About me
My role as a counsellor is to help my clients overcome the difficulties they're facing, so that they can live fulfilled and happy lives.
Many of my clients say that counselling has made a profound difference to their lives. Some of the benefits my clients say they experience are greater confidence, being at ease with themselves, better relationships and feeling happier and stronger.
Using my years of experience as a counsellor, I can tailor the therapy to meet your needs or goals.
Many clients experience noticeable benefits in six sessions, however, some clients prefer to have longer-term counselling, which enables us to deepen and consolidate on the therapeutic work. It is up to you how many sessions you would like to have.
My FREE introductory session (for 20 minutes) allows you to see if you would like to work with me. In the session we discuss the reasons why you have come for counselling. It's an opportunity to get to know each other and decide if we can work together. If you decide to continue, we arrange a time to meet, which is usually once a week. There's no obligation to continue after that session.
I have been working as a counsellor in Brighton since 2004 and I'm also a BACP accredited counsellor.
In addition to being a counsellor, I teach the Level 4 Diploma in Counselling at Varndean College in Brighton.
I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT is an approach to therapy favoured by the NHS and recommended in the N.I.C.E. guidelines.
I also believe in the practice of Mindfulness, and sometimes introduce Mindfulness exercises in the therapy if I feel my client would benefit, such as in cases of anxiety and depression.
Training, qualifications & experience
I completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Counselling at Brighton University in 2004. I have been working as a counsellor in Brighton since then and I have been a BACP accredited counsellor since 2009.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Men's issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I charge £60 per session. (£45 concessions) Each session lasts 50 minutes.
Your first session is FREE (for a 20-minute introductory session).
When I work
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Further information
My counselling practice is in a residential street in Brighton. If you park in the area, you need to pay using the PaybyPhone app. Lots of public buses serve the area and it's about a 20-minute walk from Brighton train station.
