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Specialises in

• Psychotherapy

• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I began my study in the field of psychology and, in my bachelor's degree, the larger areas of learning were child psychology; social psychology; biological psychology; and cognitive psychology. I pondered more intensive study within psychology and during this time volunteered as a Samaritan. It was during my time at Samaritans that I realised my yearning was to actively counsel and so began another degree in counselling involving active training alongside client therapy at placement counselling agencies. A third degree ensued to satiate my thirst and curiosity surrounding human behaviour. My mode of therapy is psychodynamic, based on Freudian psychoanalysis. My work, therefore, is focused on Freudian theory where one basic, central, premise of Freud's was his view of the mind. Freud's belief intimated that some of what we experience on a day-to-day basis e.g. emotions, beliefs and impulses; takes place in the unconscious and is not available to the conscious mind. He also used the concept of repression to demonstrate that although an individual may not remember a (traumatic) event happening to them, the memory is locked away in the unconscious. However, the memory remains in the unconscious and can reappear in consciousness under certain circumstances, (e.g. times of high stress), causing problems for us even in the unconscious.

Areas of interest

My belief, (like Freud's) is that the unconscious mind governs behaviour to a much greater degree than people suspect and my therapy involves deep exploration of clients' past to access, and understand, the root cause of their problems. The emphasis of psychodynamic therapy is on the trust between a client and therapist; as therapy provides the tools required to make progress. My own Psychodynamic therapy provides a safe space for clients to explore and come to understand the root cause of their problems and issues.