ABOUT ME
Hello and thank you for visiting my website.
I'm a Lincoln-based qualified and UKCP-registered Integrative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist with a passion for helping children, young people and adults make sense of things, develop more personal resilience and lead happier lives.
For more than thirteen years I have worked therapeutically with children, young people and adults in a variety of areas (London, Nottingham, Barnsley and Lincolnshire) and have worked cross-culturally with individuals, children and families from different cultures, backgrounds, needs and life experiences. All these experiences coupled with highly diverse personal experiences enable me to keep open-minded and adaptable and work cross-culturally.
If you are wondering what psychotherapy is and does, I can tell you that its core aim is to create a weekly consistent, warm, confidential and non-judgemental space that helps young and adult clients become, over time, psychologically and emotionally more integrated as a result of working things out within a boundaried therapeutic relationship. So as young and adult clients start to benefit from their weekly sessions they begin to feel more secure in themselves and their abilities and relationships - new and positive changes become possible.
Although I have some online presence where I've shared matters personal to me (e.g. a published essay in a collection of poems and personal essays written by black and mixed-race women), I rarely talk about myself in therapy sessions as my focus lies on my clients and their needs.
As I work with different clients and a variety of concerns and needs, as an integrative psychotherapist I use a combination of psychotherapy theories and creative interventions to match my clients' developmental, psychological and individual needs.
These are the therapy modalities I combine in my private practice:
* Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Counselling
* Attachment-based Psychotherapy
* Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
* Humanistic Psychotherapy
* Brain- and Trauma-informed Theories (e.g. NMT by Dr Bruce Perry)
* Social Neuroscience (e.g. Affect Regulation Theory and Polyvagal Theory)
* EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy)
What are my qualifications, certifications and registrations?
* Masters in Integrative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Counselling (Terapia and Middlesex University)
* Certificate in the Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy (CCPE)
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Diploma (Lindum College)
* Graduate Certificate in Psychology (London Metropolitan University)
* Certificate in Assessment and Treatment of Dissociation in Children and Adolescents (BICTD in association with ESTD-UK and First Person Plural)
* Trained to use EMDR Therapy with children, adolescents and adults (EMDR Academy)
* Registration with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
* Psychological Therapist Membership with BAATN (The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network)
* Registration with the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office)
* Enhanced DBS Check
Ethics and Privacy
As a UKCP registered practitioner I adhere to the UKCP's Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
Also, I have a Privacy Policy that prospective clients and families can read to learn how I use their personal data and learn about my Social Media Policy.