About me
I’m a BACP-accredited counsellor with over 15 years’ experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through bereavement, addiction recovery, and life’s more complex transitions. I offer person-centred counselling from a quiet, comfortable location near the centre of Bexhill, as well as online and telephone sessions (online only for couples). Note, it is easy to park on the road outside my property.
My practice is trauma-informed and relational. I’ve worked extensively with people affected by bereavement—including bereavement by suicide—and with those experiencing suicidal thoughts or supporting loved ones through crisis. I also have experience helping clients affected by problematic substance use, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges.
I’m trained in couples counselling and also work with larger family groups, helping people navigate conflict, grief, and change with compassion and clarity. I offer a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore difficult feelings and patterns, and begin to move toward more effective communication and emotional well-being.
In addition to counselling, I offer academic support for counselling students—drawing on over a decade of experience teaching in higher education. I also provide supervision for qualified counsellors and those in training, with a focus on ethical practice, reflective development, and practitioner wellbeing.
If you’d like to know more about how I work, please visit my website: https://www.bexhillcounselling.com. If you email, please check your spam/junk folder for my response.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications/training include;
FdSc Person Centred Counselling Masters in Health (with counselling focus)
Certificate in DUO counselling - working with couples and families
PGCE teaching qualification
St Michael's Hospice Bereavement training
Nocn Drug and Alcohol Training
My experience includes;
Working in private practice, dealing with general issues
Working one-to-one and as a group facilitator
Couples therapy experience
Bereavement therapy working with adults and children
Harmful substance use, one-to-one and group therapy
Previous course lead in HE Counselling at East Sussex College
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
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
One-to-one sessions, based at our residential address or online/telephone (50mins) £50*
Couples session based at my residential address (50mins) £65
A half-hour initial session is Free
I would ask that payment be made in advance or on arrival at the session. I ask that if you need to cancel an appointment, you give at least 24 hours’ notice. If you are unable to do so, I reserve the right to charge you for the session.
* Reduced rates for students on a recognised course
When I work
I can offer flexible appointments including evenings
