About me
I offer both short-term counselling and open-ended psychotherapy to adults and older adolescents (16+).
My practice is rooted in existential phenomenology, with a focus on embodied relating. My approach takes in the experiences of everyday life and treats them with seriousness and compassion, emphasising non-judgemental curiosity about our ways of being. The work is collaborative and focused on the autonomy and freedom of the client. Sessions last for fifty minutes and take place either indoors in my studio or outdoors in woodland or on Dartmoor. We may work with talking and embodied experiencing, with movement, or with creative activities such as drawing or making by hand from materials found or from my studio. I also offer online and telephone sessions depending on availability and your personal circumstances.
In my work as a psychotherapist, as well as in my own life, I have witnessed the paradoxical way in which fostering the capacity to accept ourselves exactly as we are allows us to develop insight where we might be stuck or suffering. Within the sanctity of the therapeutic relationship, my creative approach supports the process of gently investigating the conditions of our lives, so we might find our way home to lives of meaning and integrity.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an experienced psychotherapist with a background in education and mentoring. With over twenty-five years experience of working with individuals and groups, I have worked in schools and colleges, with bereavement and sexual health charities, in women’s leadership training, and in private practice.
- MA in Psychotherapy & Counselling (Existential) from Regents' University, London
- PGCE from The Institute of Education, London
- A BSc in Psychology, from The University of Bristol
- Apprentice Wilderness Rites of Passage Guide.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a member of the Society for Existential Analysis.
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).
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Fees are agreed on a case-by-case basis and based on personal financial circumstances.
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