IAS Psychotherapy

IAS Psychotherapy UKCP registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist

I am a UKCP registered psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapist in private practice just outside of Welwyn Garden City. I began practising in 2011 and since then, have worked with individuals (aged 16 and up) on a range of mental health issues. I’m particularly interested in intergenerational trauma, how we cope with grief and mourning and more generally, how the sociopolitical/sociocultural contexts we live in affect how we move through the world. My intent is to use this page to share articles and posts (usually with psychological relevance) that interest me, but I often find inspiration, tranquility and relief in many of my other loves - literature, poetry, art, nature and funny stuff (I’m a great believer in not taking oneself too seriously). So, this page may often present a mish-mash of these, but I hope you will find something worthwhile in it for you.

03/08/2025

"FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO LEAVE POLITICS OUT OF DEALING WITH TRAUMA, I wish to remind you that trauma is all about people living under social conditions where terrible things are allowed to happen, and where the truth cannot be told."
~ Bessel van der Kolk, "The Body Keeps the Score.

"TRAUMA DECONTEXTUALIZED in a person looks like personality.
Trauma decontextualized in a family looks like family traits.
Trauma in a people looks like CULTURE." - Resmaa Menakem

REPOSTING. REMINDING. RE-EDUCATING.

03/08/2025

A park bench. A conversation. And 14 grandmothers.

When Dr Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to su***de, he couldn’t walk away. What happened next became a global mental health movement, and it all started with a simple conversation.

In the latest thresholds journal, Dr Chibanda shares an excerpt from his book (The Friendship Bench) about harnessing the wisdom of grandmothers to deliver therapeutic healing.

Read more here 👉 https://orlo.uk/faPxP

03/08/2025

9. Breaking promises to yourself.

03/08/2025

“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…

03/08/2025

✨ “My health visitor could see something wasn’t quite right and stepped up support. She also put me in touch with a local charity who provided free counselling for up to an hour a week. It was a space to talk about what I was going through without any judgement. If it wasn’t for my health visitor, I don’t think I’d be here today.” - Emma, mum of three

Each of Emma’s births brought different mental health challenges - from postnatal depression to PTSD. With support from counselling and CBT, she found her way through.

Read Emma’s story and how therapy helped her take positive steps forward 👉 https://orlo.uk/bcruU

23/06/2025

29% of men have been to therapy, compared to 41% of women, according to our Public Perceptions Survey.

Of those who've had therapy, 73% of men and 73% of women say it was helpful.

So what’s getting in the way of more men seeking therapy? 🤔

Stigma, social expectations, and discomfort around opening up all play a part. But attitudes are slowly shifting.

This Men’s Health Month, we’re taking a closer look at how men view therapy, and how those views are changing.

Read more here 👉 https://orlo.uk/XmtKR

23/06/2025

On Growing up a Multi-Heritage Child: A Reflective and Creative Exploration

What did the world reflect back to you as a multi-heritage child?

This one-day in-person workshop is for BIPOC with multi-heritage backgrounds who want to explore early experiences and reconnect with their inner child through creativity, small group work, and shared reflection.

We’ll look at how our sense of self was shaped by the environments we grew up in — including the subtle (and not-so-subtle) messages received from family, culture, and society.

🗓 Saturday 5th July 2025
🕙 10am – 4pm
📍 The Wheatley workshop room, The Engine Room, Tottenham Hale, London
🎟 £130 for BAATN members | £180 non-members | £200 organisations

Book here: https://www.baatn.org.uk/on-growing-up-a-multi-heritage-child-a-reflective-and-creative-exploration/ #!event-register/2025/7/5/on-growing-up-a-multi-heritage-child-a-reflective-and-creative-exploration

Facilitated by Mary-Claire Wilson, psychotherapist and group facilitator.

23/06/2025

ℹ️🌿 WHAT IS RETRAUMATIZATION ANYWAY? |

Working with trauma can be complex, intense, draining, energizing, rewarding, and invigorating all at the same time. It is hard work, but it is so rewarding to see clients move out of the grips of their past into the expansion of their present and future.

One thing that makes trauma treatment so intense is the connection between our past and our present. It is easy for clients to lose connection to their present and slip into their past.

We spend a great deal of time helping clients develop the skills needed to explore their past while staying in their present. You might have heard the phrase, “separating the then from the now”. It is a very common phrase used in trauma treatment circles, and it can be helpful to clients who don’t register the difference between “then” and “now.”

Read the Full Article: https://traumatreatmentcollective.com/what-is-retraumatization-anyway/



📷: .trauma, Instagram

05/06/2025

What we want is quick, clever fixes. What we need is quite different: the ability to tolerate intolerable feelings, to sustainably change and grow

03/06/2025

The shift that reveals everything: Why menopause is often the moment neurodivergent women see themselves clearly. Read more from counsellor Emma Page ⬇️ http://ow.ly/RGHc106a8Lk

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