About me
Welcome, you may have read many more counselling profiles before coming across mine. Finding the right fit for therapy is key to its success. There may be a number of reasons why you have made the decision to consider starting counselling now and I would love to hear from you. I want to give you the space to focus on you and your thoughts and feelings, even if they feel like they don’t always make sense, or if you struggle to put them into words. We will make sense of these together. The loneliness of carrying around these difficult and confusing thoughts might be wearing you down. Are you feeling exhausted? Mentally drained? Finding you’re withdrawing from others more and more. It may be that you are noticing anxiety in areas of your life where it had been less obvious. We can tackle this. There might be a real heightened anxiety about entering into an unknown space in which you are the centre of attention, that’s ok. It’s ok to be nervous about this next step and what it might look like, but you can do this.
Let me tell you a little about myself and what I can offer you. I work within a psychodynamic model. This means looking at all aspects of your life from present to past, going back to those earliest memories. Exploring current relationships and those very early relationships and recognising patterns in behaviour, to identify where change can occur to make things better for you. Have you had a difficult relationship with your parent/parents growing up, maybe you found it difficult to feel connected to your siblings. It may be that you have noticed difficulties in more than just one relationship. The psychodynamic perspective looks at both the conscious and unconscious, looking at those deeper feelings that may not be aware to you on a conscious level, but which still have a definite impact on your relationships with yourself and others. You may have found yourself repeating certain roles within relationships and not knowing how or why to break free from this. I will help you to uncover those deep routed experiences which have led to where you are today, and help you to make changes that feel right for you.
I am here to help you to make lasting positive change, are you ready to take the next step…?
I offer a free initial phone call, where we can talk through any questions or concerns you may have, and you can get a sense of how I can support you moving forward.
Location
Leicester Centre for Psychodynamic Counselling
Qualifications and training
I am a fully qualified and insured Psychodynamic Counsellor, and a registered member of BACP.
Following my completion of training as a Counsellor, I went on to qualify as a sight loss Counsellor with RNIB. My personal experience of sight loss has further strengthened my empathy and intuition. Loss can take many forms, loss of self worth, loss of relationships, loss of motivation. Whatever your personal struggles are, I am here to help.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling with DIstinction
- Accreditation with RNIB as a sight loss Counsellor
- Registered member of the BACP (No. 405499)
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a free 10 minute initial phone call, which gives you the space to share the reasons for wanting to begin counselling. It also gives you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have. This initial phone call is a good way for you to speak with me and decide on the next steps.
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Further information
A safe and confidential space is what awaits you. A chance for you to be genuinely you without the fear of any judgment or shame. We will be in this together, to get you to a place that feels comfortable for you, where you are not followed around by those unrelentless feelings of anxiety and sadness. You are not alone in this.
