About me
I offer a therapeutic relationship where you can be yourself, and also experiment with other ways of being, rather than being told who you should be.
I’m a humanistic and psychodynamic therapist who adapts how I work depending on who you are and what you need. My style is engaged, relational, collaborative, and at times direct; underpinned by a steady, compassionate trauma-informed approach that pays attention to the nervous system and how experiences are held in the body.
The ways we think, relate, and cope are often developed for good reason earlier in life; the difficulty is that they don’t always translate well into adulthood. Strategies that once helped now get in the way. We often find ourselves repeating the same patterns that adversely impact our relationships, leaving us feeling disconnected from others and ourselves.
Therapy is about making sense of that. Not just insight for its own sake, but awareness that leads to change. I can help you understand yourself and your relationship with the world around you, so you can be better equipped to face life’s challenges and gain emotional resilience and maturity.
I take this work seriously and offer a committed presence throughout our time together, whether it’s short or long-term work.
Training, qualifications & experience
Certificate in Systemic Family and Couple Therapy
University of Oxford
Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
CPPD Counselling School
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
CPPD Counselling School
Continued training includes:
Systemic and Family Therapy: University of Oxford
Understanding the Impact of Sexual Violence: The Survivors Trust
Introduction to Therapeutic Groupwork: Tim Foskett
Disorganised Attachment: The Bolby Centre
Single Session Therapy: Windy Dryden
The Psychology of the Offender: The Survivors Trust
Porn Problems Without ‘Addiction’: Dr Nicole R. Prause
Working with Domestic Abuse & Risk Management, BACP
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Experience includes: Substance and behavioural addiction • 12 step recovery programmes • Trauma • PTSD/CPTSD • Dissociation • Neurodiversity/ADHD/Autism • Anxiety, Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), OCD, Pure O• Rape and sexual abuse • Domestic violence/ emotional abuse/coercive control • Bereavement • Depression • Shame/Low self-esteem • Eating disorders/Disordered eating • Suicidality and ideation (suicidal thoughts) • Family conflict • Identity/purpose/meaning •
I work with people across gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity (GSRD), including LGBTQIA+, kink, and consensual non-monogamy communities.
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
50 minute session fee: £70 - £120
The sliding scale fee is based on your financial means.
When I work
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