Qualifications / Experience
- I am a UKCP registered attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, qualified at The Bowlby Centre
- I work at an NHS Personality Disorders Service as therapist
- I co-facilitate an NHS Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) group (including one-to-one MBT sessions) for individuals diagnosed with personality disorders
- I conduct clinical assessments of patients referred to the NHS Personality Disorders Service by GPs, NHS Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) and other NHS agencies
- Mentalization Based Therapy - Practitioner and Basic Training (Anna Freud Centre), taught by Peter Fonagy and Antony Bateman
- MBT-A Training - Mentalization Based Therapy for Adolescents (Anna Freud Centre)
- MSc in Religion in Contemporary Society (Sociology) from the London School of Economics (LSE)
- BA (Hons) from Arts and Humanities Department at King's College London
- I have been working at INFORM, an information / advice centre focusing on alternative religious, spiritual, esoteric and radical movements, based at The London School of Economics, since 2006. It is one of the few independent organisations offering objective information and advice on so-called cults and sects, and working here and helping enquirers gives me a good insight into the many ways in which religion, spirituality, and charismatic individuals and groups can affect us.
- I abide by The Bowlby Centre's and the UKCP's Code of Ethics and Code of Practice
