How I can help
I work with young people (0-25yo) experiencing emotional difficulties such as anxiety, low mood, depression, concentration issues, and low self-esteem. Younger children may express their distress through separation/feeding/sleep difficulties, or outbursts. I work with parents who often feel overwhelmed and seek to understand what is happening. Couples come for many reasons including difficulty in intimacy, trust and communication. I help young people to make sense of their thoughts and feelings by carefully observing and reflecting on what is communicated. I support parents in understanding their child’s emotional world and behaviour, helping them feel more attuned and equipped in their caregiving role. I support partners to better understand themselves and their relationship. My approach is respectful of the young person, parents’ or couple’s pace. It might be hard to speak at the beginning or feel uncomfortable to meet with a new person, and things can take time. I provide a safe and non-judgmental space to allow us to start being reflective and curious. Contact me if you have questions, to arrange a brief initial free of charge call or to arrange a consultation.
Areas of expertise
- Abortion
- Abuse
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Adoption counselling for adults
- Adoption Counselling for Children
- Affairs and betrayals
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment
- Attachment disorder
- Autism
- Baby loss
- Behaviour problems
- Bereavement
- Birth Trauma
- Blended family
- Boarding school syndrome
- Bullying
- Child counselling
- Child Related Issues
- Child Therapy
- Childhood bereavement
- Childhood bullying
- Childless not by choice
- Couples Therapy
- Depression
- Depression and anxiety in children
- Difficulties in childhood
- Disabilities
- Discrimination
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gender
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
- Grief
- Health anxiety
- Identity Issues
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intercultural therapy
- Jealousy
- Learning Difficulties
- Learning disabilities
- Loss
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Mental health
- Miscarriage
- Neurodiversity
- Non-monogamy
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Perinatal Anxiety
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and Birth
- Relational therapy
- Relationship Issues
- Self-Harm
- Separation and Divorce
- Separation anxiety
- Sex Problems
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual assault
- Sexuality
- Shame
- Sleep Disorders
- Social anxiety
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Transgender Issues
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
Languages spoken
- English
- French
Works with
- Children under 11
- Couples
- Families
- Individuals
- Teenagers
- Young Adults 18-25
Training, qualifications & experience
Doctorate in Child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy (UCL/IPACPA)- Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Couples (Tavistock Relationships) – Experience in CAMHS (NHS) and private practice
Member organisations
- ACP
- BACP
- BPC
About me
Based in Bloomsbury, in central London, I am an Child and Adolescent psychotherapist with years of NHS / CAMHS experience and a Couple psychotherapist. I supervise other mental health practitioners and I teach at the Tavistock (Master M7). My approach is psychoanalytic and psychodynamic.
I trained at the Tavistock, IPCAPA, and Tavistock Relationships.
My accreditation and memberships are with the ACP, the BACP and the BPC.
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