About me
I work with people experiencing relationship difficulties, such as romantic challenges, complex families, loneliness, and social anxiety. Those with histories of trauma and abuse, seeking to understand how difficult past experiences might be impacting them today. People processing loss, whether that be of loved ones, relationships, life stages, or parts of self. Those wanting to understand all parts of themselves; their hopes, creativity, ideas and agency, as well as their darkness, shame, fears and impulses. People exploring neurodiverse, bi-cultural, queer and trans identities, and those exploring relationship models such as polyamory. I am LGBTQ+ affirming and strive for anti-oppressive practice.
Approach:
I offer a safe space for you to explore your thoughts, feelings and identity and to make life-affirming changes to support your mental health and well-being.
Together, we will build a compassionate environment where you can learn to better understand yourself and how you function in the world. We might focus on immediate life challenges, improve awareness of ongoing patterns of behaviour, and/or examine how your past impacts your present.
We’ll aim to bring mind and body more in tune with one another, and to work through internal conflicts between thoughts, feelings, and different parts of self. We will work to process difficult life experiences and to set you up for the future you wish for.
What sessions are like:
Sessions with me will be warm, supportive, explorative, collaborative and challenging where appropriate. We will navigate goals and expectations together, regularly checking in to make sure you are getting what you need. Our relationship will be integral to the work; we will only explore areas when you feel safe and trusting to explore them with me. We might notice patterns between us that tell us more about your other relationships. We might challenge parts of your current understanding, to increase self-awareness and broaden your sense of what might be possible for you.
A little about me:
Having lived in both rural towns and big cities and worked in a variety of settings, from the voluntary sector to the corporate world, I bring a breadth of life experience to my practice and a deep personal understanding of what it’s like to undertake significant life changes.
Volunteering for the Samaritans during the pandemic uncovered both my passion and potential for supporting people in crisis. Years of my own personal therapy and self-examination help to equip me to be alongside others in their exploration.
I also have a deep love of art and nature and believe in the power of these to support mental health.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and Ethics:
My training primarily integrates psychodynamic, relational, existential and person-centred theories, though I draw on ideas and research from wider fields. I am dedicated to my own continued learning and development and use both personal therapy and clinical supervision to support me in my work.
I am have an MSc in Psychotherapy and Counselling and am a fully qualified UKCP Psychotherapist. I adhere to both the BACP and UKCP codes of ethics.
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 15-minute introductory audio or video call. If we then choose to work together, sessions will last 50 minutes and cost £65. Some concessionary spaces are available for £60; ask for details.
I always respond to enquiries within two working days. If you haven't heard back from me, please check your junk mail.
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