About me
I am a friendly and supportive counsellor who works in a collaborative and flexible way.
I will tailor my approach depending on your specific preferences and needs. It is important to me that you always feel in control of the process. While I can help guide our conversations, you are ultimately the only expert on your life and are best placed to decide how to live it.
I believe that meaningful conversations can be incredibly powerful. Good therapy should give you a fresh perspective on familiar struggles and help you to become less stuck. While this process can be challenging at times, it should also be empowering and liberating and equip you with the strength and confidence you need to move closer towards the kind of life you wish to live.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and qualifications:
I hold the following counselling qualifications:
- Postgraduate Diploma (Distinction) in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (Level 7), University of South Wales (BACP accredited course).
- Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Skills (Merit) (Level 4) - University of South Wales, (BACP-accredited course).
I have also undertaken the following additional Continuing Professional Development training:
- Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- New Directions in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Bereavement Counselling
- Online and Telephone Counselling
- Trauma-informed approaches
- Working with perfectionism and “I’m not good enough”
- Transactional Analysis 101
Experience
I have previously worked as a counsellor for the well-respected YCS Counselling charity, as well as Cardiff University’s counselling and wellbeing service. These roles gave me excellent experience supporting a diverse range of clients with varied needs.
I also have significant experience of working with young people and teenagers. I previously worked as a teacher for 10 years, specialising in supporting neurodiverse pupils aged 13 to 19.
Before teaching and counselling, I also worked with young people as an outdoor pursuits instructor, running courses in South Wales, as well as leading programmes in the Andes and Amazon regions of Bolivia and Peru.
Prior to this, I spent 8 years working in London and Washington, DC as a climate change and development policy advisor and researcher. As well as my counselling qualifications, I have a degree from the London School of Economics (Hons) and an MSc from the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex (Dist).
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Further information
In my free time, I enjoy getting into nature, birdwatching, hiking and cycling with friends. I’m also obsessed with open water swimming and will often be found at sunrise, submerged in the murky waters of the Bristol Channel.
