My Approach

Welcome

I provide therapy to adults and young people over sixteen, from my consulting rooms near Borough Market, in Central London (SE1).

People come to see a psychotherapist or counsellor for a variety of reasons. You may be finding it difficult to cope with a recent crisis, a loss of some kind, conflict, illness or feeling overwhelmed…. Or you might be struggling with hard to pin down but distressing feelings, such as anxiety, anger, yearning or sadness.

You may have questions about your sexual life, or be dealing with issues to do with race.

You may wish to bring not just troubles, but a desire to talk about things that simply matter.

Perhaps there’s something you just can’t seem to move on from.

I offer a confidential and safe space for you to move through what’s confusing or worrying you, to a fuller appreciation of what's happening. To help you get in touch with your own resources, in ways that may not be evident to you right now, so that you have more freedom to address the opportunities and frustrations that life brings.

If you would like to arrange an initial informal conversation, please get in touch.

You can ask questions and get a sense of what it will be like for us to work together. If it feels like a good fit, we can agree to go forward.
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Approach

Psychoanalysis is a talking therapy, similar to psychotherapy and counselling, but with a particular focus on the question, what is the unconscious doing?

The challenges that each of us face are often informed by events, beliefs, and circumstances over which we have little control, especially during our childhoods, and our earliest strategies to deal with those experiences can continue to affect our later lives in ways that operate at both a conscious and unconscious level.

At times these strategies might help us to progress, but at times they can also hold us back.

People sometimes wonder how speaking is going to change things. Speaking as freely as possible and listening with care, can bring new perspectives. It allows us to explore, work through and come to terms with our unconscious tendencies and what we want to do with them today.

In these ways it lets us change our problems and suffering into something else. It might not take away all negative feelings and beliefs, but they can become less mysterious or powerful, allowing us to enlarge our capacity to enjoy who we are, and to connect with those things or people that are important to us.

About Me

I am a member of The Guild of Psychotherapists, London.

My work as a therapist includes seeing clients privately and through the Wellbeing Service of the London Business School. I have experience of working as an honorary psychotherapist within the NHS with people suffering from severe mental health conditions, at the Guild of Psychotherapists reduced fee clinic and with young people in the community, through a charity project called The Advocacy Academy.
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I hold an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London and am currently a visiting lecturer at the Tavistock Centre London on the Psychoanalytic Studies MA Programme.

I am an active member of the Race & Culture Committee at the Guild of Psychotherapists and also the Black and Asian Therapist’s Network.
I am a registered member with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I fully abide by their professional code of ethics.

I am a member of the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS and Public Sector.

Alongside my training as a psychotherapist, I have been a practising architect for over 25 years, founding and running my own creative studio with offices in London and Paris.

I work with

• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist