About me
Are you living with a chronic health condition or disability? It can feel overwhelming and exhausting to meet the expectations of others and even your own. You may long to be seen, heard, and understood.
My area of expertise is disability and long term health conditions. I am passionate about enabling and empowering individuals to live the best life they can – despite the obstacles and experiences life has thrown at them.
Do you feel like a square peg in a round hole?
Are you overwhelmed, powerless, unseen, or unheard—misunderstood and labelled as 'too sensitive' or 'too emotional'? Do you see your vulnerability as a failure? Are you told how you should think or feel? Maybe others expect you to be inspirational and brave, yet leave you feeling not good enough, useless, or simply expected to carry on?"
Your life experiences are unique to you. Together, in a compassionate environment, we can explore the challenges you face, for example:
· struggling to come to terms with a new diagnosis or facing unexpected health challenges
· experiencing difficulties in relationships—at home, work, or within support networks like the NHS. Where your needs are not being met.
· Living with anxiety and dread
· Finding motivation hard and feeling guilty about drinking and eating “too much” or perhaps shutting yourself away from people?
How I can help
Through talking therapy, we explore your unique experiences and challenges, including loss, trauma, stigma, barriers to inclusion, and relationships with others."
This will help you create meaningful change in your life. To live a life where you can express your feelings openly, have your needs met, and feel like a valued member of your community.
· By finding peace and acceptance in what you've experienced.
· Gaining skills to navigate relationships and situations more effectively.
· Empowering you to take the leap and approach things differently.
As someone living with disability, I understand the challenges of being able to truly express your feelings but I strive to provide you with a non-judgemental space to do so.
About me?
I have lived with a physical disability my entire life, along with chronic fatigue and neurodiversity. Despite these challenges, I have navigated mainstream education, earned professional qualifications, and built careers.
My work experience spans high-pressure environments, from corporate finance to small businesses, where employers often prioritise productivity over work-life balance, physical health, and mental well-being. Understanding these pressures first hand gave me the desire to pursue a career in mental health and I walked away from finance 20 years ago.
Along the way, I’ve learned to embrace life’s ups and downs—the rollercoaster of life including trauma, discrimination, and loss. I know firsthand how transformative counselling can be in helping you navigate life’s challenges.
Today, I live with greater meaning, purpose, and contentment. I have developed deep self-awareness, emotional resilience, and a compassionate understanding of who I am and how I function. Now, I want to support you—to walk alongside you as you grow more comfortable in your own skin and create a more fulfilling life.
Get in touch
I offer a free 30-minute initial telephone / zoom/ session, an opportunity for us to get to know each other. You can ask questions and gain a better understanding of how counselling might support you. At the end of the session, we can discuss the best way forward, including arranging your first counselling session if you decide to continue.
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling Masters: Waverley Abbey College ( awarding body Middlesex University)
Research Dissertation: The experience of the therapeutic relationship when working with alcohol addiction to complete my MA.
Recent courses:
Fundamentalist Religious Childhoods
I am a registered Occupational therapist with HCPC specialising in mental health and in particular employment and disability.
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
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I do offer a limited amount of concessionary sessions, including those with Blue Light Membership. Please ask on inquiry.
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