I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working in private practice in north London. This means I work intensively with people face to face and on the couch.

I am interested in the ways that physical symptoms, memories, dreams, and fantasy life can offer us insight into current experiences and ways of being. On its own, however, insight it is often not enough to initiate change at a deeper level; many people need to have a new experience of themselves in relation to another before their insights can be useful and more profound changes can occur. At its best, I think this is what psychoanalytic therapy offers. 

Having trained initially in a variety of somatic and body-based therapies and then as an Integrative Psychotherapist, I returned to study psychoanalysis. My engagement with psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as a longstanding immersion in body-based practice, contribute to a strongly held belief in the importance of working towards mind-body integration and a feeling of wholeness. I also believe that psychoanalytic therapy can be a truly somatic practice.

Working in the NHS and voluntary sector has helped me appreciate the diverse needs and wishes of people who come to therapy and the variety of issues that they bring. I have worked with all kinds of people including those struggling with depression and anxiety, personality disorders, difficult relationships, troubling body symptoms and complex trauma.