About me
Welcome, I'm glad you are here.
With over 20 years' experience in private practice, higher education, and a range of mental health settings, I offer a warm and confidential space for individuals and couples facing a wide variety of life's challenges. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, relationship difficulties, loss, life transitions, or navigating ADHD and neurodiversity, we can work together towards greater understanding, resilience, and meaningful change.
Life can feel overwhelming at times. It is not always easy to know where to turn or to make sense of what is happening. Counselling provides an opportunity to pause, reflect, and explore your thoughts and feelings in a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental environment.
How I Work
My core approach is person-centred, grounded in the belief that each person has the capacity for growth and change when offered the right conditions. I place great importance on building a therapeutic relationship that feels safe, respectful, and genuine.
At the same time, I bring a breadth of experience from working across different settings and with a wide range of emotional, relational, and psychological difficulties. While my work is grounded in person-centred values, I draw on other therapeutic approaches where appropriate, tailoring our work to your individual needs and goals.
Together, we can explore patterns, develop greater self-awareness, build on your strengths, and find ways forward that feel meaningful and sustainable.
I work with both individuals and couples and offer sessions in person and online, allowing us to work together in a way that best suits your needs and circumstances.
Professional Experience
Alongside my private practice, I have worked within higher education and a range of mental health settings. I am also a clinical supervisor, supporting trainee and qualified counsellors in their professional development and clinical practice.
In addition, I facilitate a support group for people living with secondary breast cancer through Breast Cancer Now. This role has deepened my understanding of resilience, uncertainty, loss, identity, relationships, and the emotional impact of significant life challenges.
My professional training includes couples counselling, somatic trauma counselling, mindfulness, cognitive hypnotherapy, and integrative supervision, enabling me to tailor my approach to each client's individual circumstances.
Getting Started
Choosing a counsellor is an important decision. I offer a free initial telephone consultation where we can discuss what brings you to counselling, explore any questions you may have, and consider whether working together feels right for you.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Irène
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA (Hons) Person Centred Counselling, Metanoia Institute, Middlesex University
- Integrative Supervision
- NLP
- Cognitive Hypnotherapy
- Couples Counselling
My Experience
I am a BACP-accredited counsellor with over 20 years’ experience across university, organisational, and specialist therapeutic settings. This includes supporting students and staff in high-pressure academic environments, individuals affected by cancer, survivors of domestic violence, and couples.
I have also designed and delivered workshops on stress and anxiety and worked in employee assistance and group facilitation contexts. I offer clinical supervision to counsellors and professionals in supporting roles.
I also offer clinical supervision to counsellors and professionals working in supportive roles.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I offer groups for stress management (i.e. exam stress), self-esteem, personal strengths and much more. Please contact me if you are interested.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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