About me
When was the last time someone asked how you were really doing—and stayed present long enough to hear the answer?
Many of the people I work with have spent years being the one everyone else relies on and somewhere along the way, they lose sight of themselves.
With over 20 years of experience supporting people through life's challenges, I believe counselling offers more than simply a place to talk. It offers the opportunity to reconnect with who you are beneath the pressures, expectations and experiences that may have pulled you away from yourself.
I offer a warm, compassionate and supportive space where you can slow down, feel truly heard, and begin to make sense of what you're feeling at your own pace. I believe counselling should feel safe, collaborative and free from judgement.
Life can leave us carrying more than we realise. Stress, anxiety, loss, relationship difficulties or major life changes can gradually affect how we feel about ourselves, our relationships and the way we experience everyday life. Counselling can help you reconnect with yourself, deepen your self-understanding, and move towards greater calm, clarity and emotional balance.
I can support you with
- Anxiety and excessive worry
- Burnout and stress
- Relationship difficulties
- Bereavement and loss
- Low self-worth and self-esteem
- Mid-life transitions, including peri-menopause and menopause
How I work
My approach is gentle, reflective and grounded in the belief that healing often begins when we feel truly heard and accepted.
Alongside offering emotional support and reflection, I can also help you to:
- Develop practical tools to manage anxiety
- Build self-awareness, self-esteem and self-confidence
- Strengthen healthy boundaries
- Navigate difficult emotions and life experiences with greater confidence and self-compassion
I understand how easy it can be to lose yourself whilst spending years being strong for others, and how difficult it can be to ask for support when you've become so used to coping alone.
I know that the cost-of-living crisis is making life incredibly difficult for many people. Because of this, I offer flexible options, including weekly or fortnightly sessions, as well as a limited number of concessionary spaces.
Taking the next step
You may be feeling uncertain or apprehensive about starting counselling, and it's completely natural to have questions about the process.
To help you decide whether I feel like the right fit for you, I offer a free 15-minute telephone consultation. If anything you've read here resonates with you, I'd be very happy to answer your questions and talk about how we might work together.
You can get in touch in whichever way feels most comfortable for you.
Telephone: 07528133552
If I can't answer your call straight away, please leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training
- COSCA Accredited Counsellor
- Advanced Level Diploma in Counselling
- Accredited Diploma in Supervision
- Professional Hypnotherapy Diploma
Additional Experience
- Internal Family Systems
- Hypnotherapy
- The Rewind Technique
- Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Laughter Yoga
- Working with dreams
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
- Working with survivors of sexual abuse
Organisational Experience
- Dementia Support Worker, Alzheimer's Society
- Bereavement Counselling Service Coordinator & Senior Bereavement Counsellor, Age UK
- Mental health and dementia support work, Age UK
- Counselling adult carers, VOCAL (Voices of Carers Across Lothians)
- Assessment counsellor, voluntary counselling organisation
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.
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
I also have knowledge and experience in the following areas:
- LGBTQ+
- Women's health and wellbeing
- Shame
- Bullying
- Stress/burnout
- Dementia
- Issues faced by carers
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
- Individual face to face session £60
- Individual telephone/online session £60
- Fortnightly sessions are also available
- I offer a limited number of concessionary spaces, considered on an individual basis
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