About me
Hi, I'm Alex. I’m an HCPC-registered, BACP-accredited therapist with over a decade of experience supporting both adults and young people through some of life’s most overwhelming emotional challenges. I specialise in helping individuals navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem—especially when these experiences feel too big, confusing, or painful to face alone.
A large part of my work has involved supporting children and adolescents—many of whom have been in foster care, adoption, or specialist education settings—through the impact of early trauma, loss, and emotional dysregulation. I’ve helped young people find language for their internal worlds, build trust in themselves and others, and develop tools to manage anxiety, shame, and identity struggles. For some, this has meant working through intense emotional distress and self-harm; for others, it has meant gently untangling long-held feelings of worthlessness, sadness, or anger.
I use a relational approach that integrates specialist training in EMDR, DBT skills, and mindfulness practices. These approaches help people process difficult experiences, learn to regulate overwhelming emotions, and build a stronger sense of safety in themselves and their lives.
My clinical experience spans the NHS, CAMHS, acute inpatient settings, and specialist placements for children and adolescents with complex needs. At The Priory Hospital, I currently work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, work related stress, PTSD, and complex trauma, offering both group and individual therapy. My work often involves clients who have found previous therapy unhelpful or incomplete where trauma, shame, or emotional overwhelm made it hard to move forward.
I believe therapy should feel safe, respectful, and collaborative. Whether I’m working with a child, a teenager, or an adult, I aim to create a space where you or your child can feel genuinely seen and supported without judgment or pressure. Therapy with me is not about fixing what’s “wrong”, it’s about helping you feel more grounded, connected, and able to live from a place that feels authentic and strong.
If this sounds like something that might support you or your child, I’d be happy to talk further.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA in Art Psychotherapy
- EMDR Trained Therapist
- DBT Skills Trained Therapist
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Clinical experience includes:
- The Priory Hospital: Individual and group therapy for adults.
- NHS CAMHS: Therapeutic support for children and adolescents with a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Post-Adoption Agency: Therapeutic support for fostered and adopted children
- Acute psychiatric units: Crisis work with individuals facing severe mental health distress. Specialist services for fostered and adopted children: Supporting attachment repair, identity, and trauma integration
- Private practice: Helping children, young people, and adults build self-worth, manage emotional overwhelm, and recover from trauma
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.
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.
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
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
£110.00 - £125.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual 50-minute session: £110 (remote);
Individual 50-minute session £125 (in-person).
When I work
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Further information
I am registered with AXA, Aviva, WPA, and Vitality as a recognised provider. If you're covered by one of these insurers, you're welcome to use your policy to access sessions; I recommend checking the details of your cover for information regarding authorisation and payment.
