I am a couple and individual psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist working with adults of all ages and backgrounds. I have a particular interest in working with intercultural couples. I am part Armenian and part Danish, and my own multicultural background brings a unique perspective to my work and enables me to work in an empathic and respectful way with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. I offer therapy in English and can support an inter-lingual format for Armenian, Greek, and Italian speakers to bridge cultural and language hurdles thereby creating an environment where emotions can be expressed more freely. Often the emotions around past circumstances seem more accessible when thinking in one’s native tongue.
I have been involved in a European-led research project on intercultural couples in conjunction 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.
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.
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