About me
At times, we all face challenges and life experiences that can leave us feeling overwhelmed, confused, or stuck. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, trauma, or significant life changes, counselling can offer a safe space to explore what is happening for you and support you in making meaningful changes.
If you feel that you are ready to make changes, whatever it is that you are facing at this time, there is a good chance that counselling may help you.
Taking the first step into counselling can feel daunting. My aim is to provide a warm, confidential, and non-judgemental environment where you feel heard, understood, and accepted. Together, we can explore the issues affecting your wellbeing and work towards positive change at a pace that feels right for you.
I am an accredited Integrative Counsellor and qualified Clinical Supervisor. As an integrative counsellor, I draw upon a range of therapeutic approaches, including Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Psychodynamic theory. This allows me to tailor therapy to your individual needs, combining different techniques and interventions to support your personal growth and wellbeing. Where appropriate, I may also incorporate mindfulness, guided visualisation, and creative therapeutic approaches.
Building a strong therapeutic relationship is at the heart of my work. I believe that when people feel safe, accepted, and understood, meaningful change can take place. My role is to support and empower you as we explore your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and challenges together.
I have particular experience supporting individuals experiencing anxiety, health anxiety, depression, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), trauma, and low self-esteem. I also work with clients affected by postnatal depression, stress, burnout, bereavement, abuse, adverse life experiences, and long-term health conditions, helping them gain a deeper understanding of themselves and develop strategies to improve their wellbeing.
I have a particular interest in working with neurodivergent individuals and parents of neurodivergent children. Drawing on both professional knowledge and lived experience as a neurodivergent person and parent of neurodivergent children. I bring both professional knowledge and lived experience to this work. This gives me a deeper understanding of some of the unique challenges that can arise around identity, relationships, parenting, education, sensory differences, and navigating a world that is not always designed with neurodivergent people in mind.
I also support parents experiencing postnatal depression and anxiety, helping them navigate the emotional challenges that parenthood can bring. Together, we can explore feelings of overwhelm, loss of identity, self-doubt, and the pressures of parenting, supporting you to reconnect with yourself and build confidence in your role.
I have experience working within drug and alcohol services, supporting individuals in recovery and family members affected by addiction. This work has included supporting clients with anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties alongside their recovery journey.
In addition, I have worked within a college environment supporting young people aged 16–19. This has provided valuable experience in helping young people navigate challenges relating to identity, self-esteem, anxiety, bereavement, learning difficulties, trauma, relationships, and the impact of social media.
I am committed to providing an inclusive, affirming, and culturally aware therapeutic space. I welcome clients from all backgrounds, cultures, identities, relationship styles, and experiences, including those who identify as neurodivergent or are exploring aspects of their identity. My aim is to create a space where you feel seen, respected, and able to bring your whole self into therapy.
Therapy can be short-term and focused on a specific goal, or longer-term and open-ended, depending on your needs. Whatever has brought you to counselling, I offer a compassionate and supportive space where we can work together to help you better understand yourself, develop resilience, and create meaningful change in your life. Sessions are available face-to-face, online, or by telephone, providing flexibility to suit your needs.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Integrative Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor, qualified since 2017 with a Integrative Counsellor BA (hons) degree, I offer you my experience and thirst of knowledge about anything about the counselling world.
As a Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Accredited Professional member of (NCPS) The National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society and the Association for Counselling Therapy Online (ACTO). I work within their Ethical Frameworks for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, which also includes by participating and researching as a part of my continued professional development.
I participate in regular supervision sessions in accordance with the BACP, NCPS and ACTO recommendations. I also hold an enhanced DBS and I am registered with the DBS update service. I am fully insured to practice and am registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
All interactions within counselling, including the scheduling of your appointments, attendance at appointments, the content of your sessions, progress in counselling, and your records are kept confidential in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
I have completed safeguarding courses and my certificates are up to date, and updated yearly. I attend regular continued professional development (CPD) workshops through out the year so I can be better informed of things that can affect people and learning new techniques and interventions so I can support you, I have a thirst for learning about anything counselling related. Here are just some of the CPD courses I have attended so far.
- Art and Play Therapy
- Blocked anger
- Behaviours that challenge
- CBT Working with Guilt and Shame
- Creative Therapeutic Journaling
- Creative Therapeutic Visualisations
- Creative Timelines
- Concepts in bereavement work
- ChemSex
- Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing
- Dealing with distress: suicide and self harm
- Disordered Eating and attachment
- Existential Philosophy
- Introduction In womb and birth trauma
- Introduction to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator
- Narcissism & Echoism
- NLP - Neuro-Linguistic Programming
- Mental Health Issues in Counselling
- Menopause
- Releasing blocked emotions
- Safeguarding
- Sexual Abuse : The Unspoken Trauma
- Self harm
- Shame and attachment
- Taming the Inner Critic
- Trauma, Dissociation & recovery
- The neuroscience of addiction? Addictive drugs and reward mechanisms
- Understanding ADHD and Anxiety
- Understanding Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Certificate
- Understanding Mental Health Certificate
- Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties Certificate
- Online and telephone counselling
- Understanding and working with loneliness
- Working Creatively with Dreams in Counselling
- Working creatively with Nesting Dolls
- Working with loss and grief including ambiguous loss
- Working with Low Self-Esteem, Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome
- Working creatively with the inner child within counselling
- Working creatively online
- Working with Transactional Analysis (TA)
For Supervision I have completed
- Creative Supervision
I hold the following professional qualifications
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BA (Hons) Degree in Integrative Counselling
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Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision including Face to face, Online & Telephone.
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Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling.
- OCST level 4 Online Counselling with Audio and Webcam
I am a registered member of:
- Accredited Member of the (BACP) The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Accredited Professional member of (NCPS) The National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
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.
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.
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.
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
£60.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I recognise that life can be busy so I offer one to one counselling for both daytime and evening sessions. I offer you the option of bringing my therapy services directly to you in your own home or work place via online video or telephone sessions or face to face in my office in Fairkytes Art Centre.
Individuals Face to Face - £60 for a 50 minute session
Telephone and Online Counselling - £60.00 per 50 minute session
Walk and Talk Counselling - £60.00 per 50 minute session at Langton's Gardens in Hornchurch.
Contact me for more information about what type of counselling will suit your needs.
Clinical Supervision Fees
- Supervision per hour – £60.00
- Supervision per Hour and a half session – £90.00
Concession rate offered to student counsellors on placement.
- Counselling students per hour - £50.00
- Counselling students Hour and a half session- £75.00
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Further information
I understand how daunting it can feel to contact a counsellor when you feel confused and overwhelmed. This is why I offer a free 30 minutes telephone consultation to have an informal call to see if I am the right counsellor to support you and to ask any questions you may have.
To get the best out of counselling, you need to feel comfortable with your therapist, so before making a decision, I am more than happy to talk to you on the phone to see if we can work together. After all, counselling is an investment in you and you deserve to choose someone that suits you, there is no obligation or pressure to book an appointment.
I may not be able to always answer my phone, please leave a message and a number that I can reach you on and I will return your call as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can email me using the email me feature at the top of my profile. Please be aware my reply to your email may go into your spam folder.
