Professional Identity
Child & Parent-Infant Specialist | Counselling Psychologist
My practice is centered on the foundational bonds of the earliest years and the complex emotional landscape of childhood. I bring a specialist focus to the developmental journey, providing a thoughtful and containing environment for infants, children, and their families.My work spans three core areas of clinical focus:
- Parent-Infant Psychotherapy: Supporting the transition to parenthood and the growth of early attachment.
- Work with Children (Under 12): Responsive individual and joint sessions centered on communication and play.
- Individual Adult Therapy: Exploring how personal history and early experiences shape current well-being.
A timeline of senior roles within the NHS and public sector, ranging from early intervention to complex clinical care.
Parent, Baby & Toddler Mental Health My dedicated expertise in early attachment and relationship-focused therapeutic work has been shaped by roles within specialist parent-infant and perinatal services:
- Specialist Parent-Infant Service (Current): I have held a Highly Specialist role within this team for the past seven years, focusing on deep relational work with parents and their infants.
- Hounslow Parent Infant Relationship Service: I helped establish West London’s first parent-baby service, serving as the clinical lead to develop the service’s foundational therapeutic framework.
- Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Pathways: Hounslow, North London, and Tower Hamlets NHS Trusts.
Children, Young People & Families Focusing on the under-12 age group, my work emphasizes the capacity for families to reflect together and the understanding of complex emotional communications:
- Southwark Under 12s Child & Family Team: I was part of this Maudsley Hospital based service for 12 years, chairing the complex case discussions and developing innovative clinical practice.
- Marlborough Family Service.
Adult Psychological Services I bring extensive experience in delivering psychodynamic support for adults navigating both short-term and long-standing emotional difficulties:
- Woking Adult Talking Therapies Service
- UCL Student Psychological Services
Academic foundations and over a decade of immersive clinical experience prior to formal qualification.
My current practice is anchored in a decade of immersive clinical experience prior to my formal qualification in 2004, encompassing roles within forensic, community, and educational settings.
- Professional Training (1998–2004): Placements within adult community mental health and psychological NHS therapy services (Soho, Newham and Earlsfield) and primary school counselling (Ealing).
- Early Foundations: Assistant Psychology roles within NHS forensic care services (Orchard Lodge & Croydon Community Forensic Team) and child and adolescent mental health services.
Ensuring the highest standards of clinical practice and professional accountability.
- Specialist Parent-Infant Psychotherapy The Anna Freud Centre, London
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychoanalytic Infant Observation The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
- MSc in Advanced Counselling Psychology University of East London
- MSc in Therapeutic Psychology University of Surrey
Professional Registrations & Memberships
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): Registered Practitioner (Counselling) Psychologist
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC): Registered Parent-Infant Psychotherapist
- British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF): Professional Member
Contact and Initial Enquiries
If you wish to discuss the possibility of working together, you are welcome to get in touch.