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Therapy Services

What to Expect

Initial Psychological Assessment

The first step is a thorough assessment session where we explore what's brought you to therapy and what you're hoping to change.

We'll look at your current difficulties, relevant history, and the patterns that might be keeping things stuck. I'll also want to understand your strengths, coping resources, and what's already working for you. Together, we'll develop an initial understanding and agree on a plan for our work.

Ongoing Psychological Therapy

We meet weekly for therapy that's tailored to you. I draw on different approaches depending on what you need - sometimes exploring how your past shapes present patterns, sometimes working with different parts of yourself, sometimes developing coping strategies.

Sessions are collaborative, working at a pace that feels right. Therapy can be short-term and focused or longer-term for deeper work, depending on your goals. Available online or face-to-face. We'll regularly check that our approach is working and adjust as needed.

Areas I Work With

Anxiety

Generalised anxiety, panic attacks, health anxiety, social anxiety

Relationship Difficulties

Difficult patterns in relationships, attachment issues, separation and divorce, loneliness, struggles with intimacy or boundaries

Stress and Burnout

Work-related stress, study-related stress, burnout, chronic fatigue, feeling overwhelmed by life demands

Self-Esteem and Identity

Low self-confidence, perfectionism, harsh self-criticism, feeling lost or uncertain about who you are

Depression and Low Mood

Persistent sadness, loss of motivation, procrastination, feeling disconnected, empty or numb

Trauma and Difficult Life Experiences

Childhood experiences affecting you now, complex trama, neglect, abuse, bereavement and loss, abandonment

Life Transitions and Changes

Career changes, starting or finishing education, relationship transitions, becoming a parent, children leaving home, moving, retirement

Other Areas

Anger difficulties, ADHD and autism-related challenges, existential questions of meaning and spirituality. If what you’re experiencing isn’t listed here, please still get in touch. I work with a wide range of human experiences.

Types of Therapy

Depending on what you need, I draw on a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help you make sense of what you're experiencing. Find out more about the different approaches I use here:

  • A growing body of research demonstrates that online therapy is just as effective as in-person therapy. You can access confidential, high-quality therapy from the comfort of your own environment - whether you're in London, elsewhere in the UK, or internationally. Sessions provide a safe space to explore what you're experiencing, understand yourself better, and work through difficulties - without the need to travel.

  • We all have patterns in our relationships - ways we connect, withdraw, protect ourselves, or seek closeness. Often, these patterns formed early in life and now play out automatically in our current relationships, even when they no longer serve us.

    You might find yourself keeping people at a distance even when you want connection, choosing similar partners repeatedly, feeling unworthy of love, anticipating rejection, or struggling to trust and be vulnerable.

    These patterns made sense once - they helped you survive difficult experiences or relationships. But now they might be getting in the way. 

    Psychodynamic therapy helps you explore how your early relationships shaped the way you see yourself and relate to others. By understanding these patterns and where they come from, you can begin to change them.

  • Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are connected - and sometimes we get stuck in unhelpful patterns. You might find yourself caught in cycles of worry, avoiding situations that trigger anxiety, or believing harsh things about yourself.

    These patterns often happen automatically. A thought pops up (‘I'm going to mess this up’), which triggers anxiety, which leads to avoidance - and the cycle reinforces itself.

    Where helpful, I offer practical strategies and tools from CBT to help you manage day-to-day difficulties. You learn to notice these patterns, step back from automatic thoughts, develop more balanced perspectives, and gradually face situations you've been avoiding.

  • We all have different aspects or parts to our personality. But most of us don't have control over these parts - they react automatically to situations. For example, you might shut down when critisized, become angry when feeling hurt, or overthink when anxious.

    Sometimes these reactions help us. Sometimes they get us into trouble.

    But there's another way. Through IFS, you can develop a relationship with these parts and understand why they do what they do. We can help and heal any pain or vulnerability driving the reaction. Then, instead of reacting on autopilot, you develop the ability to choose how you respond.

  • Much of our suffering comes from being caught up in thoughts, that is, replaying the past, worrying about the future, or getting lost in self-criticism. We spend so much time in our heads that we lose touch with the present moment and with our direct experience of life.

    Mindfulness is about learning to notice what's happening right now - your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations, without getting swept away by them or judging them as good or bad.

    I might weave mindfulness into our work together, helping you develop the ability to step back from difficult thoughts and feelings rather than being controlled by them. You learn to respond with more awareness and choice, rather than reacting automatically. This might include simple practices like noticing your breath, tuning into bodily sensations, or bringing kind attention to difficult emotions.

    Mindfulness doesn't make difficult feelings disappear, but it changes your relationship with them, creating space, perspective, and the capacity to be with what is.

  • Sometimes the most helpful thing is simply to be heard - truly heard, without judgment or advice. At the heart of my work is the belief that you're the expert on your own life. You know yourself better than anyone else, even when it feels like you're lost or confused. Perhaps you've spent so long meeting others' expectations that you've lost touch with your own needs.

    In person-centred therapy, my role is to create a genuine and honest space where you feel truly heard, helping you access your own insight and wisdom. Rather than directing you or giving advice, I trust your capacity to find your own answers and your own way forward.