My background is rich in cultural diversity, traditions and values. I am captivated by differences in behaviours and beliefs that stem from a wide variety of backgrounds and customs and have experience in this area. Psychological and emotional difficulties can exist within cultures or family systems, where psychotherapy may be disparaged. Many difficulties can arise relating to identity, integration and self-worth.

I have worked in several specialist areas, and like many of my colleagues at MBA, my work at Guys Hospital has inspired me to adopt a relational psychodynamic approach to psychotherapy.

I specialise in bereavement and loss, since separation and endings make up part of everyday life, such as in relationships or careers. I work with individuals to help them move towards accepting their new reality to make the necessary adjustments to re-empower them to move beyond their grief.

I also have experience with addiction, including eating disorders. Complications with food, or any other addictive behaviour, can arise for several reasons and it can result in emotional, relational and physiological difficulties. I use the therapeutic relationship to work together collaboratively, to identify what lies beneath these behaviours and to understand them in order to make the necessary changes.

 

LANGUAGES

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Fluent in English and French.

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HOW I WORK

 

As an integrative psychotherapist, I offer psychotherapy sessions in a one-to-one setting. I use the therapeutic relationship to explore difficulties in the present that may have roots tied to past experiences and behaviours. My approach brings together a psychodynamic relational construction, with behavioural ideas, to address the present. I also employ a client-led approach since the client is the expert in their life.
 

As well as face-to-face sessions I provide Skype Therapy and/or telephone sessions tailored to accommodate the needs of busy professionals or people from different time zones.