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I'm available to offer sessions within these hours at comfortable, welcoming practice locations in south and central London:

Monday: 12noon - 6pm (Balham)

Tuesday: 9am - 6pm (Balham and Clapham)

Wednesday: 8am - 4pm (Pimlico)

Thursday: 8am - 4pm (Pimlico)

I offer a free 20-minute introductory call.

I mainly work in person and can also offer online or hybrid therapy.

All locations have excellent public transport links. 

My starting point as a therapist is to offer you a quiet and reflective regular space in your week to explore what you're finding challenging or distressing in your life right now. I’ll meet you with respect, hopefulness, kindness and genuine commitment. I offer a steady, consistent presence in your week.

I know it can sometimes feel like a big step to start therapy, especially for the first time. My aim is always to support you to feel as safe as you can and at ease with me, even when we might be talking about painful experiences. I'm down-to-earth and humane in my style and sensitive to finding a pace and approach that feels right for you.

I'll offer gentle questions, reflections and invitations to help you explore your thoughts, emotions and physical experiences. As your awareness of yourself, your relationships and your situation deepens, more clarity, choice, sense of direction, and satisfaction in life can open up.

We generally come to therapy because we want to make a change or are confronting a change in circumstances we didn't choose for ourselves, such as a bereavement.

I foster a patient approach to change. I recognise that, for most of us, making a change or adapting to change doesn't happen overnight and can bring up a lot of mixed feelings. That's why I don't promise transformation, nor do I push change. And sometimes, the most important change can be how we relate to ourselves, as we come to greater self-acceptance.

I'm passionate about the power of literature and creative writing to support our understanding of ourselves and the world. I'll be setting up a therapeutic book group for women next year.

My core training is as a gestalt psychotherapist. I also draw on attachment, intersectional feminist therapy, and existential ideas.

Previously, I worked for many years as a senior counsellor in a London hospice following a first career in public and voluntary sector communications. I facilitate staff reflection groups in the funeral sector.

I welcome a wide range of clients, bringing unique experiences and struggles. I have an affinity for work with clients who are:

• grieving for a person close to them or going through other forms of loss, such as losses related to health and illness, fertility, or relationships;

• feeling held back and troubled by anxiety;

• struggling with feelings of inadequacy, shame, or low self-esteem;

• experiencing significant life transitions and looking for support to navigate times of change and uncertainty;

• or needing support around the ways earlier life experiences, including of trauma and neglect, are affecting their quality of life and their sense of self.

I strive to offer an inclusive space and work within an anti-oppressive framework. For me, this means explicitly acknowledging the ways in which the contexts we live in and experiences of being disempowered play a significant role in distress.

I predominantly work long-term with clients on an open-ended basis and am equally comfortable with shorter time-limited therapy where we'll agree a fixed number of sessions, usually a minimum of 12.

I mainly work in person and am open to online and hybrid ways of meeting too.

I see clients on a weekly basis at a regular time.

I am a registered provider with AXA Healthcare. 

I know reaching out to a therapist can sometimes feel daunting or we might feel ashamed by what we're struggling with or perhaps we feel we ought to be able to cope on our own.

That's why I aim to make the process of getting in touch with me as clear and welcoming as possible to ease that first step.

1. Feel free to send through an enquiry. Share a brief few sentences about what you're looking to explore and how soon you're looking to start. I'll respond within 48 hours. If I don't have availability myself, I'll offer suggestions for other avenues to explore if you'd welcome this.

2. When I do have available spaces in my practice, we'll then arrange a free 20 minute call, usually on Zoom. It's an opportunity for you to share a bit more about what's bringing you to therapy now and ask me any questions you may have. I also like to cover the practicalities like our respective availability and fees.

3. After this call, if you decide you'd like to move forward and I feel well placed to support you, we'll then meet for an initial trial session of 50 minutes payable at the regular fee. This is a more in-depth conversation where I'll invite you to share more about yourself, your life experience, your current situation and what you want support with in therapy. We'll also talk about how you feel about committing to therapy and I can answer any questions you may have.

I recommend taking a day or two before making a decision to go ahead or not and will give you a time by which I ask you to let me know either way. You're also welcome to request one further trial session to help you reach a decision.

It's so important to find a therapist you feel comfortable working with. If you feel you'd be better suited to working with someone else, I'll be pleased to guide you towards other colleagues that might be a better fit especially if there's a particular expertise you need that I don't offer.

I'm available to offer sessions within these hours at comfortable, welcoming practice locations in south and central London:

Monday: 12noon - 6pm (Balham)

Tuesday: 9am - 6pm (Balham and Clapham)

Wednesday: 8am - 4pm (Pimlico)

Thursday: 8am - 4pm (Pimlico)

I offer a free 20-minute introductory call.

I mainly work in person and can also offer online or hybrid therapy. 

All locations have excellent public transport links. 

My starting point as a therapist is to offer you a quiet and reflective regular space in your week to explore what you're finding challenging or distressing in your life right now. I’ll meet you with respect, hopefulness, kindness and genuine commitment. I offer a steady, consistent presence in your week. 

I know it can sometimes feel like a big step to start therapy, especially for the first time. My aim is always to support you to feel as safe as you can and at ease with me, even when we might be talking about painful experiences. I'm down-to-earth and humane in my style and sensitive to finding a pace and approach that feels right for you.

I'll offer gentle questions, reflections and invitations to help you explore your thoughts, emotions and physical experiences. As your awareness of yourself, your relationships and your situation deepens, more clarity, choice, sense of direction, and satisfaction in life can open up.

We generally come to therapy because we want to make a change or are confronting a change in circumstances we didn't choose for ourselves, such as a bereavement. 

I foster a patient approach to change. I recognise that, for most of us, making a change or adapting to change doesn't happen overnight and can bring up a lot of mixed feelings. That's why I don't promise transformation, nor do I push change. And sometimes, the most important change can be how we relate to ourselves, as we come to greater self-acceptance.

I'm passionate about the power of literature and creative writing to support our understanding of ourselves and the world. I'll be setting up a therapeutic book group for women next year.

My core training is as a gestalt psychotherapist. I also draw on attachment, intersectional feminist therapy, and existential ideas. 

Previously, I worked for many years as a senior counsellor in a London hospice following a first career in public and voluntary sector communications. I facilitate staff reflection groups in the funeral sector.

I welcome a wide range of clients, bringing unique experiences and struggles. I have an affinity for work with clients who are:

• grieving for a person close to them or going through other forms of loss, such as losses related to health and illness, fertility, or relationships;

• feeling held back and troubled by anxiety;

• struggling with feelings of inadequacy, shame, or low self-esteem;

• experiencing significant life transitions and looking for support to navigate times of change and uncertainty;

• or needing support around the ways earlier life experiences, including of trauma and neglect, are affecting their quality of life and their sense of self. 

I strive to offer an inclusive space and work within an anti-oppressive framework. For me, this means explicitly acknowledging the ways in which the contexts we live in and experiences of being disempowered play a significant role in distress.

I predominantly work long-term with clients on an open-ended basis and am equally comfortable with shorter time-limited therapy where we'll agree a fixed number of sessions, usually a minimum of 12.

I mainly work in person and am open to online and hybrid ways of meeting too.

I see clients on a weekly basis at a regular time. 

I am a registered provider with AXA Healthcare. 

I know reaching out to a therapist can sometimes feel daunting or we might feel ashamed by what we're struggling with or perhaps we feel we ought to be able to cope on our own.

That's why I aim to make the process of getting in touch with me as clear and welcoming as possible to ease that first step.

1. Feel free to send through an enquiry. Share a brief few sentences about what you're looking to explore and how soon you're looking to start. I'll respond within 48 hours. If I don't have availability myself, I'll offer suggestions for other avenues to explore if you'd welcome this.

2. When I do have available spaces in my practice, we'll then arrange a free 20 minute call, usually on Zoom. It's an opportunity for you to share a bit more about what's bringing you to therapy now and ask me any questions you may have. I also like to cover the practicalities like our respective availability and fees.

3. After this call, if you decide you'd like to move forward and I feel well placed to support you, we'll then meet for an initial trial session of 50 minutes payable at the regular fee. This is a more in-depth conversation where I'll invite you to share more about yourself, your life experience, your current situation and what you want support with in therapy. We'll also talk about how you feel about committing to therapy and I can answer any questions you may have.

I recommend taking a day or two before making a decision to go ahead or not and will give you a time by which I ask you to let me know either way. You're also welcome to request one further trial session to help you reach a decision.

It's so important to find a therapist you feel comfortable working with. If you feel you'd be better suited to working with someone else, I'll be pleased to guide you towards other colleagues that might be a better fit especially if there's a particular expertise you need that I don't offer.

I welcome enquiries from qualified and trainee therapists and counsellors. My practice days are:

Monday 12pm - 6pm (Balham and online) 

Tuesday 10am - 6pm (Balham and Clapham) 

Wednesday 8am - 4pm (Pimlico) 

Thursday 8am - 4pm (Pimlico)

My guiding principle as a supervisor of therapists and counsellors is to support you to feel confident, grounded and skilled in your practice. 

For me, the foundation of good supervision is to build a trusting, solid, collaborative relationship where you can feel safe to explore aspects of the work you might be finding challenging. I also believe in affirming supervisees’ strengths and celebrating as you grow in confidence and experience, whilst ensuring you're maintaining ethical standards. 

I strive to work with you within an anti-oppressive framework and to be alert to how power operates in both the supervisory relationship and any therapeutic relationships with clients. We'll often look at clients' wider context and identities as intrinsically relevant to the work of therapy as well as our own too. 

I like to offer space for reflecting on: specific client work; broad therapy themes; where you are in your practice and how you want to develop; any ways in which your personal life and professional work might be influencing each other; and how theory and practice might inform each other, particularly if you're a trainee.

I love that there is always more to learn, experience and reflect on with each other in this work and actively encourage an enthusiasm for learning, questioning and curiosity in supervision.

I’m a relational gestalt supervisor. This means I often offer an experiential slant to supervision, incorporating aspects of here-and-now experience, and exploring what’s happening in our relationship to provide a lens on work with clients.

I’m particularly committed to supporting newly-qualified and early career counsellors or therapists. I believe good supervision has a vital role to play when you’re establishing yourself and finding your own style, strengths and preferences as a practitioner. I also work with more established colleagues and those in training. 

I hold a post-graduate diploma in relational supervision from Relational Change.

I have a busy and thriving private practice in London and love my work as a therapist. I previously worked for four years as a senior counsellor in the Patient and Family Support Team at Royal Trinity Hospice. 

I support clients from diverse backgrounds, all bringing a broad range of life challenges. I have experience working with grief and loss; abuse; anxiety; challenges with self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-compassion; life transitions and questions about life direction; fertility and pregnancy issues; food, eating and body image; relationship difficulties; low mood; and serious illness. That said, I am always focused on clients' unique experience of what they're finding challenging rather than only thinking in terms of issues. 

My background is as a gestalt psychotherapist. I'm registered with Íø±¬ÃÅ and accredited with UKCP. I draw on several other theoretical approaches in my work, especially intersectional feminist therapy, trauma, attachment, and existential ideas.

I offer supervision either in person or online or on a hybrid basis. I'm based in three locations: Balham (south London), Clapham (south London) and Pimlico in central London. Supervision tends to be fortnightly but I am open to looking at different cadences to meet what works for you. 

When you first enquire about supervision, I'll get back in touch to arrange an initial exploratory call for 20 minutes at no charge. This is an opportunity to find out more about my supervision approach and to begin to scope out whether we might work well together. 

The next step is to arrange a trial supervision session. I'll ask more about your current practice: what's going well, where you'd like to grow and develop, any aspects of the work that are challenging you at the moment and what your hopes are from supervision. We will likely explore an area of client work so you can experience how I practise. 

If you'd like to go ahead and I feel I'm well placed to support you, we'll agree a plan going forward and I'll ask you to complete a supervision agreement. 

My goal above all is to make sure you have the right supervision for you as a practitioner and for your clients and your special areas of interest. I will always be happy to support with onward referrals if you or I feel that we're not quite the right fit.  

I'm happy to hear from you if you'd like an initial conversation to see if we might be a good fit.