This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Do you feel ready to make some changes? Have you tried a few things and feel you need a bit of help to be more the person you want to be. Are yiu struggling with anxiety or behaviours you can't stop? Could you do with an ally to walk alongside you in your journey?
Sometimes talking with someone who is outside of your life can make the difference you need. Sometimes an experienced, open person who can see your struggles, help reframe your thinking and celebrate your successes can give you the back-up you have been lacking.
My practice is friendly to people of all sexualities and gender identities and I am open working non-judgementally with those living or exploring a non-monogamous or polyamorous lifestyle.
I have worked with a number of people who struggled with people-pleasing patterns and have developed an interest in this.
I am attentive, committed and ask great questions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I initially trained in Integrative Counselling at UWE (1998). I later did further training in Solution Focused Practice (2012) and more recently Internal Family Systems (2024). I integrate all of them under a relational approach. My main model is IFS.
I worked as a manager in youth homelessness for 20 years and in 2021 became a trainer in Trauma, Attachment and Resilience for KCA training.
In 2020 I set up a small online counselling practice and in 2024 this expanded to full time availability.
I have a particular interest in working with people who have been bullied as this is my own experience. Also people who have a history of refugee/migration in their family.
My practice is friendly to people of all sexualities and gender identities and I am interested in working with those living or exploring a non-monogamous or polyamorous lifestyle.
I have worked with a number of people who struggled with people-pleasing patterns and have developed an interest in this.
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
Internal Family Systems
Parts work
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Further information
I am offering face to face sessions in Belper, Derbyshire
