Have you been struggling to get on track. With everything going on in the world at the moment, it is little surprise that sometimes you feel overwhelmed, stretched or just plain exhausted. It can be hard to think of ways through. Taking a moment to talk through what you are feeling and how it is affecting you is a great place to start.

As a therapist, I have been described as warm, supportive, funny but also direct, and sometimes even challenging. Once we have set a goal for our sessions, I am relentless in pursuing it. To do this, I bring the knowledge gained through four degrees, multiple postgraduate clinical courses, hours of research and the cumulative experience of thousands of hours of work with clients.

Usually, we start with the present, discussing your current situation and what we can change today to improve the situation quickly. This will likely involve tackling any thoughts or behaviours you may be doing automatically that are not serving you. Sometimes, the present can be influenced by the past so we will explore this together, looking for old ways of thinking or behaving that might not work for you anymore. We will design a plan of action together to deal with all of these ad gets you moving forwards.

I work with a range of human experiences including

Anxiety Issues

Anger Management

Depression

Low self-esteem and feeling down.

Stress management including sustainable routines, self-care and wellbeing.

Life fatigue including a lack of motivation, enthusiasm, drive and an unclear path forward.

Men's issues including, coping with emotions, dating and life in the modern world.

I have also developed a particular interest in helping women who struggle with men and find them hard to deal with in their lives.

I am a fully qualified and insured Accredited member of the BACP. I work integratively, incorporating person-centred, CBT, psychodynamic theories but also draw on psychotherapeutic coaching techniques such as solution-focused coaching

Please see my website for more information.

My first session

Our first session will be free. It is an assessment where we explore your current situation, find out what is bothering you and decide what it is that you want to change. It is also a chance for you to find out if you like how I work and want to work with me further, as well as for me to make sure that I believe I can help you. Typically, this session takes place by Zoom.

We will discuss your issue and I will take a thorough history of the problem. I will likely talk less than you do because I want to get a sense of what you are going through and no one knows this better than you. However, I am likely to ask a lot of questions to make sure that I have as full of a picture of your issues as possible.

Together, we will look for any patterns in behaviours, thoughts or beliefs that may be holding you back. We may also try to change some of them immediately, hopefully providing some quick relief.

At the end of the session, we will discuss what we might do together in future if we were to work together. You will leave with a good idea of what would happen in future sessions, if there were any. Sometimes, if I do not feel like my services are the best possible way forward for you, I might offer some other ideas and perhaps arrange for some resources to be sent to you.

You will leave the session with no obligation to continue unless you have decided that you want to.

What I can help with

Abuse, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Career coaching, Depression, Health related issues, Identity issues, Life coaching, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Personal development, Phobias, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Stress, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Behavioural, Brief therapy, CBT, Cognitive, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Psychodynamichem. This will involve working out why this is happening, then finding ways for you to regulate your physical reactions, thoughts, behaviours and environment, creating a sense of control and an ability to cope.

Clients I work with

Adults, EAP, Older adults

How I deliver therapy

Email therapy, Online video therapy, Telephone therapy, Text therapy.

Most of my clients see significant improvement within a month.

Aviva, Bupa, Axa, Cigna, Vitality, WPA private medical insurance recognised psychotherapist.

Qualifications

BSc First Class Honours Counselling - University of East London

BA Deans Honours list Psychology & Behavioural Science- McGill University 

MSc Psychological Research - Oxford University

CPCAB Certificate in Online Counselling Skills

Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society MBPsS

Multiple postgraduate CPD qualifications in Online Therapy

MBACP accred - Accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists