About me
One time or another, we are all faced with some kind of distress in our lives. So many variables can affect us in an ever-changing environment we live in, such as:
Relationships
Spouse or partners
Children
Friends
Pets
Occupation
Finance
Health & Disease
Old Age
Bereavement
Trauma
Addiction
Religion
In dealing with various challenges in our daily lives, we sometimes get stuck in solving a particular issue or a mixture of issues. At that time, we may become baffled and frustrated, not being able to decide what path to take. We might lose the ability to trust our instinctive thoughts or feelings, unenabling us to make appropriate decisions by our direct perceptions and evaluations. Sometimes it becomes too difficult to resolve an issue on our own, and it helps to share our difficulties with another person. As the saying goes, two heads are better than one.
As a qualified professional Counselling Psychotherapist, I can provide the ideal secure environment for you to come and share your difficulties with me. By creating the right therapeutic conditions for you to feel safe and secure, I would assist you in disclosing and exploring your difficulties. By effective listening, nonjudgmental acceptance and being authentic, I would assist you in exploring your thinking processes, help you identify and evaluate your feelings and work through strategies to deal with your presenting issues.
Training, qualifications & experience
Level 4 - Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Motivational Interviewing
Certificate in Coaching
Level 2 in Mentoring
Mental Health – Train the Trainer Award
Brief Interventions
OCN Level 3-Tackling Issues of Substance Misuse
Experience
From the different counselling approaches, I chose to study the humanistic approach because it was attuned to my values and beliefs. I started my Integrative Humanistic Counselling studies in 2006, and in 2010, I set up my private practice.
The Humanistic approach is to value the uniqueness of each individual and, through the counselling process, aims to empower individuals to resolve their presenting issues and minimise their difficulties. My Integrative counselling course consisted of three humanistic approaches:
Person-Centred
Transactional Analysis
Gestalt
These three approaches aim to assist a counsellor in understanding a person as a whole and thus assisting the client in analysing their thought processes, identifying and understanding their feelings, evaluating their behaviours and how they view themselves – their self-image or the self-concept. Struggles and difficulties can be viewed from different perspectives, and depending on one’s personality development and the development of their self-image (self-concept), the client’s view of their presenting issues could be viewed and be dealt with in a different attitude and approach.
I have worked with hundreds of clients with issues ranging from dealing with anxiety to someone having attempted suicide. I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I closely adhere to their ethical principles and code of practice. I belong to the accredited register of the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£70 per hour.
£85 for couples.
The reduction of the hourly rate may be considered for students on social security benefits.
When I work
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Mon - Fri : 10.00am to 13.00pm and 6pm to 8pm
Further information
For many people nowadays life is very hectic. I offer online counselling using various online platforms for those people who cannot have face-to-face counselling or who prefer anonymity.
Some clients prefer a hybrid method of counselling consisting of both online and face-to-face sessions due to life/work constraints.
