About Me
II am a psychotherapist, and I believe we can write our own life stories. I have an interest in couples work and I am a former musician so I like working creatively. I have years of experience working with both couples and individuals, and can offer a free initial 20-minute consultation.
I am a relational practitioner and qualified psychotherapist with a Masters Degree (MSc) in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and a Clinical Diploma (Cl Dip) in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. I am certified by the European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA) and I have a certificate of accreditation in the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) endorsed ‘couples therapy for depression (CTFD)’ programme at the Tavistock Institute. I trained at the Metanoia Institute, London.
I have an interest in couples work and, as a former professional musician, I understand the pressures of performance, judgement and balancing creativity with financial stability. I believe these types of pressures affect everyone, not just musicians or artists and, accordingly, I like looking creatively at our life situations and using the power of imagination to help us move toward the places we want to inhabit.
I am registered as Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and offer concessionary rates for BAPAM-registered clients, the International Association of Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA) the European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA). I am governed by these organisations codes of ethics. I am also registered as a mentor for musicians through the Co-Pilot: the Musicians’ Mentoring Network. In my past training I have volunteered at Richmond Aid for one year and I worked with young people by volunteering at Hounslow Youth Counselling Service for nine months.
I am currently working online, and can offer online sessions. I hope to soon be able to offer ‘hybrid-working’ where sessions can be either online, in person, or a mix of both. I like to work with clients on a weekly basis, as I think that, like exercise, consistency helps support helpful change. I hope to be able to offer face-to-face sessions in the Richmond/Twickenham area from September, 2023 at the Practice Rooms (https://thepracticerooms.co.uk).
If you would like to consider working with me I am happy to have an initial phone conversation to understand where you are and what you would like from therapy. From there, if we agree we would like to consider working together more, we can have an initial full 50-minute consultation session.
