About me
Hello, my name is Alina. I offer a safe, welcoming and non-judgemental space, where you can explore the issues you want to understand, work through, or feel better about.
I am a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor, experienced in supporting clients with various issues, such as:
- anxiety
- self-esteem
- depression
- grief and bereavement
- trauma
- relationship and family difficulties
- fears
- stress management
- Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD and other neurodiverse experience
- key life-stage changes, such as perimenopause or parenting
How I work and what this can offer
I work in an integrative way, which means we can collaborate to shape the therapeutic process around your individual needs, whilst our work remains grounded in a client-led and person-centred approach. The work can be long-term or short-term, depending on your availability and preference.
I have a particular interest in neurodiversity, including Autism, ADHD and OCD, informed both by close family experience and a genuine passion for supporting neurodiverse individuals. I understand the challenges of navigating a world that is still largely neuronormative, and I aim to help clients find balance, confidence and self-acceptance within it.
My hope is to help you navigate this complex interaction between neurodiverse experience and the world surrounding us, whether the neurodiverse person is you, your child, your significant other, your sibling or parent.
I also support people facing work–life pressures or transitions at key life stages, such as new parenthood, mid-life changes, and – specifically for women – the emotional and physical shifts that can arise postpartum or during perimenopause and menopause.
Whilst so much information flows around us about the psychosomatic impact of the changes at such key life-stages, the lived-in experience can be overwhelming and confusing at times. We can work collaboratively to help you find a way forward that feels right and is manageable.
Alongside that and often as part of it, I often work with clients on stress management, emotional regulation, fears and anxieties and relationship difficulties.
Stress, anxiety, even fears can represent an unconscious way in which our inner, authentic self is trying to reach a better balance in life. However, this can present in a way that often results in feeling a loss of control, instead. Together, we can explore how you might be able to work through these habitual drives and re-channel the energy in a more helpful way.
My background and how I hope it can help us connect
In addition to close experience of neurodiversity in my family, I have been through grief and bereavement, trauma and persistent anxiety. I have worked through these with the help of counselling myself, and I have been deeply grateful for the support I received during those times. These experiences have shaped my belief in the value of therapy and my hope that I can offer others the same sense of understanding, steadiness and care.
Life rarely follows a smooth or predictable path; sometimes it feels overwhelmingly uneven, and other times not quite uneven enough, to allow us to feel we can "justify" seeking help. Yet we all encounter moments when we feel lost, stuck, shocked, confused or lonely, and reaching out can be an important first step toward feeling grounded again.
My aim is to walk alongside you as you navigate whatever is going on for you at this point in your life, offering support that I hope feels attuned, respectful and genuinely collaborative.
Would you like to have an initial chat?
Feel free to book a no-cost introductory call using the button on this page (you will get a choice of dates and times). We can use this to connect and see if I am the right counsellor for you.
If you chose to continue with me, I am able to see you for in-person sessions at The Practice Rooms, Reading or otherwise, online.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice
- Diploma In Counselling Skills and Theory
- Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills
- Further training undertaken in areas of interest such as:
- ADHD and Anxiety
- Anxiety in Autism
- OCD
- Trauma
- Suicidal Ideation
- Experience volunteering in a charitable agency which provides counselling to the community
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free, initial 30-minute call, online or by telephone, for us to connect and see if I am the right counsellor for you.
Concessions are available, proof may be requested.
