Psychological Therapy in the City of London and Online

I'm a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and accredited EMDR and CBT therapist, with over 20 years' experience in the NHS, higher education and private practice.

Much of my work involves the distress that can sit beneath outward capability. Carrying a great deal of responsibility and appearing to cope well can coexist with a mind that won't switch off, a body that always seems braced, and an inner critic that rarely lets up. These patterns often began as sensible ways of coping, such as working harder, staying in control or anticipating what others need, and over time they can become exhausting to maintain. They frequently show up in relationships, or as a quieter sense that, despite everything achieved, something isn't quite right.

EMDR and trauma therapy are areas that I feel passionate about and have trained in extensively. Trauma isn't only about single major events. It can also be the cumulative effect of experiences that left a sense of being unsafe, unseen or not good enough. As an accredited CBT therapist, I also work with evidence-based models designed for anxiety and depression. I draw on a range of psychological approaches, tailored to each person, to help make sense of longstanding patterns in how we feel, think and relate to others, and to change them.

It is entirely possible to understand exactly where a difficulty comes from and what to do differently, and still feel the same. That gap between knowing and feeling is very common, and it isn't a failure of insight or willpower. Some experiences are stored in memory in a way that keeps them feeling current, so the body and emotions react as though the past were still happening. EMDR works directly with these memories and the beliefs attached to them, so that they can be processed and loosen their hold on the present.

I see therapy as more than managing symptoms. It can be a space to understand oneself with more curiosity and less judgement, to lighten the weight of the past, and to choose how to live. What I value most in this work is seeing people become freer: less driven by old patterns, kinder towards themselves, and able to shape a life that feels like their own.