Couples & Individual Therapy
in London and Online
Therapy for couples and individuals that works with mind, body and relationship
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Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society and Registered Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. BSc., DClinPsy, CPsychol, AFBPsS, HCPC
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Registered with British Psychoanalytic Council. BPC, MA
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Certified with The Reiki Academy
A 30-day Intensive for Couples
Over many years of working with couples, I noticed that some wanted something more concentrated than weekly therapy, and that talking alone often kept them in their heads, at a distance from their bodies, their feelings and each other.
The Intentional Intimacy™ Method is my response. It brings together psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy with body-based and energy practices in a focused 30-day programme, helping couples to:
feel emotionally and physically close again, without pressure
rebuild trust, intimacy and desire, one step at a time
feel truly seen, heard and understood by each other
It is for couples who love each other but feel stuck or distant, and want focused support to find their way back.
Couples with Chronic Illness
Therapy for couples with a variety of long-term health conditions
I specialise in working with couples where one partner is living with a chronic illness or long-term health condition, such as Parkinson’s disease, cognitive disorders, ADHD or clinical depression, and the strain this can place on the relationship.
Making that first step to access help and be willing to share your thoughts, feelings and ideas with another person is a brave and responsible act. It's also a positive move towards helping you ease some of the wobbles, struggles and conflicts you may be having. Seeking help also demonstrates a capacity to think which is essential in bringing about change and making your life more in line with your needs and intentions.
I will seek to build a meaningful relationship with you so that together, with curiosity, we can understand areas of your life, cope with change, and overcome your obstacles. Often, problem related transitions are linked both to loss and separation, of having to let go of something in order to make space for something new. This can be challenging and I am committed to supporting you through this process of change.
My work is integrative. At its heart is psychoanalytic thinking: I consider unconscious processes to play an important part in how we experience ourselves and our relationships. I am also trained in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), family systemic therapy and energy psychotherapy, so I can work with the body as well as the mind, and we search together for the approach that fits you. I see individuals and couples for both brief and intensive open-ended work, across a wide variety of difficulties.
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Abuse (emotional/physical)
Anger (impact on partner)
Affairs and betrayals
Anxiety (Generalised, OCD, Panic, Phobia, PTSD)
Bereavement
Bipolar Disorder
Cancer
Career and work-related stress
Cross-cultural differences
Dementia
Depression
Divorce and separation
Family issues
Grief
Illness and disability
Infertility
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Low self-esteem
Migration
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Passive-aggressive behaviour
Postnatal depression
Redundancy and retirement
Relationship issues
Let’s Chat
If you have any questions about seeking individual therapy or couples counselling, or if you would like to find out more about my way of working, please feel free to contact me via email and I will try to reply within 24 hours of receiving your message. Following a first contact by email, we can then agree a time to meet via Zoom for an initial online consultation. This meeting gives you the thinking space to describe what is causing you difficulties at present and to have an opportunity to think about how you got there so that we can start to see a way of working together.