My name is Gabriella and I am a Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist

I am a registered member of the BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council) and the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists. I have a Post-grad Diploma in Family Therapy from the Institute of Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital. I am also a qualified RMN with over 30 years’ experience in Nursing, mainly as a Clinical Specialist in CAMHS.

Through the therapeutic process, we will aim to build understanding and insights into the issues and difficulties that brought you into therapy, to help you build some resilience to deal with the past and the present and move forward.

I offer a service to children, adolescents, and young adults to allow them to begin to understand and explore how their past experiences have impacted on their lives, to be able to regulate their emotions and behaviours in order to cope with life’s challenges. Often the problems experienced are related to or are the result of past traumas or even just finding it hard to cope with life generally with all its pressures and difficulties, that young people face today.

I can also see families and parents who can sometimes struggle to understand the problems facing them as a family unit. I am offering a safe and non-judgemental space, where we can begin to understand what is going on.

I offer appointments to children & adolescents/young people, as well as family work with parents and families, both as short and long term psychotherapeutic interventions for children & adolescents/young people.

I offer therapeutic support for a wide range of issues including:

Anxiety                              

Low mood/depression

Low self-esteem                       

Mood disorders 

Anger issues                          

Eating disorders

Loss and bereavement              

Abuse 

Trauma                              

PTSD

and advise on other issues or problems

I seek to work collaboratively with my clients and offer online sessions