Psychotherapy and Counselling for Individuals and Couples in Tunbridge Wells, London Bridge & Online
Who am I?
I am an experienced UKCP-registered humanistic psychotherapist. I work with individual adults and couples in Tunbridge Wells, London Bridge and online. I've been in private practice since 2018. I have an MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy from the Metanoia Institute, validated by Middlesex University and accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I abide by the UKCP code of ethics.
My work centres on relationships, what can go wrong in our relationships, the trauma that can result, and how we can find repair. I see us as all living in an interconnected web of relationships - from how we experience ourselves, to how we feel with our partners, family members, friends and colleagues. I think we also need to pay attention to our connection with our wider world such as our environment, our community or our culture. We can be wounded in relationships, and that can result in trauma, but we can also be healed in relationships, and a healing relationship is what I offer.
I have an interactive, warm and down-to-earth style. My aim is to provide an empathic balance between support and challenge so we can explore whatever feels relevant to you. I have worked with many people who have found that it is possible to feel more at ease.
When you contact me please let me know which location or mode you are interested in and I can let you know what space I may have. It's also helpful to know what brings you to therapy in a sentence or two. If our availability matches, we can arrange a brief free-of-charge phone call to discuss what brings you to therapy. I can also answer any questions you may have about how we might work together, and we can see if we want to set up an initial session.
How about you?
We all find ways of managing difficult experiences and feelings, but sometimes what has helped us cope in the past stops working, and you can find yourself feeling lost, disconnected from others, overwhelmed or confused.
You may have been through traumatic experiences that have deeply undermined your sense of safety and security. You may be stuck in repeating destructive patterns with the person you care most about, feeling increasingly misunderstood and angry.
Or you may be struggling with how precarious the world feels right now, and unsure about what you need to be or do to feel steadier about your place in it. Many of these struggles have their roots in our relationships - with those closest to us, with how we see ourselves and with the wider world.
Therapy offers a confidential space to explore what is happening and to understand it more fully. Working with you individually, or with you as a couple, we can look at the experiences and patterns that may be shaping how you feel and how you are relating to others, or each other, and consider what you might want to change.
My aim is to help you develop greater awareness of what’s holding you back, a sense of your choices for moving forward and a stronger sense of your own footing in your life and in your relationships. Find out more about how therapy can help here.
Some nuts & bolts information about therapy
Individual therapy sessions are 50 minutes and couples sessions are 60 minutes. If you contact me, we will first see if we have availability that matches, and then we can arrange a free brief phone call to talk about what brings you to therapy and whether I might be the right therapist for you.
Find out more information about my fees & availability.
What troubles you?
Our problems don’t usually fit into neat boxes and there is often a lot of cross-over. Diagnoses can be helpful, but they can also be limiting. I prefer to think of people more holistically, and work with the person or couple rather than with a label. But as a rough guide here is a list of the areas I work with most. If you are not sure whether your issue would be something we could work on together you can contact me and we can discuss it. If I don’t feel like I would be the best therapist for you, I will say.
Anxiety and Panic
Belonging and Identity
Bereavement and Grief
Climate change anxiety
Depression
Family, Sibling or Friendship issues
Living and working abroad
Managing transitions in work and life
Relationship issues, affairs and betrayals
Self-harm
Self-esteem
Sexual, physical, verbal or emotional abuse
Suicidal thoughts
Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychotherapy in Tunbridge Wells, London & Online
I offer in-person psychotherapy for individual adults and couples from comfortable, quiet and confidential consulting rooms in London Bridge and in central Tunbridge Wells. The latter are easily reachable by train or car from Tonbridge, Southborough, Hildenborough, Sevenoaks, Frant, Wadhurst, Stonegate, Etchingham and Robertsbridge. I also work from my home in High Brooms and online with clients who may be UK-based or abroad. If you would like to find out more and see about booking in an initial session, please contact me to arrange a free-of-charge phone call.
Tunbridge Wells
The Practice Rooms
96 High Street
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 1YF
You can also view my profile on The Practice Rooms website
London Bridge
The Practice Rooms
2 Union Street
London
SE1 1SZ
Online
I also offer psychotherapy and counselling online, providing the same confidential and collaborative space for individuals and couples who prefer to meet remotely or are unable to attend in person.
I work online globally with development workers and international journalists through The Mind Field, a specialist service offering psychological support to people working internationally.