About me
Displaced Brummie
I was born in Bedford to Bengali parents, grew up on a diet of Star Trek and punk rock in Birmingham. I started life in the Big Smoke as an environmental journalist, and when the cynicism set in, I found myself in the world of private equity. I translated my enjoyment of building personal growth-promoting relationships into a passion for psychotherapy.
Clinical Experience
Currently, I work in private practice in person from rooms in Hackney and Peckham as well as online. Previously, I have worked with services providing therapy through the NHS/IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) and low-cost counselling settings with individuals face to face, online and on the telephone. I have also volunteered at a housing association providing psychotherapeutic support to residents diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
I have worked with clients facing the following issues:
Loss of all kinds
Depression
Anxiety
Intersectionality
Relationship concerns
Qualifications
I have completed an MSc in Contemporary Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Applications (Metanoia Institute/Middlesex University).
In addition, I hold a postgraduate Clinical Diploma in Person-Centred Psychotherapy (Metanoia Institute, 2022), a Diploma in Person-Centred Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Metanoia Institute, 2021), Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills (City Lit., 2016), a B.A. (Hons) in English Language & French (University of Birmingham, 2006), and regularly attend additional training and CPD including:
- Relational Trauma, PCA, & Neurodivergence (June 2023)
- Exploring the Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling (Dr. Dwight Turner / March 2023)
- Understanding and Working with Shame in Person-Centred Practice: From Implicit to Explicit (Helen Skelton / February 2023)
- Building Back Better Mental Health in London (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy / February 2022)
- Making of Mental Illness (James Davies / January 2022)
- Exploring the interface between counselling and mental health (Rachel Freeth / October 2021)
- Person-Centered Politics as Antidote to Global Crises (Patrick Charlmers / March 2021)
- A Matter of Death and Life (Irvin Yalom / March 2021)
- Developmental Trauma (Emma Haynes / April 2021)
- Trauma Basics (Emma Haynes / March 2021)
- Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective (Ernesto Spinelli / January 2021)
- Zen and the Art of Psychotherapy (Manu Bazzano / January 2021)
- Working with clients with a psychiatric diagnosis (Rachel Freeth / May 2020)
Professional Bodies Membership
I am a full clinical member of the UKCP (Membership number: 2011172641) and of the BAATN.
I also follow Metanoia's Code of Clinical Ethics & Professional Conduct and carry professional liability insurance with Towergate Insurance.