About me
I am a MBACP (Accred) Counsellor working from the North Bar House Banbury and The Wellbeing Centre, Brackley. I can offer you a safe place where you can say the unsaid, explore difficult feelings, complex situations and relationships. I work short and long term with clients, usually meeting on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
You maybe nervous to begin counselling or unsure of what it may be like, so our first session is to get to know each other, and I can answer any questions you have about the counselling process itself.
You can then decide if you want to meet again and we can begin to explore what is troubling you. My clients often say they feel lighter when they have felt safe enough to open up and share the weight of their fears, worries and feelings with me rather than struggling alone.
I can help you to see who you are, your strengths and defences. Through a developing trusting relationship, I can share insight into how you see yourself, how I see you and how others may perceive you. Together we can look at who and where you are and opportunity for change. We can explore your past and present experience of the world, looking at repeating and unhelpful patterns of behaviour.
I work in Private Practice and have volunteered for a Bereavement Service, offering counselling support for those who have experienced the death of someone close, often in complex and traumatic circumstances. I am a Trauma informed therapist and have undertaken additional training in understanding and working with trauma.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA (Hons) Psychology, Level 5 Dip. Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Dip. Counselling
- MBACP (Accred)
- Qualified Humanistic integrative counsellor - Person Centred, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis
- Specialist Training in Bereavement Counselling
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training
- ACTO Certified (Level 1) in Telephone and Online Counselling
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision (180 hours)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Complex Bereavement - including suicide, murder and violent death, death of a child, multiple deaths, sudden death
Strong background in the commercial world, occupational, organistional stress, and professional relationships and issues. Competition and promotion in the workplace and the impact of stress at work on home life.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are £60 for 50 minutes.
I am available at North Bar House, Banbury, Thursdays 5pm - 9pm and Fridays 9am - 1pm
I am available at Brackley Wellbeing Centre Fortnightly on Thursdays 8am - 1pm
I am available for online sessions on Mondays and Thursdays
Additional Insurance/EAP - Vita Health Group
When I work
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Other times may be available on request for online/telephone counselling
Further information
As an Accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy MBACP (Accred), I work to their Ethical Framework which guides me to work safely and ethically within a counselling relationship. I attend regular Clinical Supervision to safeguard my practice and attend professional development days to develop my skills and maintain my professional standards.
