Lokadhi is a mindfulness-based + compassion-focused therapist + mindfulness trainer based in central + north London

Therapy, mindfulness and self-compassion can help us unfold to become our true selves. I am a psychotherapist incorporating mindfulness and compassion-based approaches in my work - practising from the City Therapy Rooms in Holborn, London EC4 and Barnsbury Therapy Rooms in Islington, London N1.

I provide both long-term therapy and time-limited counselling, depending on your situation and needs. I'm also a teacher and trainer, offering courses and workshops in mindfulness and compassion-focused approaches in Highbury and Islington, north London. 

I have a deep belief in the potential of mindfulness and self-compassion to bring greater richness and awareness into everyday life. Mindfulness and self-compassion are powerful and effective vehicles for change: by being more present with our actual experience, and turning towards it with compassion, we are more able to embrace change.

A longstanding mindfulness and self-compassion meditation practice inspires, informs and supports every aspect of my life – including, implicitly, my work as a psychotherapist and counsellor. Where appropriate, I bring these approaches explicitly into this work.

I’m also one of relatively few people specifically trained to deliver both mindfulness and compassion-based approaches as an aspect of counselling and psychotherapy.

I hope this website will answer the questions you may have about what I do. If my approach appeals to you, please get in touch.

something about me ...

Before training as a therapist I had a career in the City and spent some years as a visual artist and curator; I’ve run my own business, worked in corporate, private and voluntary organisations and as a student counsellor – and really understand what it’s like to feel pressured or pulled in different directions.

My own journey of self-exploration grew from a sense of dissatisfaction with the way I was responding to my life – a recognition that I was unhappy. Inspired by the patience and kindness of therapists and meditation teachers who helped me through my own emotional pain and chronic illness, I combine mindfulness, self-compassion and psychosynthesis - an integrated therapeutic model that draws on the imagination - in my work. I’ve taught mindfulness and compassion-based approaches for more than 20 years and have practised as a therapist for well over a decade.

Creativity and the arts are important aspects of my life. When I can, I spend time in wild, open spaces, especially amongst mountains.

My name, Lokadhī, (pronounced “Low-ka-dhee”, with the emphasis on the first and last syllables) is Buddhist and has various meanings in Sanskrit, including “She who understands the world (or suffering); she who is moving towards the realm of wisdom.”