About me
During the COVID 19 period I am only seeing clients online. I am also offering some free sessions to frontline NHS staff from Dumfries and Galloway who are being affected by the current conditions.
I usually see clients face to face or online via Skype, Zoom, or Facetime. Counselling is effective for a wide range of issues including: depression and anxiety, recovery from trauma and abuse, OCD, PTSD, insomnia, work related stress and many more. (See the list further down the page) Counselling can also be useful with personal development and when making life choices.
Integrative Counselling combines the insights and techniques of different therapies - e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic, and person centred therapy - to respond flexibly to each client's way of thinking, feeling and behaving. Using this approach we can work with a wide range of isses.
Everyone has unique experiences and strengths: these include the ability to heal, change, and grow; while Integrative Counselling offers a wide range of established therapeutic techniques, it also supports people in discovering and developing their own ways of working towards change.
I am a Registered, Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have been in private practice since 2006. (Register number: 27592)
I follow the BACP's Ethical Framework.
Training, qualifications & experience
BSc (Hons) Psychology.
Post Graduate Counselling Certificate.
Post Graduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. (Integrative)
Substance Misuse Awareness training Accredited with University of Wales
Motivational Interviewing training with Cardiff Alcohol and Drug Team, Cardiff Royal Infirmary.
Accredited and Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
I have experience of working as a counsellor with substance misuse agencies and with MIND. (Mental health charity).
I am a BUPA Registered Practitioner. Number 30045136.
Member organisations
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.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership

Accredited Register Scheme
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
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Trichotillomania, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis.
Therapies offered
Fees
£30.00 introductory session (60 minutes).
Individuals £40.00 per session (60 minutes)
I offer reduced rates for clients on a lower income.
Health Insurance: I am a BUPA Registered Practitioner. Number 30045136.
EAPs fees by arrangement