About me
I currently have 1 reduced fee student place available for the coming academic year.
I'm an experienced Psychotherapist and Counsellor specialising in autism and suspected autism, adverse childhood experiences, the impact of crime, grief and anxiety.
Late identified Autists have often received previous diagnoses which captured and described the symptoms (such as Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Depression), not the cause; which was living unless the constant stress of not fitting in and not understanding why.
Feeling different in a world designed for typical people brings unique challenges.
So on top of whatever standard life struggles and events might bring a person to therapy, there's often a history of traumatic social exclusion/rejection.
This can logically result in a baseline of anxiety, depression, exhaustion, often isolation and low self-esteem.
These are all issues which studies show can improve with the right support.
We can learn to manage challenges more successfully, care for ourselves in ways that suit us and get the most out of life.
I aim to find out about your particular struggles and strengths, together we work out the difference between the things we need to work around and the things we might be able to change.
Then see you thriving in the world and loving your uniqueness.
You're welcome to get in touch to book a free 20 minute telephone assessment to see if it feels speaking with me.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Certificate in Understanding and Applying Parts Theories
- Post-Graduate Diploma Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling (Integrative Relational Approach)
- Post-Graduate Certificate Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling (Integrative Relational Approach)
- Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
- Certificate in Person Centred Counselling Skills
- BA (Hons) Philosophy & International Relations
Prior to training as a psychotherapist, I worked in the third sector supporting people to develop themselves after experiencing Adverse Childhood Experiences, crime, homelessness, long term unemployment, caring responsibilities and substance dependence; among other issues.
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.
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£60.00 per session
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