About me
Stop Treating the Symptom. Start Healing the System.
I work with individuals, couples, children, and families. Whether you come on your own or with the people you love, my work is rooted in one core belief: we are shaped by our relationships. Even individual struggles rarely exist in isolation.
Therapy for Individuals
Individual therapy offers a private space to explore your inner world—your thoughts, emotions, history, and experiences. While the focus is on you, the work is never disconnected from the relationships that have shaped you and continue to influence your life.
Rather than viewing difficulties as personal flaws, we explore the wider patterns, expectations, and relational dynamics that may be contributing to how you feel. This approach supports meaningful insight while also creating practical change in how you relate to others.
Individual therapy with me is reflective, supportive, and purposeful—helping you move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and connection.
Therapy for Couples
Relationships can become stuck in cycles of conflict, distance, or misunderstanding. Couples therapy provides a space to slow these patterns down and understand what is happening between you.
Instead of assigning blame, we focus on the interaction itself—how you communicate, respond under stress, and protect yourselves when things feel difficult. Sessions are active and collaborative, helping couples move beyond talking about problems to changing how they show up with one another.
With over 20 years of experience in child and family work, I also understand the added pressures relationships face when parenting, blended families, or developmental challenges are involved.
Family Therapy
When one person in a family is struggling, everyone feels it. A child’s behaviour, a teenager pulling away, or ongoing tension within the household are rarely individual problems—they are signs that the family system needs attention.
Family Therapy looks beyond the individual to understand the patterns, history, and relationships that shape how a family functions. Instead of asking “What’s wrong with you?” we ask “What’s happening between you?”
Unlike traditional counselling, which often focuses on the individual “I”, Family Therapy focuses on the relational “We”. Sessions are active and experiential. We don’t just talk about problems—we work with them in real time, helping families re-author how they interact and connect.
Experience You Can Trust
With over 20 years specialising in individual/adult, child and family work, I understand the developmental needs of children, the pressures facing parents, and the complexities of adult relationships. I work with children, adolescents, young adults, parents, couples, and individuals, providing a safe, neutral space where every voice is valued.
My approach is grounded in systemic therapy—the understanding that lasting change happens when relationships shift. Whether working with an individual, a couple, or an entire family, the focus is always on creating healthier patterns that endure beyond therapy
- I am a member of the Association of Family Therapy (AFT) and I work within their code of ethics.
- I am also a member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
- I am fully insured with Howden.
- I have an up-to-date CRB check.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Masters in Systemic Psychotherapy - 2012
- Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Systemic Theory
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Supervisor of trainee counsellors
- Member of a counselling assessment team.
I have worked in the field of addictions for several years and am currently working for the NHS with children and families with emotional difficulties.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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 have extensive experience in working with parents who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship with their children or in managing/understanding their behaviour.
Fees
£70.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I see clients, dependant on their needs on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis for short or long term counselling.
The fees for the session are:
- £70 individual
- £100 couples or families
Further information
I initially offer an assessment in which we can talk about the difficulties you are experiencing and ascertain the type and frequency of therapy I offer is going to be of benefit to you or whether there is something else that would be more suitable. This is also a time for you to ask any questions you may have.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, either by phone or email.
I am additionally Bupa registered and as such can undertake insurance work for Bupa
My mobile has an answer phone service only secure to me, also there is my email. I shall return the call if I am not available.
Either by email or phone I shall reply within 12 hours.
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