Training and Experience

I am a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP). I completed my six-year training with IPCAPA in 2024, including the Jungian pathway, which brings a creative, thoughtful dimension to my psychoanalytic approach.

For over 30 years, I have worked with children, young people, and their families in a variety of settings, including schools, nurseries, local authority children's services, and NHS CAMHS. My career has given me a deep understanding of the emotional challenges children and adolescents can face at different stages of development.

In NHS CAMHS, I have supported children and young people aged 0–18 experiencing difficulties including anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, self-harm and suicidality, identity-related distress, and the effects of abuse and physical illness. Alongside providing psychotherapy, I have extensive experience working with parents and carers, carrying out assessments, and collaborating with professionals to ensure children receive the support they need.

My aim is to offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where children, young people, and their families can begin to make sense of their experiences, develop greater emotional understanding, and find new ways of moving forward.

Specialisation

I have a great deal of experience in working with children who have experienced sexual abuse and developmental trauma, looked after and adopted children and their families, and children with chronic physical conditions or disabilities.

Qualifications and Training

DPsych Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: 2019-2024, IPCAPA/BPF (British Psychotherapy Foundation)

Research Doctorate: Dreams and Psychic Change in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy 2019-2025, University College London/Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families

PgDip Perinatal, child, adolescent, and family work: A psychoanalytic observational approach, 2017-2019, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Exeter, Merit

PgCert Child, adolescent, and family mental wellbeing: Multidisciplinary practice, 2016-2017, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Exeter, Distinction

DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy): Level 1, 2015

Certified Theraplay practitioner, supervisor, and trainer: 2005-2010

BA Hons Humanities (English Literature, Psychology, and Drama), 1992-1996, University of Hertfordshire, 2:1

Professional Curriculum Vitae

Private practice, 2025-ongoing

Teaching Infant Observation and Jungian Child and Adolescent Development on the MsC Psychodynamics of Human Development course at Birkbeck University, 2024-ongoing

Theraplay therapist, trainer, and supervisor, The Theraplay Institute (Chicago), Theraplay UK, 2010-ongoing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, 2019-ongoing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Lead Specialist: Placement Support Therapist, 2024-ongoing

Now, Next, and Then, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and mental health specialist, 2024-ongoing