About me
Hi I’m an experienced and approachable Relationship Counsellor who works with couples, families and individuals. All types of relationships are welcome including all sexual, gender and relationship diversities.
Specific areas I work with include:
- Learning to communicate effectively to reach decisions about important issues such as money, work, parenting, roles and health matters
- Drifting apart and feeling disconnected
- Continually arguing or fighting
- Betrayal including affairs or jealousy issues
- Problems with sexual intimacy and emotional closeness
- Coping with infertility or loss
- Living with neurodivergence
- Struggling with anxiety, low mood or depression
- Handling difference and diversity, especially with wider family members or in blended families.
- Managing generational conflict or estrangement.
- Managing boundaries within and outside of the relationship
- Helping couples separate more amicably
Whatever the reason, don't struggle alone. If you can’t resolve things between you, then together we can work it out. In our work, I can offer a neutral space to enable you to press pause. To remind you of what brought you together and explore what happened; where the relationship began to falter but importantly how to move forward. It can then help you to find each other again, move on from the past and focus on the future.
Choosing a counsellor is daunting. At first, it may seem hard, possibly embarrassing, sharing your inner thoughts and feelings to someone who initially is a stranger. However, if you can take that first step, then I will do my very best to help.
I meet with clients in my private, quiet and comfortable counselling room. This is located in High Barnet and is convenient for transport links. Free parking is available. However, if you prefer, your session can be held via Zoom or telephone. Appointments are available Monday to Thursday, including early mornings and late evenings.
The above is just a very basic outline of my work but please contact me if you wish to know more. There is no commitment and then, if you wish, you can have an initial meeting, where we can explore your counselling need further.
Training, qualifications & experience
After spending over 20 years in the corporate world, I decided to get off the hamster wheel, re-train and subsequently worked in Education and Family Services before re-training as a counsellor.
My experience is varied and includes working with couples, individuals and young people in both private practice and within a counselling organisation. As well as been a qualified couples counsellor, I have a lot of experience in bereavement, anxiety and depression and neurodivergence.
My work is primarily person centred and is firmly rooted with the ethical framework of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy). My counselling qualifications include:
· FdA Degree in Counselling - Middlesex University
· British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy Accredited Advanced Diploma (Level 5)
· Certificate in Couples Counselling – The Counselling Academy
· Level 3 Diploma in Counselling
In addition to my couples counselling qualification, I have undergone extensive professional development in areas such as ADHD, Autism, Bereavement & Loss, Anxiety & Depression, Young People, Relationships, Women’s Health, On-line Counselling, Short-term / Solution Focused Counselling, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy and Polyvagal Therapy.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 - £90.00
Additional information
My standard charge is £40 for the initial meeting and thereafter £65 per session for individual clients.
All couples counselling sessions are charged at £90 per session.
Both individual and couples sessions last 50 minutes.
Payments can be made by bank transfer and are requested 24 hours prior to the session.
When I work
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Further information
Counselling sessions
In our first meeting we will have a chat about what has brought you to counselling, your background and what you wish to get from our work together. It’s also an opportunity for you to ask any questions that you may have.
From this conversation, I can confirm how I can help you and even more importantly, you can decide if you feel comfortable talking to me.
If you wish to start counselling, we will agree on a convenient time to meet each week.
In these sessions we will carry on speaking together regarding your thoughts, feelings and any issues or problems you or your relationship face. Together, we will find the cause of them and look at ways to manage or move forward with them. The sessions will go at your pace and we will focus on what you wish to bring to each session to work on.
