About me
When emotional and psychological health is under pressure, it can lead to physical illness and affect all our relationships. Counselling can provide much needed support and a way to process our experiences.
I draw on different types of therapy, matching my approach to suit individual needs and presenting issues. I offer open-ended counselling in once weekly sessions. Where appropriate I offer a Brief Focused model of counselling, usually 6 session.
I have a special interest in Anxiety and Stress reduction work which combines insight into past history to help clients understand their patterns of relating with learning coping mechanisms and mind-body calming practices.
I also have experience and an interest in working with clients in transitional periods of their life; such as parenthood, divorce, menopause, retirement or bereavement.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an experienced, accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), training in Psycho-dynamic psychotherapy with the Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF).
My work is supported by regular supervision with an experienced Supervisor and my participation in a peer group within the Independent Practitioners Network (IPN) since 2016.
I trained in Couples therapy at Alton Counselling Service, 2016. My Integrative Supervision training was at Metanoia Institute, London, 2018. Body psychotherapy with Tim Brown 2025/6.
I work in in person in my private practice in Lyme Regis, on line and by phone. I also offer some sessions through The Dorchester Trust for Psychotherapy and Counselling. I am an Associate Counsellor for Health Assured EAP.
Interests and recent training
- Body Psychotherapy integrating mind and body
- Internal Family Systems training completed
- Coercive control and narcissistic abusive relationship survivors
- Insomnia and sleep issues
- Grief and bereavement
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.
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
I have worked with a wide range of clients with many different presenting issues including depression, anxiety and loss. Working in Private Practise, Community Counselling Services, Educational setting and Employee Assistance Program.
Coming from an arts background I am interested in working creatively with clients finding patterns and linking past and present. This can lead to a greater sense of cohesion and integration that may had been lost. Understanding present distress can come about by being more aware of how upbringing and life events have affected us.
I work with a body oriented psychotherapeutic approach which acknowledged that our lived experience is one of mind and body. Stress, anxiety and traumatic events impact the physical body as well as the psychological mind. Like physical injuries, psychological injuries can be held in the body, restricting movement, causing pain and reducing our capacity to live freely. I work to help clients integrate their thoughts, feelings and somatic senses. Our bodies are often trying to tell us what is wrong, ‘I have a gut feeling’, ‘my heart aches’ or ‘I feel it in my bones’. All these sayings come from our physical sensations rather than our thoughts. Creating a greater self-awareness of the interplay between physical sensations and our emotional world can promote a sense of integration leading to a calmer more regulated self, better able to manage life’s ups and downs. My body psychotherapeutic work includes, using movement, breathing techniques, mindfulness and sensory awareness.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are £60.00 for individuals on-going weekly psychotherapy.
Brief Focused Counselling fee £ 60.00 per session usually 6 sessions.
Couples therapy £ 75.00 for on-going weekly sessions, £ 400 for 6 session Brief Focused work, booked as a block.
Counselling is not right for everyone and so an alternative referral maybe appropriate.
When I work
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