I am a Lacanian psychoanalyst based in Glasgow and London, and a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR). Details of my practice can be found below.
Psychoanalysis is an opportunity to speak freely, in your own way, about things that feel difficult, stuck, or worrying. It is also a place to voice your hopes and desires. Psychoanalysis works with the idea that we are in large part unknown and surprising to ourselves. Speaking can be a way of encountering ourselves differently, and learning to coexist with our own strangeness.
Everyone has their own particular experience in psychoanalysis, because the role of the analyst is to witness and facilitate the process of speaking, rather than telling someone how to live or what to do. That may sound somewhat abstract and mysterious, but psychoanalysis can often feel practical and embodied.
As a practice and theory, psychoanalysis has a divided and vexed history regarding racism, class, and gender—in historical and contemporary psychoanalysis we find both radical and conservative positions on these matters, because psychoanalysis is not a unified field. I came to psychoanalysis through feminist and queer writing, and I think psychoanalysis has a necessary and complicated relationship to the political. My clinic is trans inclusive and I welcome open discussion of your concerns on these matters.
Psychoanalysis is an open-ended treatment, so you are not obliged to come for a certain amount of time, or required to stop after a fixed number of sessions.
I work is Glasgow (G42) and London (WC2N), in person and online.
Fees are based on income, and discussed during the consultation.
Sessions are of a variable length, upto 50 minutes. The frequency can be anytime between one to five times a week.
If you would like to arrange an initial consultation, you can find my details on the contact page of this website.