Counselor, Psychotherapist and Therapist
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Counselor, Psychotherapist and Therapist
I am a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). I worked for five years providing long-term psychotherapy to individuals with histories of addiction and childhood trauma. This gave me an understanding of the extent to which adverse early experiences can impact on behaviour and psychic functioning in adulthood. Since then, I have undertaken post-qualifying training in the treatment of PTSD, C-PTSD and trauma-related dissociative disorders. I have a particular interest in states of depersonalisation and derealisation and keep up to date with relevant research in this area.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy involves helping you to identify and understand recurring themes and patterns in your relationships. Although certain ways of relating may have been conducive to your survival at one point, you may now be experiencing their cost. Psychotherapy aims to make these relational patterns conscious and thus more amenable to change.
Before therapy commences, our first two sessions will comprise an initial consultation in which your area/s of concern will be explored and a full history will be taken. In the initial consultation, we will discuss your areas of focus and decide together on how long we meet for. This can be reviewed as our work progresses.
- Birkbeck, University of London in 2021
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapist - Kairos+ (2019 - 2023)
- Counsellor and Psychotherapist - Private Practice (2022)
- BPC Membership certificate since 2024
- BACP Registration certificate since 2023