Therapy can be a very effective way of transforming short or long term psychological struggles and often people don’t know what’s possible until they try it. The only way to find out if it’s for you is to give it a go. You are always in control of how long you’re in therapy for and when you end.

I recommend we meet for a free call on zoom or on the phone to initially check that we are a good match for each other. Then we can agree on a regular weekly slot for therapy.

You can never know if I am the therapist for you until we’ve been working together for a little while. I would say jump in the water’s safe because even if we did decide to end your time and money wouldn’t be wasted. Together we can extract valuable learning for you from our engagement and why we’re ending.

There are many different schools of therapy, based upon theories, experience and research around what helps individuals heal. From my 30 + years of being around therapy as a client and practitioner, I have found that different approaches suit different individuals and different life problems or stages. I therefore chose to train in and integrate a number of different approaches so that I can be more helpful to a wider range of clients and work to a deeper level.

Yes it can. For example, many people are functioning well in many areas of their lives but there is one area where they get stuck – relationships, getting promoted, difficult family members, coping with loss.

This is quite common and not a problem. The therapeutic process is intrinsically designed to work with the complexity and confusion of our psyches.

It is up to you what you share in therapy and depending upon your issues you may not need to discuss your childhood. However given the nature of many issues this may limit what you can achieve. If childhood is discussed it is typically to help understand and give context to patterns that are showing up in our adult lives today.

The length of the therapy usually depends upon how deep-seated the issue is. However it is your choice to decide how long you would like to continue. Sometimes people arrive already knowing they want to have long term therapy and sometimes six to ten sessions helps them make an informed decision to see if they would like to continue further.

Short-term therapy can be very effective when the issue is genuinely short term or when the work is focused around a specific objective. Where difficulties are more deep-seated or have developed over a long period of time, longer-term therapy is often more helpful.

I offer weekly therapy as opposed to fortnightly. This is because I have found that it is more impactful and cost effective in the long run for the client. For example we don’t waste time catching up during sessions. Also when we are working with issues deep in the psyche fortnightly does not provide the safe emotional holding this requires.

I do however offer fortnightly where someone is ending therapy after a long period of time so the client can adjust to going solo. I work with a limited number of clients so I can provide a good level of depth and emotional availability.

I work face to face in Teddington London for clients based locally and in surrounding areas such as Twickenham, Hampton Hill, Kingston, Hampton, Feltham, Hounslow and Richmond. I also work remotely on zoom or the phone for clients in other parts of the UK. A hybrid of face to face and online is another option for example for clients who travel regularly in the UK or internationally.

I have coached many senior managers using psychotherapeutic approaches. This is typically when they wish to address something in their behaviour, mindset or way of relating at work that has deeper roots in their psyche or life history.

I work with trauma but not using EMDR. This is because the nature of the trauma I work with tends to have occurred incrementally over years – drip by drip. There are often no memorable incidents or defining moments that easily explain how it came about.

Rather than trying to process a particular traumatic event, I work with you and your unconscious to piece together and make sense of how your experiences have affected you and the patterns that may have developed as a result. This is usually deeper work and it takes time.

You will not see testimonials or online reviews for my practice. This is a conscious decision based on the importance I place on confidentiality, professional boundaries and the therapeutic relationship.

UKCP does not permit client testimonials in marketing. I also choose not to ask clients for online reviews. Given the delicacy of the therapeutic relationship, I would not want a client to feel under pressure to provide a review in order to please me, even if they had not been directly asked to do so.

My professional training and memberships require rigorous training, ongoing continuing professional development, clinical supervision and for UKCP re-accreditation. These are important ways of maintaining professional standards throughout my career.

I would much rather that you judge whether I’m the right therapist for you from the information on this website and from an initial conversation.

Yes, I am. Whilst I am not neurodivergent myself, a number of my family and friends are, and I have experience of working with clients with ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia, even when this may not be the reason they have come to therapy.

To better support these clients, as well as my regular therapy supervision, I also attend a neurodiversity supervision group. This helps me to keep learning and attuning to the particular life challenges neurodivergent people may experience.

I appreciate that for many people, being neurodivergent does not present a problem; it is simply part of the backdrop of who they are. Everyone is different, so I'm interested in understanding how you experience the world and what might help you get the most from therapy.

If you're unsure whether my experience or approach would be right for you, we can explore this in an initial conversation.