ABOUT ME
'Be yourself, everyone else is taken' (Oscar Wilde)
I am a fully accredited Integrative Arts Psychotherapist MA and a registered member of UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and HCPC (Healthcare Professions Council).
In addition to Private Practice, I have worked as a Psychotherapist in the NHS (Camden & Islington North London Foundation Trust, and Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust); also for the charity Clean Break. Training to become a Psychotherapist followed a long career in the Arts. At the heart of both disciplines is a rigorous and collaborative inquiry into what it means to be human, in all its complexity and potential. This is what we think about and hold in therapy sessions.
I offer clients a safe, non judgemental space where they can be curious about who they are. The greater the self knowledge, the greater the agency to make healthier choices. I will help you broaden the range of choices, and finesse the tools to support their use.
My training as an Integrative Arts Psychotherapist means the journey into greater self awareness is through conversation but also, at times, through the arts (image making, clay, body awareness, sand tray). This is not about being good at art (!) but research shows that the arts can help access conscious and unconscious material in a profound and supportive way. We can get to know, and understand different parts of our personalities. This in turn means more choices for how we act/re-act in daily life and the potential really
to enjoy being 'ourselves'.
QUALIFICATIONS
- MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (UEL)
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts
- MA English Lit
- RADA Acting Dip
THERAPY FOR
ADHD, Trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Stress, Sexual abuse, Self-harm, Anxiety, Attachment disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Relationship issues, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Low self-esteem, Depression, Bereavement
TYPES OF THERAPY
Psychotherapy, Counselling, Art Therapy
SESSION TYPE
Face to Face @ EC1V 8AB, Online / Virtual Therapy
