I completed my training at the Philadelphia Association founded in 1965 by R.D Laing and colleagues. It was set up to challenge established ways of thinking and responding to suffering and distress while developing an open minded alternative approach to psychotherapy. I have adopted much of this in my approach to working with people who experience mental ill health, psychological and/or emotional distress, while working alongside psychiatry and other clinical medicalised approaches.

My training, whilst being psychoanalytically informed included ideas from an existential perspective, grounded in the use of philosophy. The style of the training considered and explored assumptions related to the practice of psychotherapy while critiquing psychoanalytic concepts and theories. As a result, I’ve developed upon existing skills, cultivating an open and thoughtful attitude towards psychotherapy and when applied in practice offers you my unique philosophical and practical approach to therapy.

Credentials, registrations and memberships:

UKCP – full clinical membership

Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC)

Philadelphia Association member

Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis (CPJA)

Black African Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)

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I adhere to the professional standards of practice and the code of ethics set out by the UKCP and the NMC.