About Me

I never thought I would need couple therapy. My relationship with my wife was great. I was the managing director of a successful company. Then life got tough and we found ourselves in crisis. Going to couple therapy saved our marriage! And we’ve been in and out of therapy together many times to keep our relationship on course.

What I learned from our couple therapy and my years of one-to-one psychotherapy transformed my marriage and my life. The results of the therapy impressed me so much I decided to change career. I wanted to offer the valuable insights and knowledge I had learned to other individuals and couples in distress.

I researched, sought out and trained with the best minds in couple & relationship psychology to learn the secrets of what makes marriages and relationships work and why they go wrong.

For over a decade, I trained to become a psychotherapist specialising in relationships and couples. I also trained and accredited as a registered sex therapist because I knew that the sexual relationship is often a key part of a satisfying relationship or marriage. And I constantly train and up-date my skills beyond the requirements of my regulatory organisations to meet my desire to grow and improve in what I offer.

I have worked with various mental health conditions in a number of settings including psychosexual health at NHS Chelsea & Westminster Hospital (56 Dean Street), with personality disorders in Kent & Medway NHS Trust and multifarious relationship and mental health issues at Tavistock Relationships.

Qualifications

I am registered and accredited to practice psychotherapy, couple & relationship therapy and sex therapy, appearing on registers accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). The PSA was set up by the Government to improve standards and safety for the benefit of the public. Attaining the standards necessary for appearing on PSA accredited registers demonstrates my commitment to high professional standards, to enhancing safety and delivering a better service.

I am accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the highest regulatory and awarding body in psychotherapy in the UK. I am also accredited by the College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists (COSRT), the UK’s specialist regulatory body in psychosexual and relationship therapy. In addition I am also accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners. My practice complies with the code of conduct and ethics of all the aforementioned regulatory bodies.

I have undertaken rigorous world-class training with internationally renowned Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology. I am also trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) the most researched and empirically proven evidence-based method in couple therapy. In addition, I am a Gottman Method Level 2 couple therapist.

Training and Experience

Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology (London):

  • Psychoanalytic Studies in Couple Psychotherapy

  • MSc in Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy

  • (UKCP and COSRT Accredited training)

ICCEFT Canada:

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT)

Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples with is the most researched and empirically verified treatment for couples with 70-75% moving from distress to recovery and approximately 90% showing significant improvements. 

Gottman Institute, USA:

  • Gottman Method Couple Therapy Level 2

Gottman Method Couples Therapy  - Based on Gottman’s 40 + years of empirical research on couple relationships.

Relational Life Institute, USA:

  • Training with Terry Real Training Level 2

Relate (London):

  • Relationship Coaching

Spectrum (London):

  • Psychotherapy Diploma

  • (UKCP, BACP and UKAHPP Accredited) training

Professional Memberships:

  • Accredited Member of UK Council for Psychotherapy [UKCP]

  • Accredited Member of College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists [COSRT]

  • Accredited Member of United Kingdom Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners [UKAHPP]

  • Accredited Member of British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists [MBACP (accred)] 

  • Member of International Society of Sexual Medicine [ISSM]

  • Registered Psychotherapist on UKCP, BACP and UKAHPP Accredited Voluntary Registers

Previous Employers:

  • Tavistock Relationships (London)

  • Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust (56 Dean Street, Soho, London)

  • Kent & Medway NHS Trust (Adult Mental Health) (Tunbridge Wells)