Hello, my name is Marina. I am a Counselling Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and I have 9 years of experience working in different settings such as NHS primary and secondary care services as well as community organisations.

I aim to help you explore and understand your difficulties in context, within a safe and confidential environment. I believe that by having the space and time to experience and express our feelings, to observe and examine our thoughts, patterns of behaviour and ways of relating to ourselves and others, we can gradually develop insight and clarity as to what we can do differently, thus regaining a sense of hope and direction and ultimately improving our relationships with ourselves and others.

I work integratively which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches and perspectives. I am particularly influenced by humanistic and existential ideas, developmental psychology and attachment theory, as well as approaches such as Compassion Focused Therapy. I am interested in your subjective experience beyond labels and categories and my hope is to offer a dialogical relationship which empowers you to examine what is troubling you, to gain awareness and insight, to clarify your values and to make choices which enrich your life.