Welcome and thank you for coming to my page.

Feel free to call me to arrange a brief, no charge chat about your particular situation. It’s always a helpful step as I know what courage it takes to come for couple therapy.

In the meantime, a bit about me...

I am a widely experienced, qualified individual and specialist couple Psychotherapist and sex therapist. I’ve worked with people of all ages (18-92) sexualities, cultures and backgrounds. As well as private practice, I’m a Visiting Clincian and specialist psychosexual therapist at Tavistock Relationships.

I offer regular, weekly counselling sessions to couples and individuals on an ongoing or time limited basis. This can either face to face or online.

My role is to provide a safe space where you both feel equally heard, supported and taken seriously. The first few sessions will be an opportunity for me to get the feel of the unique dynamics of your relationship, the repeated patterns of behaving and relating that are causing distress. After I get to know your couple story, we explore your family backgrounds and early childhood experiences. Understanding this helps couples communicate more effectively and compassionately.

I tailor sessions to suit you and your partners specific needs, whether to improve communication, work through a trauma or unpick conflicts and resentments that stop you from getting on. Ongoing sexual difficulties or a breakdown in your sex lives may be why you’ve come for help. Psychosexual work combines specialised behavioural homework tasks with supportive ongoIng Psychotherapy

I have a particular interest with couples and individuals with:

communication issues (feeling unheard or mis-understood)
anger and conflict management
parenting/ step parenting issues
affairs and the impact of affairs
depression and anxiety
pre marriage couple counselling
bereavement and loss
impact of traumatic experiences
preparing for retirement and other life transitions

As a sex therapist, I work with couples and individuals. Please see separate page for psychosexual work for details.

All work is confidential and subject to FPC, BACP, COSRT and Tavistock Alumni strict ethical guidelines. These organisations require its members to be appropriately trained, qualified, supervised, adhering to strict confidentiality guidelines and to undertake continuous professional development.

Previous experience? I worked for many years in local authority primary schools and as a young persons counsellor in secondary schools. I was also coordinator for a Counselling for Carers project (RBKC with WPF Kensington) and an assessor and therapist at WPF (Kensington)

Availability and fees:

I offer sessions on Wednesday afternoons and evenings at Studland Street and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings in SW7. I am also able to offer online therapy to individual and couples.
I’m happy to discuss my fee for individual and couple work with you when we speak.

My qualifications are:

BA Hons, Education and English (1982)
P.G.C.E. Roehampton University (1985)
Advanced Post Graduate Diploma Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy WPF Kensington, University of Roehampton (2003)

PG Diploma Couple Counselling Tavistock Relationships (2013) University East London

I have an MSc in Psychosexual Couple and Individual Therapy from Tavistock Relationships and awarded by University of East London

I belong to the following professional bodies:

The College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists COSRT (Registered Membership)
Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ( MBACP) Fully Accredited
TA (Tavistock Alumni)
Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC)