About me
Finding the right therapist is important. I offer a warm, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can feel heard and supported. Whether you’re facing specific challenges or seeking personal growth, therapy can help you find clarity, healing, and change.
I work with a wide range of people, including those with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship or family issues, Neurodiversity, self-esteem issues, multiple trauma, PTSD and many more.
I’m a qualified Integrative Humanistic Psychotherapist, who will work at your pace with compassion and care. My approach is tailored to you and rooted in building a strong, trusting therapeutic relationship. I have 14 years of experience as a therapist and counsellor.
Where I work
I work in the centre of Newcastle from my private therapy room, located just a short walk from Monument Metro Station and the Central train station.
Make a Change
In these difficult situations, I aim to help you to:
- Encourage you to express your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values
- Understand yourself and connect to your sense of yourself
- Increase self-awareness
- Develop coping strategies
- Build resilience, tolerance and container
- Follow your own needs and your own pace
- Learn to accept yourself
- Reflect on and clarify your issues
- Move from unknowing to knowing
- Encourage you to believe in yourself and to understand that change is possible
- Empower you to find meaning and purpose, improving your quality of life and
- helping you to realise your potential in work, leisure and love.
- Self-compassionate and non-self-judgmental/criticising
- Understand your past and move on from the past into the here and now
- Create change in your life
- Change attitude, look from a different angle and take responsibility
- Help you to be independent and autonomous
Training, qualifications & experience
My experience
I have practised in a range of settings, including GP surgery and charities (Mind), with students; Northeast Universities (Newcastle, Sunderland, Northumbria, Durham), EAP (Employer’s Assistance Program) group therapy, collective trauma and private practice.
Qualifications
I am a fully qualified, accredited UKCP counsellor and psychotherapist. I have completed training on a Psychotherapy course accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (equivalent to level 7, B.A. and M.A.) Newman University. I have professional and academic qualifications in both counselling and psychotherapy.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, Newman University, Birmingham.
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Northern Guild
- Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, Northern Guild (equivalent to Level 7 M.A. degree)
- Certificate in Clinical Supervision, Northern Guild
- NVQ 4 Learning Disabilities and Autism
- B.A. (Hons)
- MPhil (Hons)
My approach
As a therapist/ counsellor and integrative psychotherapist, I combine several therapeutic models to provide a bespoke response to your needs (using many different theories and methods, depending on which will be most beneficial to you at this time). Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Existential therapy, Gestalt therapy, Humanistic therapies, Person-centred therapy, Play therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, Solution-focused brief therapy, Transactional analysis, Phenomenology therapy "here and now", and somatic therapy-body-mind.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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
EMDR Certificate
Polyvagal Certificate
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Bank Transfer or cash
EMDR £90 per hour
Further information
On Your First Session
Our first session is a chance to get to know each other. We’ll discuss what brings you to therapy, what you’d like to work on, and review confidentiality, boundaries, and goals. It’s also an opportunity to see if we’re the right fit moving forward.
What I Can Help With
- Anxiety, depression, stress
- Trauma, abuse, grief & loss
- Relationships & identity
- ADHD, autism, neurodiversity
- LGBTQ+ support
- Confidence & self-worth
- Chronic illness, fertility, and menopause
- Life transitions & career issues
- Spirituality
- Neurodiversity
I will help you to clarify your confusion.
Support you and help you to connect with yourself
With meaning and control.
Types of therapy
Adlerian, Behavioural, Brief therapy, CBT, Cognitive, Cognitive analytic therapy, Creative therapy, Eclectic, EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Interpersonal, Narrative therapy, Person centred, Phenomenological, play therapy, Primal therapy, Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Psychosynthesis, Relational, Solution focused brief therapy, Systemic, Transactional analysis, Transpersonal
Make a Change
In these difficult situations, I aim to help you to:
- Encourage you to express your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values
- Understand yourself and connect to your sense of yourself
- Increase self-awareness
- Develop coping strategies
- Build resilience, tolerance and container
- Follow your own needs and your own pace
- Learn to accept yourself
- Reflect on and clarify your issues
Creative Therapy
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions”
and
“The only source of knowledge is experience “
Albert Einstein
In my clinic, I use creative methods as part of the healing process, helping you work through emotional wounds and guiding you from the unconscious to the conscious. These approaches can offer powerful insights and support deep personal growth. Through metaphors and imagery, you may find it easier to describe your experiences and gain clarity about your inner world. For example, painting and drawing can help you express feelings and thoughts more freely, connect with your sense of self, and deepen your self-understanding and awareness.
I also support you in exploring your dreams. You’re invited to describe them in as much detail as possible, and I gently encourage you to interpret them in your own way. In a safe and supportive space, we work together to link them in your dreams to your personal story. Many people find these creative methods not only helpful and insightful but also empowering in their healing journey
- Move from unknowing to knowing
- Encourage you to believe in yourself and to understand that change is possible
- Empower you to find meaning and purpose, improving your quality of life and
- helping you to realise your potential in work, leisure and love.
- Self-compassion and non-self-judgmental/criticising
- Understand your past and move on from the past into the here and now
- Create change in your life
- Change attitude, look from a different angle and take responsibility
- Help you to be independent and autonomous
How I Work
I draw on a range of therapies to suit your needs, including:
- Person-Centred
- CBT
- EMDR
- Gestalt & Existential
- Psychodynamic
- Solution-Focused
- Play & Mind-Body (Somatic) Therapy
- On Your First Session
Our first session is a chance to get to know each other. We’ll discuss what brings you to therapy, what you’d like to work on, and review confidentiality, boundaries, and goals. It’s also an opportunity to see if we’re the right fit moving forward.
How I deliver therapy
In-person Newcastle City Centre
Online, phone, email & text
Outdoor (eco) therapy
Weekdays, evenings & weekends
