As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist I...
... help children make sense of their thoughts, feelings and experiences so they are able to grow and develop to their full potential , help parents and carers understand their children, their needs and their struggles so they can support and encourage optimum development, help parents understand how their own experiences of childhood shape and influence their relationships with their children and their experience of being a parent and work with other professionals to assess and plan appropriate interventions for children…
...work with adults of any age to understand and address the feelings and difficulties that shape and limit one's quality of life. Such difficulties include anxiety, stress, depression, difficulties in work or in relationships. These may be a response to particular circumstances or related to deeper aspects of your experience and personality. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy gives you a space to express and explore what you think and feel while thinking too about the underlying patterns and meaning in what you say. I am trained to help you make sense of and try to change the things which trouble you…
... carry out the emotional and psychological assessment of children in preparation for moving to new families, carry out emotional and psychological assessment of young people in youth justice proceedings, offer consultation and training to social workers, legal professionals, teachers, psychologists, nursery and childminding staff…
...offer supervision of professional work with children and young people.
