Individual Therapy in London & Online
LENGTH — 50 minutes
FREQUENCY — Biweekly / Weekly
FORMAT — Face-to-Face / Online
Making that first step to seek help, and to share your thoughts and feelings with another person, is a brave and responsible act. It is also a positive move towards easing the wobbles, struggles and conflicts you may be having, and towards a life more in line with your needs and intentions.
Individual psychodynamic therapy is a talking therapy with roots in psychoanalysis. It helps you understand your relationship to yourself, your history and the people around you, by bringing patterns that sit outside everyday awareness into view, where they can be thought about and changed.
What people come to therapy for
I work with adults experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including:
• anxiety, panic, phobias and OCD
• depression, low mood and feeling empty
• relationship difficulties, affairs and separation
• bereavement, grief and loss
• low self-esteem and self-confidence
• work stress, career change, redundancy and retirement
• infertility and postnatal depression
• trauma and the effects of emotional or physical abuse
• living with illness or disability, or caring for someone who is
• cross-cultural experiences and migration
I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and HCPC registered, with a doctorate in clinical psychology from UCL and over 15 years' experience, much of it in the NHS.
My approach is psychoanalytic: I consider that unconscious processes play an important part in how we experience ourselves and our relationships. I am also trained in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and systemic family therapy, so my work is integrative, and I adapt it to what you need.
I build a carefully set-up, secure therapeutic relationship and pay close attention to different emotional states of mind. Regular sessions at a consistent time make this possible.
How I work
What to expect
Initial consultation. A 50-minute meeting, usually online, to talk about what is troubling you now, how you got there, and whether we can work together.
Regular sessions. 50 minutes, weekly or fortnightly. I offer both brief, focused work and open-ended, longer-term therapy, and we decide together which suits you.
Common benefits
Greater self-awareness, helping you cope with everyday challenges
A deeper understanding of how your past and earlier relationships affect you now, so you feel less stuck
Stronger, more meaningful relationships with the people in your life.
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Some people benefit from focused work over 12 to 16 sessions; others choose open-ended therapy to explore long-standing patterns. We discuss this at the initial consultation and review it as we go.
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It suits people who notice repeating patterns in relationships, work or how they feel about themselves, and who want to understand the roots of those patterns. It is more exploratory than structured approaches like CBT.
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Yes. I offer online sessions via Zoom across London and the UK, as well as in person in South London.
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Yes, having a task to focus on during the week can often be helpful and these will be carefully tailored to meet your goals and needs.
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Individual sessions are from £150 for 50 minutes. Fees are discussed at the initial consultation.
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