• Concerns
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Anger management
  • Relationship problems
  • Work-related issues

Academic work

I currently teach counselling skills and facilitate seminars on Gestalt Therapy at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in London (www.ccpe.org). I give private lectures and create and run workshops for individual psychotherapists and institutions in London, including the NHS.

I am a member of the executive committee at the Multi-Lingual Psychotherapy Centre, which was founded seventen years ago by a group of psychotherapists and analysts, writers and academics from various fields to explore multilingual practice. I have given several lectures on my research into this topic.

Finally, I am an experienced business coach, with an impending accreditation by the International Coaching Federation. I have extensive experience of helping professionals develop their performance and leadership on the workplace and have worked with equal success with middle and senior managers.

My qualifications

I am a qualified psychotherapist and counsellor and a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (www.psychotherapy.org). The UKCP is one of the main accrediting bodies for counsellors and psychotherapists.

My experience

I have been practising psychotherapy and counselling in London, West London and the City for ten years.

Experience of psychotherapy and counselling in private practice

In my private practice I have extensive experience of working short-term and long-term to address a wide range of issues, from crisis resolution to open-ended therapeutic work. People tend to self-refer to me, but I also receive referrals from GPs, colleagues, and current and past clients.

Experience of psychotherapy and counselling in organisations

I have worked as a counsellor in three different insitutions, using a range of different approaches:

• short-term counselling (6 to 20 sessions) in a residential crisis centre. Worked in close coordination with the NHS mental health services.
• medium-term counselling (50 sessions) in a leading charity helping people who are experiencing issues related to sexuality, identity or gender.
• long term psychotherapy in a centre offering psychotherapy and counselling for a broad range of issues.

In addition to these experiences as a practitioner, I managed a mental health support service for a leading London-based mental health and social care provider.