About Me
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist with over ten years of NHS experience. I am also an academic researcher at the Psychoanalysis Unit in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London (UCL) and a Visiting Lecturer at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation trust.
I completed my training in inter-cultural psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and I am an accredited member of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists (TSP) and the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN).
I have been in the UK for many years, and I have also lived in the United States, Kenya, Colombia, France, Cuba, and Zimbabwe. I am a native French and English speaker (with a basic understanding of Spanish), and offer sessions in both languages.
For more on my qualifications, keep reading. To look at my academic publications, head to this page. To skip straight to info about psychotherapy and my approach, head to the FAQs page.
Qualifications and Experience:
Qualifications:
Inter-cultural psychodynamic psychotherapy (Adult) Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
MA Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy University of Essex & Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
MSc in Theoretical Psychoanalytic Studies UCL
BA(Hons) History and Politics University of Warwick
Foundation Course Institute of Psychoanalysis
MPhil/PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies (Fully funded studentship-ongoing) UCL
Current positions:
Psychodynamic Psychotherapist in Private Practice
Research Associate & Programme manager UCL, Psychoanalysis Unit & The Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families, London
Visiting Lecturer, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Clinican Scholar, Scholars' Network, BPC
Previous positions
Psychotherapist in the NHS, Camden and Islington Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Service, St Pancras Hospital, London
Academic Researcher, Queen Mary University, Unit for Social & Community Psychiatry, Newham, London
Academic Researcher, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London- Tavistock Adult Depression Study (TADS) Belsize Lane, London
Mental Health Group facilitator, Adult Day Hospital and Ruby triage ward, Newham Centre for Mental Health (NCfMH), London
Befriender, Volunteering in mental health care for people with psychosis (VOLUME), Newham, London
Befriender, Maytree Suicide Respite Centre, Finsbury Park, London