Professional Accreditation
I am a member of the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists IGAP and a member of the worldwide community of Jungian Analysts through the International Association of Analytical Psychologists IAAP. I am a member of the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis CPJA
I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy BACP. I am also registered with The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy UKCP who are the leading organisation for the education, training, accreditation and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors in the UK. I adhere to their Code of Ethics, and am committed to maintaining professionally high standards through continuing professional development.
Clinical Background
My background has always involved patient care, my original training was in medical physics, working in Radiotherapy & Oncology and then in Nuclear Medicine using unsealed isotopes both diagnostically and therapeutically. I studied at Kings College London and worked for over ten years at both Kings College Hospital and Guy’s Hospital where the groundwork for my therapeutic training really began. Throughout this time I witnessed immense suffering as well as the joy and relief that healing brings
After working in Medical Physics for over ten years I needed to widen my knowledge so I decided to study Psychology, Religion and Anthropology at Lancaster University in preparation for the lengthy training to become an analyst.
While in the north of England I spent time visiting residential patients in Ridge Lea Hospital, one of the old asylums before it closed to be replaced by care in the community. While there I had access to the archives, a unique opportunity to learn about patients who had been incarcerated for decades, many suffering from schizophrenia and some with psychotic depression. I gained invaluable experience throughout my time there, regularly interacting with inpatients and observing during the weekly outpatient clinics including specialised abuse clinics.
When I returned to London I entered the programme of preparation to become a Jungian Analyst with The Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists, IGAP.
Analytical Psychology is the unique contribution of the Swiss Psychiatrist Dr Carl Gustav Jung. He and Sigmund Freud were pioneers in our understanding of the human mind using dreams, which provide the most valuable treasury of information about ourselves. The dream was known as the via regia, “the royal road to the unconscious” because of the immense value it provided in treating patients during this pioneering work. Working in this way, with the focus on one’s dreams provides an enriching and life-enhancing experience offering invaluable new insights.
My clinical placement was at Guy’s Hospital working in the York clinic and Munro Centre under the supervision of Professor Jim Watson and Dr Bernie Rosen, two eminent psychiatrists at that time. I worked under their expert guidance for three years learning about psychiatry and time-limited psychotherapy seeing patients with a wide range of problems.
In addition to the academic rigour an important part of the training to become an analyst is to undertake a personal analysis, or training analysis, which involves inner work to learn about oneself, physician know thyself! This work is of immense importance and I was very fortunate to work with both John Costello and the late Dr Anne Maguire. A master analyst, specialist physician and Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Maguire was a pioneer in psychosomatic medicine and a most generous and brilliant teacher. Her immense respect for unconscious processes and spontaneous happenings were a delight. She referred some of her patients to me and taught me about psychosomatic medicine so that over the years I have seen many people with various skin complaints which have responded well to a psychological approach to their condition.
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