About me
A space to feel like yourself again
Have you ever felt like you've spent so much time being who everyone else needs you to be that you've lost touch with who you really are?
Throughout our lives, we learn to adapt to the expectations, experiences and relationships that shape us. Sometimes, in trying to feel accepted, stay connected to others or simply get through difficult experiences, we begin to lose touch with our own feelings, needs and sense of self.
These experiences can shape how we see ourselves, how we relate to others and even how we feel in our own bodies. Perhaps you find yourself overthinking, feeling anxious or low, struggling with self-worth, or repeating relationship patterns that leave you feeling unhappy or unfulfilled. You might notice tension, exhaustion or a constant feeling of being on edge, without fully understanding why.
Often, these responses have developed for a reason. Ways of coping, protecting ourselves or maintaining relationships that may once have helped us, but no longer feel right for who we are today.
I offer something we don't always experience in everyday life: a space where you can feel truly heard, understood and accepted, without needing to meet anyone else's expectations.
My approach to counselling is rooted in the belief that we all have the capacity for growth and change when we experience the right conditions. Through a trusting therapeutic relationship, we can gently explore your experiences, make sense of the different parts of yourself, and begin to understand how your past may be influencing your present.
Together, we can pay attention not only to your thoughts and feelings, but also to what your body, behaviours and relationships might be communicating. Making space for the parts of you that have perhaps been silenced, hidden or overlooked along the way.
Because I believe meaningful change isn't about becoming someone different. It's about gently peeling back the layers of expectations, beliefs and experiences that have shaped who you think you should be, and finding your way back to who you really are.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Certificate Autism Studies (Distinction)
- Dip. Integrative Counselling (BACP Accredited course/Gold Book Standard)
- BA Hons Education Studies and Psychology
- Complex Trauma Cert training L 1 and 2
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy L1
- Attachment and Loss
- Trauma-informed practice- Lead Professional
- Therapeutic parenting
- Working at Relational Depth
- PACE (Dan Hughes)- Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy)
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
£60.00 per session
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Further information
I offer online sessions to anyone living in the UK. Please refer to "Fees and Availability" for more information.
