Psychotherapy is a place to stop and think, to try to understand what’s going on in your life and in your relationships. The aim is to listen in to yourself, with the help of the therapist: it’s not about getting advice. It is a collaborative process to explore how you relate to other people, to yourself, and to the environment around you.
People come to me for widely varying reasons. Typically people come because they are struggling with relationships, or with careers, or with feeling that where they are in their lives is not where they want to be, but they don’t see how to make changes. Some have been bereaved; some have unresolved issues to do with their families, their parents, their children.
I have been working in private practice since 2000. I am trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council and work according to the BPC Code of Ethics.
As a Registrant of BPC I am on a Register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority, set up by government to improve standards and safety for the benefit of the public.