About me
I'm a BACP Registered and accredited counsellor with almost 20 years of counselling experience. I have worked with adults in private practice, the NHS, and charities such as Newcastle Carers Centre. I also work with children and have experience as a school counsellor in both primary and secondary schools and children's charities.
I specialise in working with low self-esteem, confidence, stress and anxiety, including relationship problems and family issues.
I work with a number of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) and I accept insurance work. I offer both online and in-person counselling to people aged 5 to 75+ years.
I will treat you with warmth and respect, with counselling that is carefully tailored to your individual needs.
I am very passionate about my work, and I can help you take your own personal journey towards better understanding and control of your feelings and experiences, identifying and enabling you to break free from any negative cycles or beliefs that hold you back.
This can help you move forward and make the changes you want and deserve to improve your life.
Appointments are quick and easy to arrange, with times to suit your availability.
Please call me on 07778 123236 or send an email here.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Fd Degree in Person-Centred Counselling; Sunderland University
- NCFE Level 3 Counselling skills and theory
- City & Guilds PTLS Teaching Certificate (adults).
I am a professionally qualified and accredited member of the BACP.
I have had further training in a range of subjects including:
- Mental Health First Aid
- Self Esteem
- Working with children
- Creative Counselling
- Anxiety
- Relationships
- Domestic Abuse
- Stress Management
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
- Solution Focussed Therapy
- Autism
- Trauma.
I have almost 20 years varied experience in organisations such as the NHS, and charitable organisations such as Barnardos and Newcastle Carers Centre. I also deliver counselling in primary and secondary schools.
Prior to counselling, I coordinated an NHS Support Programme for Parents and Pregnant Teenagers. I have also delivered psychoeducational and Personal development courses to Mind, Womens Aid and the Killingworth Community.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are £60 per 50-minute session.
When I work
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Further information
I offer remote counselling via zoom or telephone. I also offer face to face counselling in Killingworth which is easily accessible from the the A19. There is ample free on street parking.
