ABOUT ME
I am a Newcastle/Gateshead based Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist – practicing from the Hawthorn Psychotherapy Practice, Gosforth and also in Low Fell, Gateshead.
I offer in-depth exploration of a wide range of difficulties such as challenging behaviour, low mood and depression, anxiety and other worrying presentations.
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My professional body is the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
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Here you can check my credentials and read more about Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
WHO DO I WORK WITH?
I work with children, young people and young adults between the ages of 3 and 25
I offer
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long and short term therapy – once weekly or more often – with regular spaces for reviews
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Assessments of difficulties – either stand-alone 3 sessions with a report, or as a precursor to considering starting longer therapeutic work.
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Consultations to professionals
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Regular supportive sessions for parents, if needed, while your child is receiving therapy.
Fees - £70/session
These are negotiable under certain circumstances
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Sessions last for 50 minutes
WHAT IS PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY?
This is a non-directive way of working in which communications and aspects of personality begin to be understood by both patient and therapist through ways that the patient/client relates to the therapist, and the material brought to the session.
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With adolescents or young adults this might be through the subjects talked about or returned to in sessions over a period of time, while with younger children through observing play or drawing. Making links and patterns over time with the unconscious communications in the material helps the young person to both feel understood and to also understand themselves better. The presenting difficulties and symptoms then reduce.
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The relationship between client and therapist is therefore central to this way of working. This is why regular sessions are so important.
MY TRAINING
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I trained at the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. I am trained to doctoral level and am currently completing my doctoral thesis. My training consisted of two years pre-clinical study followed by a four year clinical placement in NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
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I am trained to work with deep unconscious communications and underlying difficulties, rather than offering more behavioural solutions which often fail to get to root of complex presentations. I am experienced in working across ages and with a variety of difficulties.
CONTACT ME
Please do call or email. All queries welcome.
PHONE
07900 684772