I work in person in Oxford and online. I work with adults of all ages suffering from all sorts of psychological and psychosomatic symptoms and forms of distress. These include the effects of anxiety, depression, complex bereavement, damaged confidence, difficulties in relationships, worries about sexual life, creative and work-related troubles, and chronic pain.

I have a background in the humanities. I hold a DPhil in English Literature from Oxford and went on to teach there and at a number of other universities, ending my academic employment as a Reader at the University of Kent. I was for twelve years an editor of Oxford Literary Review. I remain a founding editor of Angelaki and edited two special issues: Home and Family and Hotel Psychoanalysis. I still write sometimes and engage in academic events.

Reading and writing, like psychotherapy, are ways of picking up vital signs that have gone unnoticed. They make it possible to say things that have not yet been said, or need saying again. They can bring people together and help them discover themselves and how they want to live.