Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Addictions, Alcohol Dependence, Anger, Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Bisexual Issues, Bulimia Nervosa, Bullying, Business Leadership, Cancer, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) (ME), Codependency, Couple Relationships, Creativity, Cultural Issues, Debt, Depression, Diabetes, Disability, Dissociation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Eating Disorders, Fear, Gambling, Gay Issues, Grief, Identity, Infertility, Inhibitions, Integration of Experience, Internet Addiction, Internet Gambling Addiction, Internet Pornography Addiction, Internet Sexual Compulsivity, Lack of Meaning in Life, Lesbian Issues, Loneliness, Loss, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Marriage (Marital Relations), Midlife Crisis, Mother and Baby Issues, Obsessions, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Personality Difficulties, Personality Disorders (PD), Phobias, Physical Illness, Post Natal Depression (PND), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Pregnancy, Psychosexual Issues, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Same Sex Relationships, Self Development, Self Harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Sleep Problems, Social Phobia, Stress, Transitions, Trauma, Trichotillomania, Unresolved Issues, Workplace Issues and Work Relationship Problems

Brief Therapy, Client Centred Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Eclectic Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, Integrative Therapy, Person Centred Therapy, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)

Female

I am a very experienced friendly counsellor. I don't sit in silence - I encourage a dialogue which will hopefully make you more aware of what you are doing in your life and why. I always think one of the most important factors in determining whether a counselling relationship will work is how comfortable you feel in talking to me. I like to think we work together in thinking about you, wondering about you, talking about you, how you feel in the room talking to me. I am based in Stoke Newington. Islington, Highbury and Finsbury Park are a short walk away. I usually work from The Burma Road Practice which is a large Victorian house within which there are a number of therapy rooms. Very quiet and comfortable. I work with people long and short term. Some of my clients return on a semi regular basis - sometimes for a few more sessions, sometimes for longer and sometimes just to let me know how they are!

I trained at Highgate Counselling Centre in 1997, an accredited training centre. Before that I worked as a volunteer in various organisations. My qualifications include:

Certificate in Working with Eating Disorders 2007
Certificate in Bereavement Counselling 2007
Diploma Counselling 2005
Certificate Counselling 1997
Certificate Counselling Skills 1996
Certificate Co-Counselling 1991

As a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) I am bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Apart from my private work I am now on the staff at Highgate and I am an intake counsellor there as well as seeing clients.

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