About me
With 28 years of diverse experience, I have had the privilege of working with children, young people, and families across a variety of roles. My career journey has included positions such as Family Support Worker, Residential Social Worker, Mobile Intervention Worker (supporting young people involved in gangs and their families), Clinical Practitioner, and currently, a UKCP-registered Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Supervisor. In addition to my clinical practice, I have taught an AFT-accredited training programs, holding clinical practice lead teaching roles.
I have spent some time being part of a social enterprise, working towards organisational change (from the top down) within Local authorities, making use of systemic ideas / theories, developing training programmes, facilitating / demonstrating group and individual supervision (models of supervision and managing), ensuring whole systemic change, moving towards best outcomes for clients they support (addressing a variety of challenges and dilemmas across the social care, healthcare, fostering & adoption, youth justice sectors).
I feel privileged to have been in such influencing roles (both on myself, other professionals, and clients), as I feel this has enabled and promoted my skills in being an effective Psychotherapist / consultant. These experiences have enhanced my ability to collaborate effectively within teams, across agencies, and in multidisciplinary environments. I pride myself on being able to listen and appreciate diverse perspectives while articulating my own views in a constructive manner.
In addition to my organisational roles, I maintain a private practice where I work with a wide range of individuals, children, young people, adults, couples, and families, groups.
I offer supervision and consultation to psychotherapists (both in training and qualified) from various models, all via a systemic lens.
The private practice has risen out of wealth of experience I have gained over the years, enabling me to provide you with an bespoke therapeutic experience, opening doors to change and understanding.
"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped" - African proverb
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Systemic Family Therapy Supervision, Consultation and Training
EMDR Part 1 & 2
Brainspotting (Part1)
Adv PG Dip Humanistic Integrative Counselling
As a member of:
- AFT (Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice)
- UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy)
- BAATN (The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network)
I am bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy and subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure therein.
I receive ongoing supervision.
Member organisations
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
Young People / Adolescents
Parent - Young person conflict
Adult, Couples, family relationship issues.
Supervision & Group Reflective Supervision
Organisational change & consultations
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Therapy session fees
This is usually discussed over an initial telephone conversation. I charge on a sliding scale, dependant on the format of the session (individual, couple, family, groups).
I work on 50 minutes sessions for individual therapy, 60 minutes for couple and family therapy. A longer session can be arranged upon request.
Further information
Coming to see someone, to talk about highly personal issues and feelings, is not usually easy. However, talking to a trained professional is a good way to begin to ease the anxiety you are experiencing. Having the time and space, just for you to think about you, exploring what is hindering your well being.
