About me
As a therapist, I profoundly believe that change is possible and that every individual has the potential for growth. My hope is for us to develop a therapeutic relationship that will be healing for you.
As a gender, sexuality and relationship therapist, I offer a warm, empathetic approach, and together I hope we can create a space for you to be vulnerable and explore whatever you wish to bring. Counselling is an opportunity to work through pain, hurt, resentment and anger, or it can be a place to explore a new way of being.
Since graduating from University of Brighton in 2019 with a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, I have completed further training in various modalities. I am a qualified relationship counsellor, having completed a post graduate Certificate in Couples Counselling with Relationship Scotland that included 100 hours of couples work. I incorporate psychodynamic, systemic, and emotion-focused theories to work with individuals, couples and other relationship configurations.
In 2023, I completed a certificate in Psychosexual Therapy with the Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology, which has enabled me to work with psychosexual issues such as loss of desire, sexual dysfunction, compulsive sexual behaviour, serodiscordance, and mismatching libidos. I consider myself a kink positive and BDSM aware therapist.
Then in 2024, I undertook a certificate in trauma therapy with the Link Centre, where I learnt to work with trauma in a triphasic model. As a result, I am trained in trauma processing methods such as Narrative Exposure Therapy and Imaginal Exposure, which can help reduce common symptoms of PTSD such as intrusive memories. Initially, in trauma therapy, we would work on developing stabilisation and self regulation, a process that can be lengthy, and when we have created an internal safe space, we would use various techniques to process your trauma.
We can work at a pace you feel comfortable with, and put your wellbeing at the centre of our sessions. Within the space of a therapeutic relationship, I believe there is the opportunity to reflect and bring awareness to our thoughts, feelings and actions, hopefully providing a deeper understanding of ourselves and creating change as a response.
Mental Health Experience
For the past five years I have worked as a counsellor at the Terrence Higgins Trust, working with individuals living with HIV. As an LGBTQIA affirmative counsellor with an arts background, I have lots of experience working with trans, non-binary and gender diverse clients and alternative relationship models. As a member of the LGBT+ community, I appreciate the political and societal stresses LGBTQIA individuals can experience living in a heteronormative society.
Previously, I have worked with clients in recovery from substance misuse and alcoholism and have a contemporary understanding of the concepts around drug and alcohol misuse. I have experience working with chemsex, and we can examine what you think the source of your substance or alcohol misuse is in a completely confidential and non-judgmental space.
My mental health experience includes working with clients with a clinical diagnosis, and I endeavour to work in a non-pathologising way; I work with the individual and not the diagnosis.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Certificate in Trauma Therapy - The Link Centre
- Certificate in Psychosexual Therapy - Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology
- Certificate in Couples Counselling with Relationship Scotland
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Humanistic Counselling - University of Brighton
- Staff counsellor at Terrence Higgins Trust
- BA (Hons) Fine Art - Central Saint Martins
Training
- Emotion Focused Therapy Level 1
- Post-Traumatic Problems and Issues: Beyond PTSD- Helen Kennerley from the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre
- Working With Shame- Carolyn Spring
- Complex and Emotional Trauma- The Lighthouse
- Suicide Intervention - Grassroots Suicide Prevention
- Cruse Bereavement Training
- Working with Sandbox
- Trans Affirmative Training- Mind Out
- Gangs, Girls and County Lines- Abianda
- HIV awareness training- Terrence Higgins Trust
- Women, Trauma and Mental Health CPD
- Chemsex in Scotland- Scottish Drugs Forum
Previous Experience
- Counsellor at Mind Out - LGBTQIA mental health service
- Counsellor at Recovery Across Mental Health in Renfrew
- Trainee Counsellor at Cruse Bereavement Care
- Early Intervention Project Worker at a Drug and Alcohol Service, providing psycho-education and support to those recovering from substance misuse
- PVG member
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer an initial first twenty-minute meeting free of charge, with no obligations. After that, I charge £60 per session (50 mins) or I offer a concessionary fee for low-waged and student clients at £50 per session.
For couples, I offer an hour-long session for £80
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