About me
I work with individuals and couples and believe that counselling can be really helpful and life changing experience for us.
Counselling can build your confidence and resilience, as well as helping you achieve better mental and physical health and lower levels of stress and anxiety. It provides a safe space to build self-awareness and self-esteem by developing coping strategies and emotional intelligence.
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor, practicing as a therapist for over 7 years, with a background in working in Family Mediation.
I support clients with their stress, past trauma, anxiety, self-confidence, family conflicts, work problems and relationships with others.
I find that relationship counselling, either individually or as a couple, particularly helps people to improve communication, resolve conflict, and rebuild trust. I can help you and your partner to understand each other's perspectives, navigate life changes, and can also build greater self-confidence and improved relationships in other areas of your life.
I would work with you to explore the following areas:
· Communication: I can help you move past negative patterns like criticism or defensiveness and encourage open, honest dialogue.
· Conflict resolution: I can provide you with tools and a structured environment to manage your disagreements, find compromises, and handle conflicts in a healthier way.
· Rebuilding trust: For issues like infidelity, I can help you address the pain, understand the root causes, and rebuild a foundation of trust.
· Building more shared understanding: I can help you understand how individual issues, like depression or anxiety, impact your relationship and your dynamic with each other.
· Navigation of life’s changes: I can provide guidance and support for navigating your major life changes, such as having children, changing careers, or financial challenges.
· Emotional reconnection: I provide you with a safe space to reconnect emotionally, which may have been weakened by stress, work, and family responsibilities.
· Broader life improvements: The skills you learn in counselling can extend beyond the relationship with your partner to improve self-confidence, workplace interactions, and other family relationships.
I am flexible and non-judgemental in my approach and believe I can put you at ease.
I work from home in north Devon, just north of Barnstaple. I have private space in a peaceful and calm environment.
I offer early morning & evening appointments if required, and can work on Zoom with people if this needed.
Please contact me if you would like an informal discussion about how I might help you.
Training, qualifications & experience
My training includes qualifications and practice experience as a:
· Counsellor & Psychotherapist
· Certified Practitioner of NLP
· Certified Hypnotherapist
· Family Mediator
I am an Accredited Member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists).
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
Family mediation
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £75.00
Additional information
My charges are £50 - £75 per session, but may be negotiable according to circumstances.
I charge the same rate for couples work as single clients. Hopefully, this makes my couples work much more affordable for people.
Sessions will last between 60 – 90 minutes (by agreement with you).
I work Monday – Fridays and offer early morning & early evening appointments if required.
I generally work from home in north Devon, just north of Barnstaple. I have private space in a peaceful and calm environment.
When I work
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Early morning and evening appointments available.
Home visits possible in some circumstances.
Further information
Whether you are looking for a therapist for the first time, or whether you are looking to find someone new, I hope I will be able to answer some of the questions you may have.
I am very aware that many people are unsure what sort of therapist they want, or even how to choose between the options and choices available to them.
The following are common concerns people may have:
1. Will my therapist be knowledgeable and experienced to work with me?
2. Will I feel able to trust / like my therapist?
3. What are the differences between all the different types of therapy?
4. What style / school of therapy does my therapist use?
5. What will happen in my first session?
6. How will I know that therapy is working?
7. Will there be flexibility about appointment times?
8. How much will it cost?
I hope the information on my website will give you an idea of what I can offer and if I am the best person to help you.
Clients will always receive my full commitment and respect.
All my work is completely confidential and you can have absolute trust that anything we discuss will be kept private.
Please contact me for a free first meeting to discuss how I can help you.
