About me

I’m a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and sex therapist with over 20 years’ experience across the NHS, academia, and independent practice. I’m HCPC registered, trained in both clinical psychology and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and a member of The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, where I’m also involved in training new analysts.

After degrees from St Andrews and Exeter, I spent nine years in the NHS, most recently as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in an HIV and sexual health service at Barts. That work deepened my interest in the psychology of sex, desire, shame, and identity — and gave me a firm grounding in working with complex, embodied experience.

While sexuality remains an area of specialism, my practice is much broader. I work with adults who want to understand themselves more deeply — not just to feel better, but to live with greater honesty, flexibility, and freedom. That usually means exploring patterns that began long ago but still shape the present: in relationships, in work, in the ways we cope, connect, or come undone.

My approach is psychoanalytic — rooted in classical and contemporary theory, but always adapted to the person in the room. I offer a space to think out loud, feel your way into things, and face what’s been avoided. The work can be challenging at times (as it should be), but it’s not meant to be punitive or mystifying. I do have a couch, but how we use it is up to you. I don’t sit in silence behind a screen; I show up as a real person — curious, engaged, and deeply invested in what unfolds between us.

If you’re here, you might be wrestling with a difficult feeling, a stuck pattern, a relationship that won’t work, or a sense that life should feel richer or freer than it does. Therapy won’t give you neat answers, but it can help you ask better questions — and help you stay with the answers long enough to change.

Alongside my clinical work, I provide supervision and consultation for psychologists, psychotherapists, and analysts, both qualified and in training. I’m particularly interested in the creative tensions between psychological and psychoanalytic models — and in supporting practitioners who want to deepen their thinking and take risks with their work.