My approach
Background
I have a background of 14 years in the voluntary sector working in a variety of mentoring and befriending projects as a caseworker, trainer, and supervisor. My core training at the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy emphasised the human potential of every individual to live in an embodied relational way. It gave me a broad base, integrating ideas across the therapeutic spectrum from Humanistic person-centred to Psychodynamic ways of working.
After graduating from Chiron in 2007 I took a placement as an Honorary Psychotherapist in the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy department of the East London NHS Foundation Trust where I worked until 2014. Since then I have pursued a growing interest in psychoanalysis. I am currently engaged in a formal course of study at the British Psychoanalytic Association.
Professional affiliations
∼ Chiron Association of Body Psychotherapists (CABP) Diploma, 2007
∼ United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) accredited member, registered under the Humanistic and Integrative Section, since 2007
∼ The Relational School (TRS), member of this broad based community of psychotherapists and counsellors in the UK dedicated to increasing their understanding of the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship.
∼ British Psychoanalytic Association (BPA) – continued professional development, since 2016. An association devoted to psychoanalytic training and treatment as well as the development of psychoanalytic thinking and communication of psychoanalytic ideas to the wider public.
