Over the last decade, I have amassed a wealth of experience working as a student counsellor and Wellbeing Manager at Goldsmiths University where I offered short-term and longer-term counselling to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of all ages from diverse backgrounds.

I wrote and ran workshops on numerous topics such as Managing Anxiety, Finding Your Voice and Procrastination.

I also worked at The Royal College of Art as a student counsellor as well as starting my own private practice.

Most of us find relief in speaking about our problems, it helps us process our thoughts and feelings as well as create a human connection that leaves us feeling less alone.

Even if we know this instinctively, I understand that speaking to a counsellor for the first time can feel very daunting especially if you are already feeling overwhelmed. Like any journey, we start one step at a time.

My therapeutic style is collaborative, creative and dynamic. I see my approach as truly integrative, not only integrating different theoretical approaches particularly psychodynamic and humanistic but integrating myself into the therapeutic relationship so that I can offer whatever is required in the moment.

If anxiety levels are so high or low mood is so extreme that it acts as a barrier to being able to engage in counselling, I might offer some CBT-type interventions in the first few sessions to help find strategies to manage these intense feelings so that engagement is possible on a deeper more relational level going forward.

A strong therapeutic relationship forms the basis of any other interventions, these might involve recognising patterns developed to avoid distress or defence mechanisms created to cope that are no longer useful and keep us stuck.

I aim to help you to un-stick, to learn to tolerate distress in new more adaptive ways and to find an internal strength that will last well beyond the end of therapy.