I have a Master of Science (Level 7) and Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (Level 7) from Middlesex University and the Metanoia Institute. I also hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 6) from the Metanoia Institute.
I have experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational issues in the NHS and charitable settings. Including but not limited to generalised anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship breakdown, stress, trauma (including developmental trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD and racialised trauma), abuse, bereavement, loss, chronic illness, and disability.
I am particularly interested in questions of identity and how we come to experience sameness and difference; our own and each other’s. How does our sense of who we are impact our relationships; those we have with others and the relationship we have with ourselves? How in relationship with each other, can we navigate towards being able to be differently different together?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin
I am influenced by my training in Transactional Analysis (TA) and by my personal and professional lived experience. My fascination with what connects us and what keeps us apart is due, in part, to growing up different and to a career in the creative industries spanning more than three decades. To a professional lifetime listening to and retelling stories through the medium of television in production and consultancy roles in public broadcasting and corporate communications in the UK and overseas. What links these experiences to how I practice is a belief that when we understand the wholeness of human experience, when we feel whole and complete, we can heal, grow and transform.
TA as a model of psychotherapy integrates ideas from psychoanalysis, behaviourism, and humanism which allows me to tailor my approach to meet the unique needs and experience of each client. My aim is to work with you, to listen to you fully with empathy, compassion and understanding. To collaborate with you to build a relationship of mutual trust and respect. To support you and encourage you as your awareness grows and you find new, healthier ways to live your life fully, freely and with more meaningful connections.
Full Clinical Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
Registered Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Member of International Association of Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA)
Member of European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA)
Graduate member of The Metanoia Institute
I abide by and am bound by their respective ethical codes.
Member of the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)
Full DBS certificate
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