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 just 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.
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.
How I Can Help
I believe counselling should fit the person, rather than expecting the person to fit a particular type of therapy.
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on different approaches depending on what you need. Our sessions might involve understanding thoughts or patterns that are keeping you stuck, exploring how earlier experiences are affecting you today, or finding practical ways to manage anxiety, overwhelm and difficult emotions.
Or you might want to begin with a space that's just for you where you can talk openly about what's been going on for you and begin to make sense of things.
I am also a member of Creative Counsellors and, if this is something you would like, we can work creatively as part of our sessions. This might involve exploring or expressing your experiences through drawing, or using objects such as stones, buttons or figurines. Sometimes working creatively can help us explore thoughts, feelings or experiences that can be difficult to put into words.
Understanding 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.
Together, we can explore these patterns, understand what may be behind them and look at what you need now.
You won't be expected to tell me everything or talk about anything you don't want to. We work at your pace.
Taking The First Step
If you're considering counselling, you don't need to know exactly what you want to say or where to begin. We can take things at a pace that feels comfortable for you.
My aim is to offer you a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly, feel heard and be yourself.
Over time, counselling can help you understand yourself more deeply, manage anxiety and difficult emotions, recognise patterns that may be keeping you stuck, build healthier relationships and feel more confident in the choices you make
I offer counselling to adults both in person and online. If something you've read here feels familiar, or you feel I may be the right counsellor for you, you're very welcome to get in touch.
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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