About me
Perhaps something in your life doesn't feel quite right at the moment, even if it's difficult to put into words.
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed or low, struggling in your relationships, or simply not feeling like yourself. Maybe something has happened recently, or perhaps experiences from much earlier in your life are still affecting how you feel, relate to others or respond to situations today.
Sometimes it's difficult to even explain what's wrong. You might just know that you're tired of feeling this way and want something to change.
I work with adults experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, stress and overwhelm, low mood, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, bereavement/loss, trauma and the effects of difficult past experiences.
How I Can Help
I'm an integrative counsellor, which means I don't believe that one type of therapy suits everyone. Therefore, I adapt the way I work to suit you.
I draw on CBT, psychodynamic and humanistic approaches alongside trauma-informed ways of working and techniques that can help with calming and regulating the nervous system.
Our sessions are shaped around you.
We might look at thoughts or behaviours that are keeping you stuck, explore how earlier experiences are influencing you today, develop ways of managing anxiety or difficult emotions, or simply create space for something you've never really had the opportunity to talk about before.
Working with Trauma and Past Experiences
Traumatic past experiences can affect life in the present.
Trauma doesn't always mean one obvious or catastrophic event. Sometimes it's the impact of experiences that happened repeatedly.
You may have carried on with life for years while experiencing anxiety, feeling constantly on edge, shutting down emotionally, struggling to trust, overthinking, people-pleasing or finding yourself repeating relationship patterns you don't fully understand.
I provide a safe place for you to begin making sense of this. You won't be expected to tell me everything or talk about anything you don't want to. We work at your pace.
My Background
Before becoming a counsellor, I spent 14 years working as a nurse, supporting people through some of life's most difficult and vulnerable moments.
As a counsellor, I offer the same qualities I valued throughout my nursing career: warmth, compassion, respect and the ability to walk alongside someone when life feels difficult.
Taking The First Step
Coming to counselling can feel daunting, however I will greet you into a warm, down-to-earth and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and be yourself.
Over time, counselling can help you understand yourself more deeply, feel less controlled by anxiety or past experiences, develop healthier boundaries and relationships, and feel more confident in the choices you make.
I offer counselling to adults both in person and online, and you're welcome to contact me if you'd like to ask a question or arrange an initial conversation.
Training, qualifications & experience
- FdSc Integrative Counselling
- BSC Nursing
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
Fees
£45.00 per session
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