• \'Who is Psychotherapy for? - is it for me?\'

    'Who is Psychotherapy for? - is it for me?'

    ANSWER: Those who seek this type of Psychotherapy are seeking relief from a range of difficulties including: - Obsessiveness, Eating difficulties, Weight problems, Stress and nervousness, Depression, Low self esteem, Bereavement...

    They may be experiencing: - Sexual difficulties, disruption to relationship, anxiety, chronic ill health, panic attacks, overactivity, inability to concentrate, worry that people are thinking about them negatively, and loss of motivation...

  • A Little about me

    A Little about me

    I have been invloved in the world pf Psychotherapy for more than 20 years and have experience of Attachment based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training; Psychodrama; Art Therapy; Group Therapy; Gestalt therapy; Transactional Analysis; Psychoanalysis; Humanistic Psychology; Person-Centred therapy; Transpersonal Psychology;
    and Rebirthing, amongst others...

    I have been providing Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, with a range of clients from different backgrounds, since 2003.

  • Questions you may find yourself asking.... \' What is Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?\'...

    Questions you may find yourself asking.... ' What is Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?'...

    ANSWER: Disruption of, and difficulty in early relationship is considered to be at the core of many problems. The relationship between therapist and patient is understood to be fundamental to change. This relationship is professionally boundaried, secure, warm, containing and ongoing.

  • Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

    Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

    Those who seek this type of Psychotherapy are seeking relief from a range of difficulties including: - Obsessiveness, Eating difficulties, Weight problems, Stress and nervousness, Depression, Low self esteem, Bereavement.

    They may be experiencing: - Sexual difficulties, disruption to relationship, anxiety, chronic ill health, panic attacks, Overactivity, inability to concentrate, worry that people are thinking about them negatively, and loss of motivation.

My Background and Training

My Professional Background and Experience:

I am an Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, supervisor, former Vice Chair of the Bowlby Centre psychotherapy training and referrals organisation, psychotherapy tutor and writer. I have been working with clients in psychotherapy for 11 years.

I completed a UKCP Accredited training in Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with The Bowlby Centre, a UKCP accredited Attachment Based Psychotherapy  Training and referrals organisation in Islington, London – www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk

I attended 3 years of training in Integrative Psychotherapy in London at The Minster Centre in North London.

20 years experience of the psychotherapy world

I have been involved in the world pf Psychotherapy for more than 20 years, having trained whilst I was working with the Citizens Advice Bureau as an advisor, staff trainer, and manager, and have experience of Attachment based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training; Psychodrama; Art Therapy; Group Therapy; Gestalt therapy; Transactional Analysis; Psychoanalysis; Humanistic Psychology; Person-Centred therapy; Transpersonal Psychology; and Rebirthing, amongst others.

I have been providing Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Wimbledon, Putney and Barnes, since 2003. I work for shorter periods of time and for longer, as required – usually longer as psychotherapy is not a ‘quick fix’.

Although my work is usually face-to-face, I  will consider working via telephone where relevant, if for example, you spend periods of time abroad or have a disability.

I have taught psychotherapy courses (The Adolescence Seminar in the Life Cycle Module, 2009 – 2011 and Object Relations 2011 onwards) for Psychotherapy trainees at the Bowlby Centre

I am a former Course Tutor, and the Vice Chair of the The Bowlby Centre which is the Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Training and referrals organisation where I undertook the majority of my training – www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk

Although my current interests are largely in psychotherapy, I graduated with honours from the University of Cambridge in 1987 (Archaeology and Anthropology and Social and Political Sciences) www.cam.ac.uk prior to this, I studied Psychology and Sociology for 2 years at a Residential College in North Wales, graduating with the University of Wales Diploma in General Studies (1984).

I undergo Continuing Professional Development and am UKCP ( www.psychotherapy.org.uk) Registered and, as with all psychoanalytic psychotherapists, I receive regular supervision (as required for UKCP Registration and membership).