This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
'There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you' - Maya Angelou
I am here to listen and help you make sense of your story. In the process of telling and being heard, lives can be transformed and healed. You need not suffer alone.
Professional, Confidential, Respectful - Psychotherapy, Counselling and Coaching. Supporting you to step into your authenitc self, and to live a life of meaning, purpose and happiness.
I am a highly experienced and fully qualified practitioner, with extensive training and life skills. I have worked in the field of mental health for over eighteen years, and I specialise in helping people resolve long-standing psychological difficulties, such as chronic anxiety, depression, self-harm, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and trauma.
Psychotherapy and counselling provides you with a safe, confidential space, where you will be heard by someone who knows how to listen in a way that is focused on you. We will explore what is troubling you, and we will look at the ways of thinking, feeling and behaving that are no longer helpful to you. The counselling space also gives you a place where you can experiment with new ways of being. People find a course of counselling is an effective aid to discovering new possibilities for themselves. Counselling also can increase emotional resilience, self-understanding, and improved capacities for vitality and intimacy.
Counselling can help you move beyond
- depression
- panic and anxiety
- low self-esteem
- bereavement and other types of loss
- lack of direction or feeling stuck
- difficult life transitions
- relationship problems
I am a highly experienced therapist and a Member of The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). My professional training has been extensive over the past 18 years. At the heart of my work is a deep respect for the uniqueness and dignity of each person that I work with. It is my view that in seeking therapy people are making an important and courageous step towards taking control of their well-being.
Please note - I do not provide therapy for couples or for children
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- I am a fully qualified and highly experienced psychotherapist, counsellor, and trauma-informed Life Coach
- The Power In You - understanding self-sabotaging behaviours - 2024
- Pure Coaching Academy - Certificate - Life Coaching 2024
- NARM (Neuro Affective Relational Model) level one trauma-informed training - 2020
- Diploma in Gestalt Therapy - Edinburgh Gestalt Institute (3 years)
- COSCA validated Diploma in Transactional Analysis - CPTI Edinburgh (4 years)
- Certificate in The Theory and Practice of Body Psychotherapy with Transactional Analysis - Berne Institute
- Certificate in Counselling Skills - University of Birmingham (1 year)
Other Training Experience:
- Somatic Experiencing (year one)
- Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (with Ruella Frank)
Voluntary Experience:
- Two years working as a volunteer counsellor for the children's charity Place2Be
- One year working as a volunteer counsellor at PF Counselling Service, Edinburgh
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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
- Loneliness and isolation
- Self-sabotage
- Difficulties with saying 'no', and fear of conflict
- Shyness and social anxiety
- General dissatisfaction and loss of direction
- I also have a background in the visual arts, and I offer help with overcoming creative blocks.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
Assessment sessions are charged at the same fee rate as regular sessions.
Fees are payable by cash or cheque at the beginning of each session.
Payment by bank transfer can be arranged for people wishing to pay for a block of sessions in advance.
Please email me for general enquiries or if you want to book an assessment session. I am unable to respond to telephone calls unless a pre-arranged time has been agreed.
When I work
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Weekday appointments are available in Galashiels for in-person sessions.
Fortnightly in-person sessions are available in Edinburgh for short-term therapy and life coaching
Further information
I am engaged in ongoing learning with Irene Lyon - a world leading nervous system expert and somatic practitioner.
