About me
Welcome
Are you feeling challenged by life? Dealing with the ghosts of your childhood? Looking for a confidential space in which you can safely unpack current or past painful situations? Life changes can seem overwhelming and difficult, even the desired ones. This can leave you feeling isolated and despondent. You may feel that you are alone in trying to navigate complex emotions or are struggling to reconnect with the meaning in your life.
How Therapy Works
I am deeply committed to providing a supportive and non-judgmental space for your therapeutic journey.
I use a relational method of counselling to explore your lived experience and what that means for you. I am here to support you in processing the full range of human emotions, your anxiety, grief, fear, anger and shame, in a safe manner.
We'll also look at what is no longer working for you, outdated structures, rigid identities and fixed assumptions, in order to find transformation and renewal.
Areas of Focus
I offer short and long-term therapy looking at:
Anxiety : Learning practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and cultivate a sense of calm and balance in your life.
Depression: Exploring the root causes of depression, challenging negative thought patterns, and developing skills to improve mood and motivation.
Relationships: Enhancing your communication skills in order to strengthen connections in your relationships with partners, family members, or friends, a key support for your mental health.
Change: Navigating major life transitions such as relationship breakdowns, friendships ending, dating, divorce, marriage, motherhood, health shifts, work challenges, bereavement involving friends, family, pets.
Personal Growth: Exploring your identity, values, strengths, and goals to gain clarity, direction and meaning . Identifying your own needs and desires.
Family Issues: Supporting you during challenges affecting one family member or the family as a whole such as mental health, addiction and health issues. Adjusting to an 'empty nest'
Hormonal shifts: Managing your menstruation, pregnancy, post-partum, menopause, testosterone and beyond.
ADHD and Autism: Understanding your experiences as a neurodivergent person, Understanding your experience as partner or parent to a neurodivergent person.
My rooms are conveniently located a few minutes walk from Twickenham Green with good transport links.
I work with adults aged 18 and over. Sessions are weekly, held on a regular day/time and last 50 minutes.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a first class honours degree in Integrative Relational Counselling.
I deliver neurodivergent-affirming therapy.
I worked within the NHS for many years.
I am BACP registered and adherent to their code of ethics and practice.
DBS checked.
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.
Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
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
£85.00 per session
Additional information
Please contact me for a free fifteen minute introductory telephone or Zoom call.
Please email me for more information on discounted rates
When I work
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I currently have limited availability for new clients on Tuesday and Thursday
Further information
It is crucial that you find a therapist you feel comfortable working with. To help you establish whether we can work effectively together you can contact me including any preferred days or times for sessions, for a free 15 minute Zoom or phone call to discuss your particular needs and goals.
