About me
I offer in-person sessions from my office in Croft Myl, just outside Halifax town centre, as well as remote sessions over Zoom.
As an integrative therapist, I will collaborate with you to tailor our sessions to best meet your needs in the time we have together. You may have something specific that you want to explore your feelings about in a confidential space, for example a relationship in your life or a major change that you are struggling to adjust to. You may have a sense that something is not quite right, and want to explore your past and your ways of relating to others to try to find answers.
Our sessions can be a private holding space for difficult emotions, a place to use creativity to explore your inner world, or an opportunity to explore and challenge the things that you feel are holding you back from happiness and fulfilment. I work with warmth, integrity and honesty. I will provide a space for you to talk and process, and support you through the difficult emotions that this may bring up, and I can also help you to identify how you can make realistic changes in your life to support your psychological wellbeing, and, if appropriate, provide relevant information and insight that may help you gain a deeper level of self-knowledge, which often leads to greater self-confidence.
In addition to my private practice I coordinate a counselling service in a hospice, and therefore have experience working with people around bereavement, terminal illness, carer strain and anticipatory grief.
I also have experience and personal interest in working with the following clients:
- Survivors of domestic abuse
- Neurodivergent adults
- People who use creative skills in their day to day life and want to put these skills to use for recovery and personal exploration
If you are looking for someone with a relaxed, straightforward manner, whose approach combines a grounding in theory with creativity, authenticity and warmth, then I might be the right counsellor for you. Get in touch to arrange a free twenty minute introductory phone call.
Note: I see private clients on Mondays and Fridays. While I do offer evening appointments, availability is limited, and I am happy to respond to enquiries about my current availability.
Training, qualifications & experience
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Leeds Beckett University.
Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling and Interpersonal Skills from Leeds Beckett University.
Areas I have received additional training in:
Bereavement
Trauma
Compassion Focused Therapy
Inner child work
Using creativity in counselling
Therapeutic writing
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).
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I charge £50 per session and discounted prices for block bookings (£250 for six sessions).
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