychodynamic Counselling
Psychodynamic counselling is a long-established and trusted form of talking therapy, with its roots in traditional psychoanalysis – pioneered by Sigmund Freud, often called the father of talking therapy.
It’s an in-depth approach that helps you gain self-awareness, insight, and understanding, with the aim of fostering lasting emotional growth.
At its heart, psychodynamic counselling explores your relationships – with yourself, with others, and with the world around you. It helps you see how your current feelings and behaviours may be shaped by past experiences and unconscious patterns. This awareness can help you understand what you feel now, why you respond in certain ways, and how this affects your relationships.
The relationship between counsellor and client is central. From a place of empathy, compassion, safety, and trust – supported by confidentiality and a non-judgemental attitude – we create meaning and understanding together.
Understand · Overcome · Grow
approach in action:
Understand: We uncover the roots of your feelings and behaviours.
Overcome: Bringing patterns into awareness gives you the power to work through them.
Grow: New insights open the way to healthier ways of relating and living.