Welcome to Psychotherapy
Develop insight into your state of mind and relationship with others
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Welcome and thank you for visiting my website. I expect there will be any number of reasons as to why you are seeking therapy at this time. I welcome your curiosity as for some people it is not an easy decision to embark on personal therapy.
If you want to develop insight into your state of mind, relationships and interactions with others then psychotherapy can support you with this. It can facilitate a healing process for past hurts, traumas, mistakes, and unwise decisions that might be haunting you or defacing your sense of self-worth and connectedness to others. It can also support you through significant life changes and help you adapt.
It can, over time, help you to understand your needs, values and priorities better, help you communicate more effectively with others and work through complex emotions and feelings that may have held you captive for years in unhelpful patterns or loops of behaviour. Psychotherapy can help you to access your full potential and thrive.
There are different types of counselling/therapy/psychotherapy approaches. I am a qualified and registered psychodynamic psychotherapist with a diverse interest in mental health conditions and difficulties.
I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council, a professional association representing the professions of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. It is made up of a number of member training and accrediting institutions including my own, the British Psychotherapy Foundation.
I work as an independent psychotherapist with a private practice seeing adults and older teenagers on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period. I offer sessions face to face and also work remotely by video using Zoom, Whats App and Facetime.
I began my career in 1991 first training and practising in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. In 1995 I began psychotherapy training and clinical practice alongside my nursing career. I worked in in-patient and mental health community services with adults and with children & young people and their families. During the 1990s I held an honorary psychotherapy training post at the Tindal Centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. I have been a practising psychotherapist in South-East Cornwall since 2005. I qualified as a psychodynamic psychotherapist in 2011. I am committed to providing talking therapy in a safe, contained, confidential and non-judgemental way.
I offer clinical supervision to healthcare professionals in the public and private sectors.
Issues I can help you with
I am experienced in helping clients with a wide range of mental health difficulties including
depression
low mood
anxiety
trauma
personality difficulties
emotional instability
trauma
sexual abuse
eating disorders
stress
relationship difficulties
family/parent and marital/couple work
transitions
bereavement
adjustment in older age
obsessions
psychosomatic symptoms
panic attacks
neuro-diversity
spiritual distress
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
I am trained to see patients once or twice weekly though patients needs vary and frequency of sessions needs careful consideration.
The psychodynamic approach is based on psychoanalytic theory which makes reference to unconscious processes at work in our internal and interpersonal relationships. These dynamics impact on the quality of our lives and relationship with others. The relationship between patient and psychotherapist is a key
aspect of the therapy work known as the transference relationship.
The more frequent therapy sessions are the more potential there is for a strengthening of the transference relationship and an intensifying of the therapeutic endeavour.This is especially the case in intensive psychotherapy work and explains why psychoanalysts are trained to see patients up to five times a week and psychoanalytic psychotherapists are trained to see patients up to three times a week.
My work is informed by attachment theory and 35 years working/training in the NHS including adult, children, young people & families in generic mental health and eating disorders. I work with patient dreams, imagination and creative forms of expression.
As the therapy relationship develops unconscious patterns of the patient's inner world become reflected in their relationship with their therapist. This process helps patients grow in their awareness of these patterns and their possible function when interacting with others. The dynamics are explored with the therapist, time and again if necessary until satisfactorily worked through and understood. This sometimes involves working through powerful emotions, thoughts and behaviours which may be triggered both inside and outside the therapy space. The aim, through a discerning process, is to build insight, understanding, acceptance, compassion, resilience and self-mastery.
Psychotherapy is not always full of intensity and hard work. There can be moments of lightness, humour, joy and profound synchronicity.
Engaging in such depth work needs to be carefully considered and based on personal need and patience with the process. Psychodynamic psychotherapy can help with this and duration of therapy varies according to individual needs.
If you are interested to know more about the approach yourself please look at the British Psychoanalytic Council and the British Psychotherapy Foundation websites or any other trustworthy sources.
Qualifications and Career
I attend various psychoanalytic continuing professional development training events. This is a requirement to maintain my competency and professional registration on an annual basis.
2023 - Certificate Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for Adolescents
2021 - Certificate Parts I, II & III EMDR
2018 - Certificate in Developing Clinical Supervision Skills (BPF - British Psychotherapy Foundation)
2011 - Member Organisation Registration in the Psychoanalytic Section of the BPF
2011 - British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, Registration Number 20859 - Professional Standards Authority Accredited Regulator
2007 - Masters Degree (MSc) in Psychological Therapies (Psychodynamic) from Exeter University
2002 - Certificate in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of the Arts from the Institute for Arts in Therapy & Education, London
1999 - English National Board (ENB) R59 - Psycho-Social Care and Mental Health of Children, Adolescents & Families from Oxford Brookes University
1998 - ENB 998 - Nurse Mentor from Oxford Brookes University
1995 - Higher Diploma in Nursing Education from Bucks College of Nursing & Midwifery
1995 - Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse Mental Health
Fees
Fees are on a sliding scale agreed on an individual basis.
Initial consultation for individuals: 90 minutes £ 100.00 - £ 120.00
On-going individual sessions: 50 minutes - £ 55.00 - £ 75.00
Initial consultation for couples: 90 minutes - £ 135.00 - £ 155.00
On-going couple sessions: 60 minutes - £ 95.00 - £ 115.00
Clinical Supervision for professionals: 60 minutes - £ 65.00 - £ 85.00
Please contact me with your full name, address and preferred contact details by e-mail, text or telephone to either discuss your needs or to arrange an initial consultation.
Cancellations
Cancellation of an initial consultation - no charge.
On-going treatment: The fee secures your session space. I normally charge for cancelled sessions. Where exceptions are made this will be on an individual basis.
Invoices are provided for all sessions normally at the end of the calendar month or can be session by session. Settlement of payments can be made by BACS transfer within 7 days of invoice date.
How to Get in touch
You can contact me to arrange an initial consultation appointment. This gives the opportunity to explore why you are thinking of psychotherapy treatment, readiness to do so, the commitment this involves and our compatibility to work together therapeutically.
Sessions are held in a private consulting room located in Pelynt, near Looe, Cornwall.
Clinic days:
Monday - Thursday
Saturday - occasionally and if requested for initial consultations
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