My Experience

I am the Lead Psychologist for London and Surrey for Avenue Therapies, and a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist, having worked in the NHS and private practice for more than 10 years. I work with individuals from 13 years upwards, couples and families, presenting with a range of both mental health and physical health difficulties, including:

  • Anxiety (including panic, anxiety about health conditions, GAD and social anxiety)
  • Cancer (associated anxiety, living with and living post cancer)
  • Depression and low mood
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Low self-esteem and confidence
  • Management and adjustment to illness, loss or bereavement.
  • Relationship and relational difficulties
  • Stress
  • Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Irrespectively of the presenting difficulties, my aim is to support my clients and help to facilitate changes needed to reduce distress and improve quality of life, in line with identified goals and needs. For some, this may involve a small number of structured appointments, whereas others may prefer a more exploratory and longer-term approach.

One of my areas of interest is working with people with physical health problems, and helping adjust to and manage the impact of these conditions, physically and psychologically. I have worked extensively in this field, with clients with a wide range of health concerns, most recently for a charity supporting people with cancer and their families. I am also particularly interested in working with people in a relational way – understanding how the relationship with self and others is developed and maintained, and how this affects the individual in their day-to-day interactions, their past and future.

My Values

My aim as a therapist is to support my clients on their journey to a more fulfilled and fulfilling life, whatever the difficulties they are experiencing. I am a supportive, open and non-judgemental therapist, and aim to stand side-by-side with my clients, to jointly understand and explore their difficulties together. I am passionate about helping clients reach their full potential, empowering them to take ownership of changes they are making and maintaining these changes into the future, beyond the end of our therapeutic work together.

The Models I Work With

I will tailor the intervention to the client I am working with, in line with their identified goals and needs, in a bid to ensure a ‘best fit’ for that person. I have received training and incorporate elements from different therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Mindfulness, DBT skills, EMDR and Schema Therapy.

Clinic Information

My clinic is based in central Ealing, close to Ealing Broadway station. I offer both face-to-face and virtual appointments throughout the week, and work with people aged 13 years upwards.

Training and Qualifications

    • Child and Adolescent EMDR training, part 1 and 2. Purple House Clinic. May 2025 (Leicester) and October 2025 (Lincoln)
    • Five Faces of Anger in Schema Therapy. Chris Hepworth. May 2025 (online).
    • EMDR parts 1-3. Richman EMDR. Dec 2023 (Glasgow); May 2024 (online) and September 2024 (Leicester).
    • Neurodiversity affirming Schema Therapy: Adjusting neuro-normative assumptions to meeting the needs of neurodiverse clients. Schema Therapy Scotland. October 2023 (online)
    • Somatic Trauma Therapy Training. Babette Rothschild Somatic Trauma Therapy London. 12 Days: May and Oct 2022, May 2023 (online)
    • Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Non-Underweight Eating Disorders (CBT-T). British Psychological Society, Glenn Waller. May 2022 (online)
    • Methods to Manage Emotions: DBT and Emotional Regulation Skills in a

    Schema Therapy Framework; Schema Therapy Scotland. April 2021 (online)

    • Short Term Schema Therapy for Personality Disorders & Complex Trauma: Group & Individual; Schema Therapy Scotland. Feb 2021 (online)
    • Emotional Coping Skills for Adolescents (DBT-A); Greenwood Mentors; Nov 2020 (online).
    • Good enough parenting’; Jon and Karen Louis. Oct 2020 (online).
    • Transformational Chairwork. Scott Kellogg. London: Nov 2019.
    • From Merging and Disconnection to Autonomy and Attachment. Schema Therapy Institute, Nov 2019
    • Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders’; Schema Therapy Scotland, Stirling: June 2018
    • ‘Child and Adolescent Schema Therapy (modules 1 & 2); Schema Therapy Institute, Feb and June 2018.
    • ‘Schema Therapy with complex cases (Module 1)’, ‘Schema therapy skills and working with Borderline Personality disorder (Module 2) and , ‘Schema therapy skills working with Narcissism and Anxious/Avoidant Personality Disorders (Module 3)’ Schema Therapy Associates. London: Dec 2014, May 2015 and Feb 2016.
    • ‘ACT made simple’, ‘ACT bootcamp’, ACT for Physical Health Problems’, ‘Supercharging CBT, with elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)’, ‘ACT key points’. Contextual consulting. Multiple dates June 2014 to July 2020 (London)
    • Institute of Psychiatry ‘Achieving Excellence in CBT – CBT top-up training’ – workshops/masterclasses on using CBT with different conditions, including ‘social anxiety’, ‘health anxiety’, ‘depression’, ‘ptsd’, ‘ocd’, ‘panic disorder’, ‘depression’, ‘chronic depression’, ‘body dysmorphic disorder’, ‘generalised anxiety disorder’ and ‘chronic health conditions’. Institute of Psychiatry. London: July 2010 – May 2011.

     

    • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, University of London 2003 – 2006, Pass Feb 2008
    • PhD ‘Information Processing Biases in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME’, Royal Holloway, University of London, Pass March 2005
    • BSc (Hons) Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London 1997 – 2000

Professional Registration

  • Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nov 2009, PYL19224
  • Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (APC-UK), Feb 2021
  • Full Member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST), Feb 2019
  • EMDR Association UK, Oct 2025

 

Age Range

13+

Key Models

ACT, CBT, EMDR, Schema

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