The work
This kind of work is not about advice, or techniques, or mapping your history onto a framework. It is about sustained and serious attention — to what you bring, to what you find yourself unable to say, and to what begins to become visible over time
The work is slow by design. It does not reach a quick resolution. What it offers instead is the possibility of a more honest understanding of your situation — one that holds up under pressure, and that is genuinely yours rather than borrowed from a model.
THE RELATIONSHIP
The relationship between therapist and patient is itself a working surface. What you find difficult elsewhere — in relationships, in how you present yourself, in what you cannot bring yourself to want — tends to show up here too.
That is not an inconvenience. It is part of how the work proceeds.
The setting is consistent, private, and unhurried. There is no agenda beyond understanding.
THE APPROACH
My approach is Jungian and psychodynamic. This means attending not only to what is immediately legible — the stated problem, the presenting difficulty — but to what speaks through repetition, through image, through the less conscious layers of a life.
It means taking seriously the idea that what organises us is not always what we think it is, and that real change requires encounter with that — not just description of it.
I work with individuals on a one-to-one basis. Most people come weekly. The work may be undertaken over a focused period or as a longer-term engagement, depending on what is needed.
NOT ALL THERAPY IS THE SAME
Some approaches focus on managing symptoms, changing thought patterns, or building specific skills. These can be useful for particular difficulties.
This work is concerned with something different: with understanding, over time, how you came to be where you are — and what might become possible from there.
Many people who find their way to depth work have tried other approaches first. That prior experience is not wasted; it often clarifies what is actually needed.
TRAINING & REGISTRATIONS
I am a Jungian psychotherapist and a member of the Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP). I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), the UK's leading professional association and accredited public register for psychoanalytic psychotherapy. I work in Belgravia, Richmond upon Thames, and online.
If you would like to explore whether we might work together, get in touch by email. We can discuss availability and fees before arranging an initial consultation.