Psychology Services
Psychological Therapy and Psychotherapy
Seeking psychological support can be an important step, whether you are experiencing a specific difficulty, finding that familiar patterns keep returning or simply wanting to understand yourself more fully.
I offer psychology services and psychotherapy to adults, drawing on different therapeutic approaches according to your needs and the difficulties you would like to explore. My particular professional interest is in longer-term psychodynamic and analytic work.
An initial consultation gives us an opportunity to discuss what has brought you to therapy and consider an approach that may be appropriate for you.
Not Sure Where to Start?
It's common to have questions. An initial consultation gives you the opportunity to talk things through in a safe and confidential space.
Psychology and Psychotherapy Services
Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies
My clinical training enables me to work with a broad range of diagnoses and personal difficulties using evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), mentalisation-based therapy (MBT) and schema therapy.
I have experience working with clinical presentations including anxiety and panic disorders, phobias, OCD, depression, addictions and eating disorders, as well as ADHD and autism. Where appropriate, treatment may involve collaboration with a psychiatrist or another healthcare professional.
A more structured, behaviour-focused intervention may be helpful when you are experiencing acute symptoms and would like to develop practical ways of managing them. For some people, this may be a stand-alone course of treatment. For others, it may provide a starting point before moving into longer-term psychotherapy.
Psychodynamic and Analytic Psychotherapy
I mostly offer longer-term psychotherapy, with sessions taking place once or twice weekly.
A psychodynamic approach explores how past experiences, relationships and unconscious patterns may continue to influence how we feel, think and relate to others. Together, we can develop a fuller understanding of these connections, including recurring emotional and relational patterns, and consider how they may be changed.
This does not mean that everything is explained by childhood or that the past is the only focus. I understand psychological difficulties as complex and holistic, shaped by biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic and political factors.
This kind of work can be particularly valuable when difficulties feel persistent or when you would like to explore their underlying causes rather than focusing solely on immediate symptoms.
Explore my professional background, qualifications and experience.
How Can Psychotherapy Help You?
Therapy is not only for times of crisis. It can help you address an immediate difficulty, understand long-standing patterns or explore questions about how you want to live your life. I offer support with:
Anxiety and Depression
Support with low mood, panic attacks, phobias, health anxiety and other emotional difficulties.
OCD, Thoughts and Behaviours
Exploring obsessive-compulsive disorder, intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviours and patterns that may be affecting your everyday life.
Addictions and Problematic Behaviours
Understanding addictive or compulsive patterns, their underlying causes and the impact they may have on your relationships and everyday life.
Eating Disorders and Body Image
Exploring difficulties with eating, your relationship with food, body image and the emotional experiences that may lie beneath them.
Relationships, Attachment and Self-Esteem
Understanding troublesome relationship patterns, difficulties with intimacy, personal boundaries, confidence and your sense of self.
Bereavement, Loss and Life Transitions
Navigating grief, mid-life, menopause, separation or other significant changes in your circumstances.
Parenting, Family and Life Decisions
Exploring parenting questions, family dynamics and important decisions such as a career change, engagement, marriage or divorce.
Trauma and Personal Fulfilment
Exploring the impact of difficult experiences, long-standing patterns and what may be preventing you from feeling more fulfilled.
Psychological difficulties rarely fit neatly into one category. You may recognise yourself in several of the areas below, or your concerns may not correspond to a particular diagnosis. These examples are intended to help you explore the kinds of issues we might work with, rather than provide an exhaustive list.
Not Sure Where to Start?
It's common to have questions. An initial consultation gives you the opportunity to talk things through in a safe and confidential space.
The Importance of the Therapeutic Relationship
The relationship between therapist and client is an important part of effective psychotherapy. It matters that you feel sufficiently comfortable with me to begin talking about your experiences, even if you are uncertain or find the prospect of therapy difficult.
You should not feel obliged to continue with the first therapist you meet. If you are unsure, it can be helpful to arrange consultations with more than one professional before making a decision.
In psychodynamic psychotherapy, the therapeutic relationship can also become part of the work itself. Patterns that affect your relationships outside therapy may, at times, emerge within our work together. Exploring these experiences can provide an opportunity to understand them more fully and consider different ways of relating.
THE PROCESS
How We Work Together
Psychotherapy is a collaborative process. While every therapy journey is unique, it often follows three key stages:
01 —
Understanding Your Difficulties
An initial assessment explores your current concerns, relevant history and biological, psychological and social influences.
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Developing Your Goals
Together, you consider what you would like to achieve and which therapeutic approach may be most appropriate.
03 —
Working Together
Therapy may involve understanding patterns, processing feelings, developing new ways of responding and reviewing progress over time.
What to Expect From the Process
Therapy can be rewarding, but exploring difficult feelings and changing familiar patterns can also require courage, patience and commitment. Change can take time and progress is not always straightforward.
We will regularly consider how the work is developing and whether it continues to reflect what you hope to achieve. For some people, therapy brings a clearer understanding of particular difficulties and new ways of responding to them.
For others, longer-term work can lead to more substantial changes in how they understand themselves, relate to others and approach their lives.
Beginning Therapy
You do not need to have a diagnosis or a fully formed understanding of your difficulties before getting in touch.
If you are looking for psychology services in London, an initial consultation gives us an opportunity to explore what has brought you to therapy, discuss what you would like to understand or change and consider whether working together feels right.
Psychotherapy in Central London
My private practice is located on the border of Mayfair and Marylebone, close to Bond Street Underground station. The central London location offers a convenient and confidential setting for those seeking psychotherapy.
If you are looking for a Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist in London, I welcome you to get in touch to discuss how psychotherapy may be able to help.
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