Therapy offers a confidential and supportive space in which you can explore the challenges you are facing in your life, relationships, or inner world.
Unlike conversations with friends or family, therapy provides a structured professional relationship designed to support reflection, insight and meaningful change. Rather than offering advice or quick solutions, therapy helps you deepen your understanding of yourself, your patterns, and the choices available to you.
Many people come to therapy during periods of difficulty or transition. Others come because they want to understand themselves more fully or create more satisfying relationships and lives.
The terms counselling and psychotherapy are often used interchangeably.
Counselling is typically shorter-term and may focus on a specific issue or life challenge. Psychotherapy tends to work more deeply with long-standing emotional patterns, relational dynamics, and the underlying structures that shape how we experience ourselves and others.
In practice, the distinction is not always rigid. The work naturally evolves depending on what emerges in the process and what feels most helpful for you.
Therapy can be helpful for anyone who is feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or wanting to better understand themselves and their relationships.
People seek therapy for many reasons, including:
relationship difficulties
anxiety, stress, or depression
life transitions
trauma or unresolved past experiences
challenges around intimacy or sexuality
recurring emotional or relational patterns
You do not need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Many people come simply because they want greater clarity, emotional freedom, or more fulfilling relationships.
Finding the right therapist is important. Research consistently shows that the quality of the therapeutic relationship is one of the most important factors in successful therapy.
It is important that you feel comfortable, respected and understood by the person you are working with. Therapy can sometimes involve exploring vulnerable or challenging areas of experience, so feeling safe enough to speak openly is essential.
An initial meeting gives us the opportunity to see whether working together feels like a good fit.
Therapy works through a combination of reflection, dialogue, and the therapeutic relationship itself.
Over time, therapy can help you:
recognise patterns that may be shaping your life and relationships
understand the emotional roots of current difficulties
develop greater awareness and choice in how you respond
cultivate new ways of relating to yourself and others
Research consistently shows that psychotherapy can create lasting psychological change by working with the deeper processes that underlie emotional and relational difficulties.
The first session is an opportunity for us to meet and begin to get a sense of how we might work together.
You will have space to talk about what has brought you to therapy and what you hope to gain from the process. You are also welcome to ask questions about how I work and what therapy might involve.
If we decide to continue working together, we will agree a regular session time and discuss the practical arrangements for the work. Some people prefer to take time to reflect after the first meeting before deciding whether to continue, which is completely fine.
Therapy is a relational process, and feeling comfortable with your therapist matters.
Sometimes feelings such as frustration, irritation, or misunderstanding can arise within the therapeutic relationship. When this happens, it can often be helpful to talk about it together, as these moments can sometimes reflect patterns that appear in other relationships as well.
However, if you feel that the fit simply isn’t right, that is absolutely okay. I am always happy to help you think about other options or refer you to another therapist who may be better suited to your needs.
If, after the first session, you decide not to continue, there is no obligation to do so.
If therapy has already begun and you decide you would like to end the work, it is often helpful to have a final session to reflect on what has been explored and to bring the work to a thoughtful close. However, I understand that circumstances sometimes require a more immediate ending.
Individual therapy sessions are 60 minutes.
Couples sessions can be either:
60 minutes, or
90 minutes, depending on the needs of the work.
The length of therapy varies depending on your goals and the nature of what you would like to work on.
Some people attend therapy for a relatively focused period, while others choose longer-term work that allows for deeper exploration and sustained change.
At the beginning of the process we may agree to an initial number of sessions and review together as the work develops.
I work with both individual adults and couples.
My practice includes:
individual psychotherapy
couples therapy
work with relationship and intimacy challenges
trauma-informed relational work
If you are unsure what type of therapy might be most appropriate, this is something we can discuss during an initial consultation.
In-person sessions take place at my consulting room in Tufnell Park, North London.
The practice is located on the third floor of a Victorian building. Unfortunately this means it is not accessible for wheelchair users or those with significant mobility difficulties.
The practice is within walking distance of Tufnell Park Underground Station and is served by buses 4, 134 and 390. Pay-and-display parking is available nearby.
Yes. Online sessions are available and take place via Zoom.
Many clients choose online therapy for convenience or because they are based outside London.
Initial consultation
Individuals: £70 (60 minutes)
Couples: £100 (60 minutes)
Ongoing sessions
Individuals: £70 per 60-minute session
Couples:
£100 for a 60-minute session
or
£150 for a 90-minute session
Sessions are typically held weekly or fortnightly, depending on the nature of the work.
A small number of reduced-fee spaces may be available depending on financial circumstances. Please feel free to enquire if this would be helpful.
All sessions are confidential.
Any personal information or notes relating to your therapy are kept securely and in accordance with professional and ethical guidelines.
As part of my professional practice, I attend regular clinical supervision. This is a standard requirement for psychotherapists and helps ensure that I am working safely, ethically and effectively. In supervision I may discuss aspects of my work, but identifying details about clients are not shared.
The only circumstances in which confidentiality may need to be broken would be if there were serious concerns about risk of harm to yourself or others, or where required by law. Wherever possible, this would be discussed with you first.
