About me
Hello, I offer counselling and psychotherapy for adults and adolescents wanting support with anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, stress, relationship difficulties and neurodivergence issues. I am also a qualified clinical supervisor and teach counselling to level 6.
At the heart of my practice is a recognition of the importance of you feeling understood, safe and accepted. People often want to gain insight into why they and others do the things they do, perhaps make sense of what may have happened/be happening in life, the impact, and what is important going forward. I offer a space for you to explore.
Sometimes people come because things are very hard; things feel overwhelming, it's difficult to cope and challenging to know the way forward. Whatever you bring, I offer empathic therapy, understanding and care, to ensure your needs are met, and your aims supported.
My qualifications include a Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, a Level 6 Transactional Analysis Counselling Diploma and a Level 6 Adolescent Counselling Diploma . I draw on a number of ways of working to ensure your needs are most helpfully supported. Overall, I aim to offer compassionate interventions and therapy respectful of who you are, your history, journey and choices.
I work online on weekdays. Drop me an email and we can arrange a time to have a chat either on the phone, or on zoom and see if we might be a good fit to work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience
Current: Private Practice Therapist and Clinical Supervisor, Primary School Therapist, counselling training Tutor.
Past: Secondary School Counsellor, University Counsellor and Therapeutic Creative Arts Group Facilitator, counselling training Tutor, Therapist for third sector adult counselling service
Prior to counselling work: Roles with children and families and for the Local Authority in relation to family support and special education needs and disability.
Qualifications
Postgraduate Level 7:
- Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy The Link Centre, Sussex (UKCP Organisational Member)
- Level 7 Advanced Certificate in Working With Children and Adolescents (in counselling and psychotherapy) The Berne Institute, Derby (UKATA Registered Training Establishment, academic partner of Middlesex University)
- Level 7 Child Development and Observation Studies (Psychodynamic) Terapia, London (UKCP Organisational Member, academic partner of Middlesex University)
Undergraduate:
- Level 6 Diploma in Clinical Supervision The Link Centre, Sussex (UKCP Organisational Member)
- Level 6 Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling The Link Centre, Sussex (UKCP Organisational Member)
- Level 6 Diploma in Counselling Teenagers (Integrative Creative Arts) - Distinction Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education, London (UKCP Organisational Member, academic partner of University of East London)
- Level 5 Foundation Degree in Childhood Studies with Special Education Needs Specialism - Distinction Canterbury Christ Church University
Continuing Professional Development Training
- Certificate in Working with Families (in Counselling and Psychotherapy) The Link Centre, Sussex (UKCP Organisational Member)
- Autism and Neurodivergence in Counselling and Psychotherapy
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).
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 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Standard rate: £60 per session; concessions available - please ask.
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