I am a couple and individual psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist working with adults of all ages and backgrounds, with a particular interest in intercultural couples. I am of Armenian and Danish heritage, and my multicultural background informs my capacity to work with cultural difference in an empathic and respectful way. I offer therapy in English and can support an inter-lingual format for Armenian, Greek, and Italian speakers, bridging cultural and language hurdles to create an environment where emotions can be expressed more freely. Often, emotions connected to past experiences are more accessible when thought about in one’s native tongue.
Drawing on a psychodynamic lens, I attend both to the visible cultural expectations shaping the couple and to the deeper, often unconscious, cultural narratives each partner carries from early life. This approach helps couples understand how these internal and external scripts meet in their relationship, and opens space for new emotional possibilities.
I have been involved in a European-led research project on intercultural couples in collaboration with the London Intercultural Couples Centre (UK) and the University of Bergamo (Italy).
I trained at Tavistock Relationships in London where I also work as a Visiting Clinician and Tutor. I hold a BSc in Social Psychology with Philosophy, a Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling and a Postgraduate Diploma in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy which is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) I am a Graduate Member of Tavistock Relationships Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and comply with the BACP’s Ethical Framework for Good Practice.
I am an EFT (Emotional Focused Therapy) informed therapist.
I attend regular supervision and professional development programmes and workshops to enhance my development in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Sky News Interview
Can people have real relationships with ChatGPT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSO3bAdVr9s&t=72s
Journal of Family Therapy
Kalaydjian, J., Lugli, V., & Singh, R. (2024). Social
GRRRAAACCCEEESSS in intercultural couple therapy: A semantic analysis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-6427.12469
Do intercultural couples come from different semantic worlds? Report on a research study funded by the (AFT) David Campbell creative fund – Valentina Lugli, Julia Kalaydjian, Melis Aktas, Sara Lerussi and Reenee Singh. https://www.aft.org.uk/page/Context2022
Singh, R., 2022, Do intercultural couples come from different semantic worlds?
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/media/otzimjco/79-new-psychotherapist-winter-spring-2022.pdf
pp. 44-46.