About me
I am an Integrative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and have an MA from the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education. I am BACP and UKCP accredited and have 5 years of professional experience working with children, adolescents, and parents. In my 5 years of professional experience, I have worked in both primary and secondary settings, including a special education provision for teenagers who have experienced a range of complex developmental trauma. I am passionate about supporting young people grow and flourish and determined to work alongside them to build solid, safe and supportive relationships and environments.
Training, qualifications & experience
I take a child centred approach while at the same time working closely with families. I share information where appropriate aiming to support not only the child’s needs but also the parents/carers.
I make use of a wide range of psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic theories to create a safe and secure space for children and adolescents to properly work through what is troubling them. Every child is unique, and I use my knowledge of theory and psychotherapeutic practice to tailor make the most effective way of helping the child and or parents in front of me, transforming psychological struggles through relationship.
This regularly combines cutting edge findings from neuroscience and the impact that our emotional, social and environmental world has on the brain and biology of children and adolescents.
I find the healing power of art, play, drama, music and movement therapy useful mediums with which to explore the transformation of these relationships to self, others and our environment. In my previous career I was an Actor and theatre maker and regularly draw on my experience of how drama, narrative and story form an integral way that we make sense of the world and our place in it. I take a somatic approach to my practice by using a trauma informed approach to co-create safety in the therapy room.
Specialisms
ASD, Trauma, Complex Developmental Trauma and Neglect, Anxiety, Depression, Bereavement, Bullying, Self-Harm, Self-Esteem, Emotional Regulation, and Boarding School Syndrome
Member organisations
school 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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£115.00 per session
