About me
Many of my clients grew up feeling unseen or unheard - carrying childhood wounds, family dysfunction, or old patterns that still shape their lives today. Whatever issue has brought you to search for a therapist, I believe the heart of therapy is the relationship itself. When you feel truly seen and accepted, something shifts - old patterns soften, trust grows, and real change becomes possible.
I offer psychotherapeutic counselling to adults in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. My style is down-to-earth, compassionate, and gently challenging. I use Transactional Analysis as my core approach, through a trauma-informed lens, to help clients make sense of the patterns that shape their lives - and to find freedom to choose differently.
My practice is based in the centre of Hebden Bridge at Sanctuary Therapy Centre, 36 Market St, Hebden Bridge HX7 6AA.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Certificate in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (level 5) from The South Manchester Centre for Psychotherapy (four year training programme).
- Certificate in Working with Trauma from The Link Centre.
- BA (Hons) in History from Nottingham University.
I have over 10 years experience working with mental health, through my role as a mentor for young men with the men's charity ABandOfBrothers. I have been in private practice for over 3 years.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Further information
I appreciate it can be difficult to take that first step, so I offer an initial free 15-minute consultation over the phone or video call where we can have an informal chat, you can ask me any questions you have and decide if we are a good fit - there is no obligation to book a session afterwards.
