This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Welcome! Talking about feelings can seem scary, especially if life seems overwhelming or you're feeling stuck, or alone, and don't know where to turn. The word therapy means ‘to stand beside the other’ and together, in a non-judgemental space, I can work with you on whatever's challenging or overwhelming you or your relationship, helping you to explore new choices - at your own pace. If you’re feeling lost, scared or distressed, I offer support to find some clarity, with warmth and integrity.
Throughout our lives, we all develop habits, and sometimes quite rigid patterns of behaviour, to protect ourselves, usually without realising. I can help you to identify these in the hope you'll start to find life a bit easier. I'm also interested in how we all hold emotions and anxiety in our bodies - and how to locate what causes tension and distress, making it easier to bear.
I work with issues from fear, loss and grief; family, parenting, work and relationship issues, fertility and pregnancy issues, anger, general stress or ‘stuckness’; addictive behaviour, anxiety (GAD), panic and depression and trauma. I also work with clients whose children are being diagnosed with neurodiversity (ie ADHD/ ASD) and clients who are wondering about their own neurodiversity (I can't diagnose you 'officially', however.)
I'm primarily a Gestalt therapist, which means looking at what is happening in the here and now for you, as well as in the past, and what might have led you to where you are now; we can also explore plans and/ or fears for the future. I draw on different therapeutic models. If you want to simply talk, or are interested in using creativity to gain new perspectives, such as journal writing or free drawing, we can do that together, exploring how to move into new cycles of experience. We all deserve the chance to express ourselves without being judged, and to find our own light.
I work with couples as well as individuals; I meet couples online first to see if we are the right fit for each other before a first session. I offer face to face, online and phone sessions, and occasionally I have a lower-cost slot available.
Training, qualifications & experience
My belief in the vitality of connection with others led me to become a Samaritan at the age of twenty, some decades ago! Working in drama, the arts and media enabled me to experience and research countless walks of life, whether it was Relate's Sex therapy, stress at work or young people who persistently ran away. This background, along with writing and university teaching (working with students), led to my counselling training: at the renowned Gestalt Centre in London and at the Psychosynthesis Trust.
As an experienced humanistic practitioner, I believe that mind, body and emotions are linked and that good therapy can help in most areas of life. I've worked in community counselling for some years, with clients of all backgrounds & age groups, from teens upwards. I continue to train in different areas, from bereavement to trauma, attachment therapy and disorders, shame and envy.
I’m BACP Registered and Accredited, which means I've undergone further classification; I always work within the ethical framework.
CERT COUNSELLING, PSYCHOSYNTHESIS TRUST, SE1
COUNSELLING PG DIP, GESTALT CENTRE. WC1
BEREAVEMENT TRAINING, LB CENTRE, SE8
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
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Additional information
I offer a 15 min free initial phone chat if you want to discuss what you're looking for before a 1st session.
Generally, counselling works best on a weekly basis. I’d suggest an initial meeting to help identify the key issues you wish to address, how I think I can help, and for us to decide whether and how we will work together.
I take a few lower-income clients if I have space, please enquire.
