I am Canadian, born in Barbados, currently residing in London, UK. I have been working in the field of psychological therapies for over 32 years as a forensic psychologist, clinical psychologist and therapist, with training and experience in multiple models of cognitive and somatic therapies.
I enjoy working with people on problems of psychological, emotional, behavioural, and relational functioning; helping to improve awareness and understanding of problems that persist; and to identify, practise and strengthen the many skills needed for healthy psychological and interpersonal functioning.
My personal practice is based on the Buddhist psychological model, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, and radical unconditional acceptance. I am part of the LGBTQIA community, West Indian ethnicity, a mum and quite probably a little neurodiverse.
I have trained in, experienced and practised a lot of different models of therapy and change processes in both professional training and in personal development including:
I offer psychological assessment and treatment, informed by different models of psychotherapy, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT), Trauma Integration Protocol (TIP) and other somatic psychotherapies, Buddhist psychology, Mindfulness, Meditation and Breathwork.
I will listen to you,… what you’re going through, what has happened to you, what you understand about yourself and what you’d like to change, and what has and has not worked for you so far. I will also observe and attend to your self-observation and awareness. We will work together with the conscious levels of mind and with the body and subconscious levels of mind, to support your efforts to achieve therapy goals in line with your values.
the capacity to feel emotions (sensations in the body)
the ability to express emotions effectively, attend to needs and assert and maintain boundaries (without suppressing or acting out)
the facility to distinguish between psychological reactions to the present based on current needs, and those that represent residue from the past or the unconscious, unsatisfied needs from childhood.
the awareness of genuine needs requiring satisfaction rather than repression for the sake of being accepted or approved by others.
In therapy, we will work to improve awareness and the use of skills for working with: thoughts and beliefs, feelings, emotions and sensations, distress tolerance, conditioned tendencies and habits, relaxation responses, breathing, effective communication, problem solving, reducing reactivity and processes of change.
Talking for the purpose of self expression, validation, insight and improved understanding can be an important part of therapy, but leads to very little change in the absence of practising skills. Sometimes we inadvertently build mastery in the use of skills that no longer serve us and have become so habitual that we are hardly aware of them. Sometimes those habits function to avoid or manage real or perceived threats or feelings of uneasiness.
They can be deeply ingrained, conditioned tendencies and patterns. It’s much better when we can access a wide range of skills in responding, and when we develop more effective, healthy habitual reactions,… of thought, emotion, urge and action.
I have trained in general breathwork and Transformational Breath and I teach breathing, as needed, during sessions of psychological therapy.
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Psychedelics are currently illegal in the UK. I offer psychological support with integration of psychedelic experiences for the purposes of harm reduction. I have direct (limited) personal experience of supporting people taking psychedelics in legal settings.
I offer cannabis assisted somatic therapy for people with medically prescribed cannabis in the UK. Treatment follows the Trauma Integration Protocol (TIP).
I offer ketamine assisted psychotherapy at the Aion clinic as one of their sessional therapists. See their website at: https://www.aion-clinic.com/
Private medical insurance
I no longer work with AXA health insurance.
Self-paying (payable 24 hours in advance)
Psychological assessment and treatment, and support with integration of psychedelic experiences: £120 – £124 / 55 minutes.
Intensive Therapy
If needed, longer sessions of 2 to 3 hours can be arranged.
Breathwork Sessions
Breathwork is taught during therapy sessions. I no longer offer sessions purely for breathwork.
Supervision (payable in advance)
£120 / 55 minutes
The number of sessions and duration of contact varies with the nature of the problem, the type of therapy used, the therapeutic goals and progress with developing skills.
Frequency of contact may be weekly, fortnightly, monthly or bi-monthly for 55 minutes. Where indicated and agreed in advance, intensive sessions of longer duration can be arranged.
Duration of contact has typically ranged from 4 to 12 months, but has also consisted of one-off single sessions, and shorter courses of solution focused treatment.
Cancellation or rescheduling of any appointment with less than 24 hours notice is charged at the full fee.
New self-paying clients are asked to make payment at the time of booking or to complete payment at least 24 hours in advance of their appointment time.
Email MDpsychcontact@gmail.com to receive current information about availability for consultation or therapy appointments. I do not keep a waiting list.
Contact is confidential and in line with the ethical practice and code of conduct advised by the BPS, HCPC and BABCP.
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mdpsychcontact@gmail.com
Sessions are remote online using Zoom. In-person by special arrangement only.