About me
I am a BACP Accredited counsellor with over 16 years continuous counselling experience. I have worked as a lead counsellor in NHS GP surgeries, in a long term counselling service and forin a specialist trauma service for those who have suffered domestic abuse or sexual violence. I currently work in-person in private practice with sixth-formers and adults and as a contractor for the largest EAP provider.
My general counselling includes working with issues such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, bereavement and relationship matters- including divorce, separation and affairs. In addition, I have worked with many workplace situations, including stress, bullying and harassment.
My trauma counselling includes working with childhood abuse in its various forms, domestic abuse and sexual violence. I have had considerable additional training in these areas. I have worked with most trauma conditions including PTSD, Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and with most dissociative conditions and disorders.
If you have any question then please feel free to contact me choosing the free introductory video or phone call via this site or on my website.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 6 Certificate in Clinical Supervision..
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
- Certificate in Counselling Studies.
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- CBT workshops.
- Trauma workshops (including PTSD, Complex PTSD and dissociative disorders and conditions).
- First Aid in the Workplace Certificate.
Enhanced DBS.
I have worked continuously as a qualified counsellor since 2009. I became BACP Accredited in 2013 and qualified as a supervisor or counselling work in 2019.
I have previously worked as a lead counsellor in NHS GP surgeries for over five years providing short-term counselling work. I have worked in a specialised trauma service in areas of sexual abuse and violence and domestic abuse for over four years working with PTSD, Complex PTSD and dissociative disorders. I have worked in a long-term counselling service for those with complex mentral health needs for over five years. I previously worked as an adoption counsellor for Barnados for two years counselling those preparing for adoption and other related matters.
In addition to my private practice, I continue to run workshops and to provide lectures for secondary school students in schools and colleges and for counsellors and other professionals.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My sessions are 50 minutes long. I offer a limited number of subsidised daytime appointments for adults and young people aged 16+ in school or full-time education to undergraduate level and to those unemployed owing to mental or physical health difficulties.
The initial session may last upto about 70 minutes but will be charged at the same rate as my normal session rate.
When I work
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Further information
I am an integrative therapist combining person-centred, psychodynamic and CBT approaches in my work and, if working with trauma, using this within a standard trauma framework. I do short, medium and long term work according to nature of the issues involved..
I am based in the Beckenham Chiropractic Clinic with a staff reception area where you may wait until your appointment time during clinic opening times.
