North London Therapist

For adults seeking to understand and address their difficulties with self-worth, authenticity, and relationship patterns.

Approach

My approach is to attend to both your day-to-day issues and to the deeper work of understanding and processing their origins.

I provide a safe and containing space for your difficult thoughts and emotions. In therapy, all expression is welcome – tears, humour, silence, stream of consciousness, swearing, and whatever it is that comes up for you.

As an adult, you likely play a role in your own difficulties, and I support your capacity for a new awareness of this. I am a relatively active therapist; I may offer interpretations or alternate ways of thinking, always respecting your readiness and the primacy of your experience.

Read more about my therapeutic orientation and common issues that my clients bring to therapy.

I work in person in North London, by phone nationally, or online anywhere.

In-person therapy

I have a calm, private consulting room in Bickerton House, next to Dartmouth Park in London N19.

Parking is available nearby. Archway, Tufnell Park, and Upper Holloway stations are a few minutes’ walk. Camden, Crouch End, Finchley, Hampstead, Highgate, and Muswell Hill are close by.

About me

I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I adhere to their Ethical Framework and Professional Conduct Procedure.

I trained at CPPD London and Regent’s University, and I have a BSc from the LSE. I previously worked as a counsellor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and at Face2Face London.

I have regular clinical supervision, full insurance, DBS, ICO, and ongoing professional development.

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Therapeutic orientation

I have a broadly psychodynamic approach, informed by attachment and relational concerns:

Psychodynamic – considers that past experiences unconsciously shape your adult life, choices, and way of relating to others. By bringing your old patterns and inner logic into awareness, you can begin to navigate the present with greater clarity and hopefully loosen old fears and defences.

Attachment – sees your interpersonal style and emotional reactions as a personal response to how you were yourself responded to in early life. Noticing how early attachment patterns continue to influence your relationships today, you can learn to lessen their hold and foster more secure and fulfilling bonds.

Relational – focuses on the interaction between us as a chance to understand you better. I might share how you make me feel or discuss the way we’re connecting, potentially shedding light on how, for example, you disempower yourself, become performative, or have unrealistic expectations in relationships.

Common issues

You may recognise yourself in one or more of these themes, which are common among people I work with and are often interrelated:

Self-worth – a persistent sense of not being good enough. You hold yourself to punishing standards, compare yourself harshly to others, or feel fundamentally unlovable.

Identity – uncertainty about who you are beneath the role you play, eg. the compliant helper, the compulsive achiever, or trapped in class, gender, or family narratives. You feel inauthentic or disconnected from yourself.

Relationships – your way of relating feels compulsive, “needy”, leaving you with suppressed anger, or feeling uncared for. You repeat patterns of unrealistic expectations, over-giving, self-abandonment, or sabotaging behaviours.

Fee

My fee depends on the session time:

• £75 for sessions before 6pm.
• £95 for sessions 6pm onwards.