About me
I'm warm, supportive and gently direct, with over 20 years and 10,000 hours experience. Clients often are referred to me with anxiety, or challenges in relationships, self esteem and confidence. I work from a humanistic integrative perspective focusing on the whole person but usually more on underlying emotions. In some cases you may not fully understand what you are experiencing until we have had a chance to unpick it a little.
We work for as long as you feel the need to and the first meeting is free, so get in touch for a complementary, obligation free consultation in a quiet part of Brighton, (London Road Near the Duke of York cinema) to see if you are comfortable with me. My approach is always client led so you are always in control, and of course entirely confidential.
In addition I offer psychedelic integration and intention setting for those using psychedelics for therapeutic reasons.
I also work extensively with students studying counselling and offer a concessionary rate for both them and those who are financially challenged.
My calendar changes often so it's best to contact me directly to set up a free introductory session. We'll spend about 50 minutes together so I can get some background and you can see how your feel with me. I will explain the process and what it means to work with me and then you decide in your own time if you want to work with me or not. If you do, you get in touch again to book some sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been in full time private practice for over 10,000 hours and 20 years. I'm a full member of the BACP and appear on their accredited register. I have worked with a large variety of issues and situations, both privately and for the NHS as well as other agencies. My field of experience is quite broad, many of my current clients have ADHD and some would appear on the Autistic scale, but most clients are experiencing something (often anxiety) and they want to understand and resolve it. I work primarily as a Humanistic Integrative Therapeutic therapist which is an holistic approach but I tend to focus more on emotions. I have also accrued many different approaches and modalities over the years. It's a matter of finding the right interventions for the right person. I have recently successfully qualified on the University of Exeters PG Cert in Psychedelics (Mind, Medicine & Culture) mainly because of the re-emergence of psychedelics due to their immense success with anxiety related illness and disorders.
I'm a certified 'Insights Discovery' practitioner which brings insight from Jungs personality types into better view.
Having an extensive business history in innovative industries I also coach entrepreneurs and leadership teams towards better outcomes.
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
I only work with Adults and individuals but in most areas. Where I can't specifically I have reliable network of others around me who do. Please feel free to get in touch for a chat on the phone, via email or in person to see if I might be useful.
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I work with a lot of therapy students so offer a concessionary rate. I have also worked for various EAP schemes indirectly but am not registered specifically with any. Please get in touch for a free initial assessment. It'll give you a chance to meet me to see if you feel comfortable with me.
Further information
I have my own discreet practice and consulting room in Rose Hill Terrace. My training means that I can work with a large majority of situations, but by all means get in touch to find out more. For those that prefer it, I do also work over the phone. I have also worked for the last decade or so as a facilitator, management trainer and leadership coach in the Conscious Business sector. For a few years I was the chairman of Sussex Counselling, Sussex's professional counsellors organisation.
