Psychotherapy in East London Stratford (E20) & Hackney Wick
Are you seeking to get to know yourself, rather than trying to fix yourself?
Life can sometimes feel like endless adaptation to demands that feel disconnected from what you truly want. You may have arrived here tired of constantly trying to manage yourself, fix yourself, improve yourself. Perhaps it worked for a while, even, but the change does not seem 'permanent'. You feel like something needs to change but the usual solutions that you apply feel repetitive and hollow. Too neat and too prescribed.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy provides a confidential space to explore what lies beneath - rather than helping you adjust better, it paves the way to understanding yourself differently. It offers a space to let go of performing and survival mode, opening up room within yourself to start questioning, thinking, and connecting to the world in your singular way.
Psychoanalytic work is open-ended, meaning that we don't have a specific number of sessions agreed from the start. At the same time, psychoanalytic psychotherapy is not end-less. Change, when it starts happening, unfolds gradually, as newly discovered meanings take shape allowing the old structures to start loosening. Over time, this can open the possibility of a different relation to yourself and to others. A relation that emerges from your own experience rather than imposed solutions.
If you would like to explore beginning this work, I offer psychotherapy sessions in East London, Stratford (E20) and you are welcome to arrange a consultation.
My Approach to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
In my practice I offer a space where:
- You are invited to speak your mind freely and follow your own associations
- Thoughts can unfold at their own pace, including those that feel strange or unexpected
- Change takes shape gradually, as space opens around your experience, rather than through forcing yourself to feel different
- Uncertainty is given space, which can open new perspectives
- The focus is on exploring what the past means for how you live now
- Lasting change arises from questioning the assumptions that shape how you see yourself and others
Working With Questions of Identity and Belonging
I work with people whose lives are shaped by a wide range of experiences, whether cultural, relational, or gender identity. Many have moved between countries, cultures or languages, including first- and second-generation families.
Themes of belonging, difference and tension between worlds often surface in the process in significant ways. At the same time, feelings of difference, uncertainty or dislocation can appear in the lives of people whose families have lived in the same country for generations.
If you ever felt caught between worlds, or struggled with the question of where you belong, this work creates space to explore those questions without needing to resolve them into neat categories.
About Me
I'm a UK Council for Psychotherapy-accredited psychotherapist working in East London. My practice is grounded in psychoanalytic thinking, attentive listening and an interest in how people make sense of their lives in times of transition or uncertainty.
Professional Qualifications & Memberships
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, professional member of The Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy (AGIP)
- Clinical Membership of United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP 2011185432)
- Member of College of Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis (CPJA)
- Master's degree in Psychology from Jagiellonian University (MBPsS 261881)
Clinical experience in London
Apart from working with adults in private therapy practice, my clinical experience includes:
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner for Digital Institute at University of Staffordshire London
- Senior counsellor and assessment worker at Strides Counselling Centre
- Contracting therapist for workplace wellbeing services, Samata Health and mental health charity, Raise Above the Disorder (RAD)
- Volunteer therapist for the Psychosis Therapy Project (PTP)
A Foundation in Mental Health and Social Care
Before training as a psychotherapist, I spent over a decade working in UK mental health and social care settings. This included supporting adults navigating psychiatric services, survivors of domestic abuse and young people in care.
Managing a day unit for autistic adults further shaped my understanding of person-centred work and the power of a therapeutic relationship.
Additional Professional Roles
My professional background also includes recruitment and training programme development. I designed and delivered prevention and early intervention training for social care teams and developed employment support and training initiatives in a tech start-up.
Practical Information
How We Meet
My practice primarily offers in-person psychoanalytic psychotherapy in East London. For those who need more flexibility, hybrid and online options are also available upon consultation.
The Location
I work from a private consulting room in London, Stratford East Village (E20), located within the Olympic Park. The practice is easily accessible from Hackney and Dalston.
Fees & Your Initial Consultation
The first step is to schedule an initial free 20-minute consultation. This is a dedicated space to think together about your reasons for seeking therapy and whether ongoing work would be helpful. It's also an opportunity for you to ask questions and get a sense of how I work.
Fees are discussed during the initial consultation and are based on the frequency and nature of the work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How does psychoanalytic psychotherapy work?
A: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers a confidential space to explore what is troubling you - including things that may be difficult to put into words at first. Rather than following a structure, the work begins with what you bring: your concerns, associations, the things that keeps repeating for you. Over time, this kind of attention can reveal unconscious patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves and others - patterns that often lie behind anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties or persistent sense of being stuck. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy does not focus solely on removing the problem or the mental health symptom, but on understanding what the symptom might be expressing, and what becomes possible when that is discovered and heard.
Q: How do I know if psychoanalytic therapy is right for me?
Psychoanalytic therapy tends to suit people who are curious about themselves, who want to understand or discover something new about themselves. It can be sometimes a good fit, if you have a sense that something is not right but you cannot fully articulate it, if difficulties keep recurring despite previous attempts to address them, or if you are looking for space to think, rather than a set of behavioural tools to apply.
Q: What are your fees and availability?
A: My fee is discussed during the initial consultation and varies depending on the frequency and nature of work. I offer sessions on weekdays from Stratford, East Village (E20), as well as online. If we decide to work together, we'll agree on a regular time that works for both of us. See the sessions and fees page.
Q: What is your clinical training?
A: My clinical training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy spans many years of academic study, clinical practice, and personal analysis. It includes working with clients under regular supervision to ensure safe and ethical practice. Although I completed the core part of my training, I continue to engage with psychoanalytic literature and ongoing professional development, deepening my understanding and refining my work as a psychotherapist. You can read more on the About Me page.
Q: How long does psychoanalysis take?
A: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is open-ended form of therapy. Unlike the short-term counselling, it is not about reaching a specific goal within a fixed number of sessions - it offers space for long-term exploration, at a pace that depends on what you bring and your wish to continue. Some people work psychoanalytically for several months; many continue for longer. It's natural to feel uncertain about this at the outset, and it is something we can return to as the work unfolds. You can read more about the psychoanalytic process in one of my blogs or a video commissioned by the Freud Museum.
Get in touch
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how psychotherapy works or to arrange an appointment. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to therapy, whether it could be helpful for you, and whether I am the right therapist to help.
You can also call me on 079 19665440 if you would prefer to speak to me first. If there is no answer, please leave me a voice message. I am happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have before arranging an initial appointment.
