About me
At times our lives can become more challenging, this may be due to a significant event or the result of a feeling of overwhelm that builds over time. Sometimes it can be helpful to have the opportunity to talk about what is going on for us with someone who is not a part of our everyday lives. My role as a counsellor is to listen and to work with you to create a space where you can feel safe and supported to explore thoughts and feelings. As a Person Centred Counsellor I am focused on your individual needs and what your goals are for our work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
My background is in Higher Education where I have worked in student experience, support and wellbeing for almost 20 years. It was a natural progression for me to move into counselling and I continue to provide counselling support to students within a local University.
Education:
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - The Manchester College
- Certificate in Counselling Skills - The Manchester College
- Learning and Teaching in Higher Education PGCAP - The University of Salford
- BA(Hons) English and History - The University of Manchester
Relevant Training:
- March 2023: Somatic Training for Talk Therapists; Trauma Therapy Manchester
- Nov 2022: DBT Essentials (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training); The Association for Psychological Therapies
- March 2021: Trauma Training; Greater Manchester Universities Mental Health Service
- Feb 2021: Domestic Abuse Awareness
- Sept 2020: Single Session Therapy; Windy Dryden
- Sept 2020: Motivational Interviewing; The Association for Psychological Therapies
- Sept 2020: Debriefing Survivors of Major Incidents, how to effectively support following an event; The Association for Psychological Therapies
- May 2020: Domestic Abuse Awareness Training; LGBT Foundation
- Jan 2019: Living Works; ASIST - Suicide First Aid
- Dec 2017: Risk Assessment and Management; University of Salford
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
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free initial telephone introduction
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