About me
Is this you?
I support adults through challenging times. Whether it be unsettling fear, deep sadness, diminishing shame, loud red hot or silent white frozen anger - when emotions become overwhelming, they may disrupt our relationships and what we feel we can do.
Sometimes, you might find yourself suppressing your emotions, feeling like you are wrong or faulty, that nobody may know you as you are. You might feel too exhausted and vulnerable to take the risk of letting others or even yourself know how you are really feeling, thinking and what you need or want. You may worry that you are not enough or that you and your emotions are too much.
Consequently, you might find it difficult to concentrate, avoid people or even stop doing things you usually like.
Potential Outcomes
Over time, you might feel calmer, connected and energised. Your emotions may still be there but most likely you will be less overwhelmed by them. Instead, you may have a better understanding of them. You will be better equipped to read, understand and use them to make informed decisions about what you need and can or cannot do. In social situations you may find it easier to say what you need.
Conflict may no longer present an acute threat and a sign that things are falling apart or a way of keeping others at bay. Instead, conflict may become a touchpoint that makes mutual understanding possible and is a step towards greater resilience in the face of adversity.
How I work
I combine traditional talk therapy with creative methods. I also use breathwork and other somatic practices, such as mindful movement. For example, guided breathwork can help manage anxiety in the moment, while mindful movement encourages reconnection with their bodies. Through this, I support clients in building emotional capacity and facilitate self-expression, especially when words are hard to find or not enough.
Whilst I have my training, experiences and toolkit you will also have strengths and resources that you might not even aware of. When we combine them there will much for you to use that will help you navigate your life with greater confidence and compassion. Whilst we might develop a routine, every session will be different, always responding and adapting to the present situation.
Together, we can create a space where you can be as you are. I support you step by step in expressing yourself, getting to know and make sense of yourself in this world. I will provide a framework in which you can safely unpack, sort, remember, honour, mourn, discover, pause, reflect, develop, connect and reconnect, imagine, integrate, discard and experiment.
Work with Me
If any of this resonates with you or you have further questions, contact me for an initial free conversation or book an introduction call. I am here to listen and explore potential options with you. You don’t have to be alone in this.
If this doesn’t resonate with you but you are still here – there is clearly something that you cannot put your finger on – let’s find out what it is.
Training, qualifications & experience
DipHE Humanistic Gestalt Counselling
MA SEND
I am an experienced Gestalt counsellor. Gestalt counselling is a holistic approach, which means that the counsellor understands a person as a whole including the relationship between them and their world. Gestalt counsellors focus on the here and now, examining current thoughts, behaviour and feelings in order to help a client gain awareness of how they relate to events and people. This awareness is crucial in bringing about change. Most important to this approach is the relationship between client and counsellor.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Unexpressed, silenced anger
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
There is no charge for an initial phone conversation, which gives you the opportunity to ask any questions. Subsequent sessions are charged at a rate of £60 per 50 minute session.
Further information
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I am bound by its Ethical Framework. My work is supervised by a senior practitioner.
