About me
Sometimes people considering counselling or psychotherapy believe it might be for those with bigger problems, anxieties & worries but therapy is for 'anyone' looking to overcome emotional difficulties or anxiety in their lives, or want to have less stress, worry less & have better relationships, improve their self-esteem, self worth, or have a healthier work life balance & reach a sounder mental space.
So your problems & anxieties are never too small to seek therapy which can support your emotional health & often your physical health too. Seeking support from a highly qualified & highly experienced counsellor/ psychotherapist can become a very beneficial investment in your well being & daily life.
Maybe just to have better self understanding & self confidence & better communication skills or cope with anxiety or depression or a loss, perhaps arriving at the end of a chapter in life, or beginning a new one.
It can be hugely re-assuring, talking over your anxieties, worries & personal issues in complete confidence, & in the beneficial process steadily gain more emotional self-awareness, self confidence & clarity over your life.
If you're new to therapy you'll soon begin to feel that it can be a very effective & a very valuable investment in yourself & taking back control of your thoughts, feelings & behaviours.
I offer all prospective clients' a free completely confidential 15-20mins relaxed telephone conversation to make initial contact for help with emotional support, personal & social anxiety, depression, stress, feeling overwhelmed, low moods, sadness, ADHD, autism, panic attacks, lack of self worth. Self confidence & body image. Work/ life balance also shame, guilt, anger. self harm, childhood traumas & abuse. Bereavement & loss.
Support with sensitive personal relationships, marriage & partnerships issues, blended family relationships, affairs, betrayals, separation & divorce, miscarriage, & baby loss or failed IVF.
Maybe you have work related stresses, career & motivational needs.
Perhaps you've suffered from a life changing illness or accident. Support with the patterns of grief, bereavement & tragic loss, traumatic & complicated grief, as the effects of loss can never be underestimated.
Please feel free to contact me to arrange a brief chat at a convenient time for you & a free opportunity to see how we might work together. plus how you can learn to take back control of your emotions & give yourself the knowledge to live your fullest life .
With 27 years of widely extensive therapeutic experience in various services & different settings & as a highly qualified practitioner, I offer to support you professionally by helping you to gently, safely & effectively explore your feelings ...while empowering you to take control of your emotions & your relationship with yourself & others.
If you are seeking or want more emotional support in transforming your life for the better or gain a clearer understanding of your thoughts, feelings, behaviours & relationships, are you perhaps at a crossroad in your life, or trying to resolve issues, traumas, negative behavioural patterns or dealing with the behaviours of others, or are you looking to become unstuck from your past & become unafraid of the future?
Maybe motivational support appeals to you & you'd like to uncover your potential & pursue goals or dreams, feel more motivated to change your job, or pursue a career or start that course ... motivational therapy can help.
I offer you therapeutic & also motivational support with complete confidentiality, anonymity, empathy & understanding.
If you are over 18 years of age, short term & longer term therapy is available to you & flexible appointment days & times offered to suit your personal & lifestyle needs.
Counselling & Psychotherapy is all about 'you' & our working relationship is central to achieving your aims & for resolving past & present issues. My role is to establish & help build a sound, supportive, safe, working therapeutic relationship with you, carefully developed with trust, transparency & confidentiality.
So if, or when you feel the need to share very sensitive, fragile feelings & emotions, you know that you will feel safe & very well supported.
My many years of experience & the use of different therapeutic approaches, enables me to help support you in resolving much deeper set issues - perhaps from childhood or a disruptive emotional adult life. If you're feeling you need to untangle something upsetting & unresolved from your past, or manage overwhelming current emotions, worries, anxieties, sadness & need support, then feel free to contact me. or maybe you are looking to find motivation & empowerment for positive change, these & many more reasons are why clients' seek support & where I offer to help & support your overall emotional wellbeing
I live in South Kent & work nationally - mainland UK. England, Wales & Scotland. Appointments for individual sessions are up to one hour & are completely confidential & relaxed.
I offer flexible appointment times - mornings, afternoons & evenings Monday to Friday & occasional weekend appointments (by arrangement) to suit clients' working needs.
I am also an accredited bereavement & loss counsellor endorsed by 25years as a counsellor/supervisor with Cruse Bereavement Support. So if you're trying to cope with grief experienced by the death of a loved one or friend, or maybe a grief due to a tragic accident, suicide or from cancer, a still birth, or miscarriage or perhaps loss of a treasured pet. Even the loss experienced through a break-up in marriage or from from the adjustments of separation & divorce or empty nest - if the above losses apply to you I offer sensitive bespoke grief support. (I also work with traumatic & complicated grief supporting relatives, friends, colleagues of those bereaved by suicide, murder or fatal road traffic accidents.) My style of therapeutic work offers the use of several theoretical approaches. I find this works extremely well for clients' as it provides a much wider and very thoroughly blended source of therapy - whether for short term solution focused therapy & motivational work or longer term therapy.
From our work together in your sessions you'll experience the opportunities to explore safely & have greater awareness & understanding of your emotions & learn to use 'tools' to help you manage them, greatly benefitting your mental health & overall wellbeing.
The most difficult part of seeking therapy is making the initial contact, so if you've not had any previous experience of counselling or psychotherapy or if you lack confidence are shy, a little reluctant or anxious about enquiring, rest assured my priority is to put you at ease & listen to your needs.
As previously mentioned, I offer you the opportunity for a free assessment & brief informal chat by 'phone before choosing to book an initial introductory appointment; it's an opportunity to say 'hello & hi' & for me to answer any questions you may have & for you to see how we might work together. To make enquiries or book an initial intro chat in complete confidence, please feel free to: text me & leave your full name & tel number & I'll get back to you to arrange a time that's convenient for you
Or email me with your full name & tel number to Therapist.ss@hotmail.com
I will speak to you privately as quickly as possible . I look forward to hearing from you. With your confidentiality assured .
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling & Psychotherapy
27+ years highly qualified, very skilled, accredited experience of Counselling & Psychotherapy.
- MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice
- Post Graduate Diploma in Therapeutic Integrative Counselling Level 7
- Diploma Psychotherapy CPCAB Level 1 -6
- Trained Marriage support, Couples Counselling & Relationship Practitioner
- Accredited Bereavement, Traumatic Grief & Loss counsellor (25yrs experience)
- Supervisor (qualified clinical) suppporting NHS staff, Cruse Bereavement Support. Women's Aid. Mind, Victim Support, CISS Cancer Charities/Hospices., Educational Training Colleges & Universities. Drug & Alcohol & YOT... Youth Offending Team. Employee Assisted Schemes. IVF The London Clinic.
Supervision:
- Post Grad Diploma Supervision
- Cert Supervision
Accredited voluntary register British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy
Using an integrative approach I work professionally as an independent accreditejd qualified practitioner. I'm trained to work with a variety of theories & aporoaches Humanistic Person Centred theory; Cognitively Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Gestalt, Mindfulness, Transactional Analysis (T.A.), also Rational Emotive & Existential Therapies, Attachment theory. Metaphor, Motivational & Psychodynamic Psychoanalytical approaches. Jungian therapy., Dream work.
All sessions are completely confidential & offer personal anonymity.
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
*Loss from miscarriage still birth, termination.
*Motivational therapy
*Mental Health breakdowns
* Cancer patients & family. support
* Metaphor therapy
* Dream work
* Body dysmorphia
Therapies offered
Fees
From £50.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer you a supportive intial 15-25mins free telephone conversation, for you to see how we might work together & if you're new to therapy, to have any questions you might have answered.
Please feel free to contact me by text or email with your tel number to arrange a convenient confidential introductory phone call.
SUPPORT with:
- Generalised Anxiety, Depression, Autism. ADHD. Feeling overwhelmed, or stuck, sad. Bereaved & suffering from loss.
- Relationships...personal & family. Marital relationships, break-ups, affairs, betrayal, separation & divorce. Co-dependency, control & rejection. Attachment, Anger management. Narcissism.
- Low self esteem & self confidence, lack of motivation. Career & work issues & work related stresses. Feeling stuck & needing to move forward in life.
- Bereavement & loss from death, dying. Miscarriage & baby loss, & termination. IVF failures.. Cancer recovery & rehabilitation.
- Childhood issues of abuse, shame, trauma & bullying.
When I work
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Further information
For those clients wanting to explore specific career aims & life coaching & motivational work:
- Psychological Assessments
- Life Coaching & motivational work for career change
- Short term effective Solution Focused therapy.
