Qualifications / Experience
- I am a UKCP registered attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, qualified at The Bowlby Centre in 2014
- Mentalisation Based Therapy Practitioner (BPC / Anna Freud Centre accredited)
- I offer attachment based clinical supervision to mental health professionals
- Experience in forensic NHS settings providing psychotherapy in prison and closed psychiatric wards
- I have been working at NHS Personality Disorders Services as psychotherapist since 2011
- I co-facilitate NHS Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) groups (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)
- MA Information Experience Design from Royal College of Art
- 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
