About me
YORK - PICKERING - MALTON - HELMSLEY - SCARBOROUGH
As a practicing clinician, I am dedicated to offering a professional and confidential service, helping people to deal with their emotional problems and gain the insight and skills needed to manage their lives from a different perspective. Working through issues with a trained, compassionate therapist helps to identify repeating patterns of thoughts and behaviours and relieve the stresses underlying life's difficulties.
Chartered Psychologist are highly trained professional clinicians skilled in the effective application of psychological theory and practice to the full range of disturbances affecting patients, from commonly experienced anxiety and stresses to the most severe debilitating mental disorders.
I am fully trained and experienced in the use of a range of therapeutic approaches including: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Cognitive-Behavioural, Brief Solution-Focused, and Mindfulness intervention. My preference is to use the most appropriate intervention to suit both the person and the presenting problem.
I also prefer to work holistically, examining Psychological, Physical, Social, and Environmental factors impacting on a person's overall functioning and well-being.
I aim to offer an efficient, comprehensive range of psychology services to both individuals and agencies located in York, Pickering, and the North Yorkshire region.
I am a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist registered with both the Society and the NHS Health Care Professions Council. I gained a 1st Class Honours Degree in Psychology at York St John in 2002 and a Psychology Doctorate at the University of Teesside in 2006.
Having worked in both the NHS and private sector, I have experience in both the assessment and treatment of individuals suffering from a range of emotional disturbances, with additional training and experience in the areas of Post-Trauma and Dissociation.
Assessments and reports are provided for Medico-Legal, Occupational Health, and Rehabilitation services.
York & Ryedale Psychology Resource is registered with all leading Health Insurers.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology (1st Class Honours)
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology
- British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist (mem.no. 099175)
- Health Care Professionals Council Registered Psychologist
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Theory and Practice
- Member of the Division of Counselling Psychology
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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British Psychological Society
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They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Specialist interest areas are PTSD, Trauma and Abuse, particularly Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse. I have undergone additional training in Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder with leading experts in the field and have supervision available from two prominent consultants.
Therapies offered
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Fees
Additional information
Initially, the therapist will carry out an assessment of your needs and discuss details of the form, content, and likely duration of treatment. There is no standard fees for treatment sessions as consideration is given to an individual’s level of need and financial circumstances where such factors are significant. The session fee is £85 for self-funding patients although we are registered with all leading health insurers. Twenty-four hours notice is requested for cancellations otherwise full payment will be charged. Where appointments are carried out in an individual’s home, charges will be levied for travel expenses.
Further information
Private patients are afforded 24-hour telephone contact and crisis call-out. Home visits and telephone therapy are available where appropriate. Registered with all leading Health Insurance Providers and Employment Assistance Programmes.
Based at The Psychology Workshop, Pickering
