I will contact you speedily, taking account of confidentially and offer you an initial assessment consultation. This assessment session is intended to determine the most suitable treatment for you, taking into account where you live, your daily commitments, and of course, the particular mix of your problems. If it seems appropriate you will then begin therapy with me one or more times a week. The cost of individual sessions is a subject of conversation between us. In London, the individual session fee ranges between £50 and £80
EXPERIENCE
My initial degree was in the Social Sciences. I have worked in education for many years and am now in full-time private practice as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. I am an Associate Member of the London Centre for Psychotherapy and a member of The British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision. I have an interest in Attachment Theory and have contributed a chapter to “Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Process (Eds. Cortina, M. and Marrone, M)" Whurr 2003.
I have been a Tutor for a Westminster Pastoral Foundation Certificate in Counselling Skills based in North London and currently supervise psychodynamic counsellors. I am currently Vice-Chair of The London Centre for Psychotherapy.
SUPERVISION
I have a Diploma in Psychodynamic Supervision and offer supervision for experienced councellors/psychotherapists or those in training.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy offers a confidential opportunity to talk about whatever is on your mind with an experienced, non-judgmental listener who is well trained in recognising emotional patterns and maladaptive relationships. Finding explanations in terms that are relevant and useful to the individual, therapy becomes a reflective conversation and sharing of feelings, ideas, and insights. In the calm, accepting atmosphere of the consulting room, people learn to express more of their feelings and often feel less afraid of, or tyrannised by, them. Psychotherapy often enables you to make changes so as to undertake new careers, make new relationships or deepen existing ones, and generally feel more at peace with yourself.
Some of the problems people bring to therapy include certain forms of depression, sexual and relationship problems, workplace bullying, feelings of emptiness, unresolved bereavement, effects of trauma, etc.
Usually, psychotherapy involves one-to-one fifty-minute sessions. Occasionally, either you or the psychotherapist may suggest confidentially contacting medical practitioners or other professionals to ensure an overall and appropriate treatment plan. However, in most cases, no one will be contacted as confidentiality of what is disclosed in therapy sessions is essential. I am an Associate Member of the London centre for Psychotherapy and registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council. I am also a member of The British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision.
Please do not hesitate to call me with any questions.
