About me
I am here to support you in your journey to find positive meaning and purpose in your life. I can help if you are struggling with a crisis of identity or purpose that leaves you feeling troubled, isolated, down, or anxious. I am trained to work with a trauma-informed approach if traumatic experiences are part of your life story.
I can provide a reflective space to guide and support you. Together we will look with fresh eyes at your life. I understand how family expectations, culture, neurodiversity, faith, and other lived experiences can shape how we move through the world. You might want to reflect on how different aspects of your identity have impacted your life experiences. Your unique self will be the centre of our attention for the time we are together.
I bring a person-centred, humanist, existential lens to my work, and can also draw on other counselling approaches to help us understand the core of an issue. I can work with ADHD and neurodiversity, and work creatively. We will think together about any specific goals you might want to work on. If you are anxious about what to talk about, you are welcome to bring along a photograph, a journal entry, a letter, or something else to help us understand your difficulties. I hope you will soon feel comfortable and relaxed talking with me. We will discuss a contract and confidentiality when you get in touch.
I am a Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the BACP (membership number 604223, register number 108475).
Training, qualifications & experience
During my 15 years of practice, I have supplemented my core person-centred and existential training with additional skills and CPD to better meet the needs of my clients. For example, I have gained experience in supporting clients with ADHD and neurodiversity, and can offer adaptations to suit unique needs or access requirements. I have worked with clients from a wide range of diverse backgrounds, and we can explore how the 'conditions of worth' in your family and environment work for you. I hold a certificate in working online, and find this is a helpful way of working if face-to-face is not practical or possible for you. While I continue to learn, and especially from my clients, I hope I am well equipped to draw on my broad 'toolkit' of approaches and to build strong and safe relationships with my diverse and unique clients.
I aim to be a very focused and attentive listener, and to work professionally with whatever you bring.
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
£75.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 15-minute telephone call to answer any questions. Please contact me by email to arrange a time for us to talk. I then charge £50 for our initial session to see if we can work together. Sessions thereafter are £75 (online) or £90 (if we meet in person at therapy rooms) for 50 minutes. Please contact me directly if you are a trainee, a student, a pensioner, or a key worker, as I hold some slots for those requiring a reduced rate.
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