About me
Capable on the outside, exhausted underneath. Most of my clients are the ones others rely on — the friend everyone calls in a crisis, the parent who notices everything first, the colleague who picks up what's been dropped. By the time they get in touch, they've reached the point where they're not 'fine' anymore — and can no longer convince themselves that they are.
My core training was integrative — I draw on different approaches depending on what's happening in the room: humanistic, existential, relational. After my MA at the University of Roehampton, I went on to train in Internal Family Systems (IFS). It's become the way I think about the work, present in every session even when I'm not explicitly using it. IFS sees the mind as made up of different parts, each with its own concerns: the exhausted part, the part that says yes when you mean no, the part that judges every move you make. Each one has been doing what it thought was needed. We work together to understand your system better — getting curious about each part, what it's trying to do, where it learned to do this. Over time, parts that have been carrying weight can stop doing it alone.
I'm a BACP Accredited Member (no. 342742) with over a decade of private practice. I'm trained to IFS Level 3, the highest level currently offered. I work online and in person from my practice in Cranleigh, Surrey. The free 30-minute consultation is the lowest-pressure way to start.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Fully qualified Counsellor/Psychotherapist
- MA in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy - University of Roehampton
- Accredited Member of the BACP.
- Level 3 Internal Family Systems Therapist
I have worked with students and staff at the Centre for Wellbeing, University of Surrey. Prior to that I was a member of the counselling team at Godalming and Guildford colleges, and I also volunteered for the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (RASASC) in Guildford. Before becoming a counsellor, my background was teaching languages, as well as working in the higher education sector.
I am currently in private practice working with clients online or in person.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Coping with difficult life stages
- Exam stress
- Procrastination
- Work stress
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Additional information
The initial consultation is free and lasts 30 minutes. This can be done online, via telephone or in person. Sessions thereafter are £80 per 60 minute session, and I ask for at least 24 hours notice for cancellations.
When I work
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Please email me for current availability.
