Frequently Asked Questions

What I offer

• I offer one-on-one personal therapy, psychological life or career coaching, lead some small groups or all-encompassing large workshops.
• I have worked in education, the corporate sector, healthcare, sports & arts environments. Past adventures include facilitating tightly-knit gatherings or talking at much larger forums.
• I can reply to short email enquiries of up to ten lines. Please do not enter confidential information. Keep your enquiry general.

What I do not offer

• I do not offer advice or assistance in sorting the clients’ problems. Rather I help you find the answers within yourself.
• Personal therapy is not friendship either. There are clear boundaries and the focus is on you and your needs.
• I can not reply back and forth to long queries. Everything is on my website. If you feel you have many questions outstanding, I might not be the person for you.
• I unfortunately can not assist clients in crisis or with suicidal ideation. Equally I can not assit client with active substance misuse who are not in treatment/or in a programme.

IF You might be unhappy but not yet identify why? Or you may simply suspect that there’s more to life than you’re currently experiencing.

OR You sense that you’re suffering from psychological ailments, or maybe you’re weighed down by a diagnosis such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, abuse – domestic and/or in the workplace – relationship issues such as co-dependency, work-related or life stress OR addictions such as love/sex and food, yet the help you’ve received has fallen short.

OR You sure you have untapped talents & gifts but somehow have not know how to tap into your full potential or move forward in your personal mind-set, career and/or in relationships.

OR You’ve experienced an assortment of the above.

You can read more about my own journey in ‘About Me’ and in my Blog. I understand suffering first-hand. My own personal experience of adversity provided the catalyst for my own therapeutic journey in 2012.

• I have trained, qualified and practiced in five distinct fields including Arts & Movement (dance), Business & Languages,  Psychology & Counselling as well as meditation & yoga.
• I have trialled what I have trained in on myself, to countless clients across many continents and continue to innovate and evolve.
• I am comfortable working with a diverse range of international clients, with an equal split of male/female/non-binary/trans, in different languages and from different cultures using primarily English, French, Serbian and Croatian.
• I offer first and foremost non-judgmental presence. I practice with empathy, compassion, humility and a fair amount of skill, ensuring that any space is safe. I equally am here to gently highlight and at time confront you with ‘blind spots’ so you can break any maladaptive patterns.
• My work is about connecting (with ourselves and others), breaking down blocks/defenses that seek to prevent us from being who we’re meant to be, recovering our vitality vibrancy and wider sense of wellbeing to live a rich and fulfilling life.

My training as a ‘practitioner researcher’ in Psychology and Counselling is ongoing. I work four days/full time in the English National Health Service (NHS). The rest of the time I hold a small private practice.

• I have just finished my Doctorate in Counselling Psychology from the University of Roehampton and await my viva.
• I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology and a Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology from the University of Derby.
• I’ve gained almost a thousand hours of clinical time as a facilitator, counsellor and counselling psychologist over the last 10 years.
• I have gained extensive scientific research experience of what I’m teaching and practicing in a variety of diverse environments
• I’m under continuous development and supervision whilst I practice PLUS am fully insured
• Three of my copyrighted courses have been scientifically tested and are also rooted in evidence-based research
• I continually re-evaluate my findings based on my interactions with clients, my own supervision and self-reflective work
• I have two other undergraduate Degrees, from a UK and French universities, acting certifications from London and the USA
• I hold a coaching certification obtained whilst working in the corporate world, and have practiced as a dancer from a young age.
• I am an accredited yoga and meditation instructor.
• I understand the mind-body connection, not only from the evidence-based research supporting it but from personal experience.

There is no simple and straightforward answer to this question. Change does not happen overnight. However it all depends on the client’s goals and wishes from their personal therapy or coaching.

There are times in life when we might need practical help with a particular issues or sign-posting. If that’s your situation, then I offer ‘walk-in/single session‘ slots.

If you believe you might want more sessions to explore particular issues, we would have a pre-session and work collaboratively to establish number of sessions, 4, 6 12 to 18 weekly sessions might be sufficient.

At other times, clients might find out that what actually brought them to therapy was the top of the iceberg and they require more ongoing weekly support on a more long term basis. This will be discussed in the first 2 to 3 consultation sessions.

I do not offer single ad-hoc sessions anymore after having  researched personal therapy as part of my Doctoral training and realised first hand with research evidence the power of commitment from both client and therapist.

The key pre-requisite for us working together is a heartfelt willingness, openness and readiness for learning whilst taking full responsibility for the ways you might be thinking or behaving, which might be contributing to your difficulties.

I’d openly encourage you to listen to yourself to find out if my offerings resonate with you personally, since the facilitator/therapist-client relationship is central in clients achieving their goals.

Therapeutic coaching/personal therapy/facilitation

• Person-centred counselling inspired by Carl Rogers
• Elements of psychodynamic personal therapy, especially object relations and part work
•  Elements of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Inner Bonding® as created by Dr Paul and Dr Chopich.
• Various forms of inner connection, including meditation and yoga: I’ve trained in retreats in both the UK and South East Asia.  I’m a life-long student who devised & assembled a course based on my own personal learnings which I explored in my Master in Psychology.

Life/Skills/Career-Coaching

• Life/Career & Business coaching (accredited levels 1 and 2 in performance consulting)
• Online or in-person workshops and training: all of the above. In addition: drama, movement, mime, using acting and improvisation for public speaking confidence.

About Spirituality

Spirituality is wrongly equated to religiosity, which it simply isn’t. A scientific definition by Dhar et al. (2011)  is “a state of being where an individual is able to deal with day-to-day life in a manner which leads to the realization of one’s full potential; meaning and purpose of life; and happiness from within”.

Scientists Worthington and Aten (2009) defined it further as feeling an affinity with:

1. Religion (a particular religion and community)
2. Humanistic (feeling of commitment to humanity)
3. Nature (feelings of awe and connection to the beauty of nature),
4. Cosmos (connectedness with creation). So if you feel a connection with these, you can call yourself spiritual.

1)If you wish to work with me as a personal therapist & Counselling Psychologist, I recommend two to three consultation sessions of 50min each.

The first (and maybe second) sessions will be an initial assessment including a very brief history, unlocking and understanding the reason(s) for you seeking help and determining if we might be a fit.

In the second or third sessions we co-create and co-shape your goals for personal therapy and how I might envision supporting you, including suggested duration. You then get to experience working with me with the various modalities (as appropriate). Most importantly we review your experience, answer any burning questions and agree.

2)If you wish to work with me as a life or career coach, I recommend one or two sessions as above to learn more from you, what you are hoping to get and we work out a plan of what might be best for your support.

3) I currently only work on Zoom. As my clients are from all over the world, I require payment within 12 hours of the booking request to hold your slot and this needs to be made by Revolut. Cancelling terms are 5 working days. I require 48 hours for postponment of slots. There are no refunds within those times.