About me
I approach the work I do with a warm, empathetic, non-judgemental manner.
My setting is a welcoming counselling room in a log cabin with the facilities to explore creatively if appropriate. I am Autistic and ADHD.
Initially training in art, which I still enjoy, I then embarked on my counselling career almost 20 years ago. I gained a degree in Humanistic counselling at Chichester University.
My experience has seen me in a collaborative partnership running a school counselling service in Hampshire, working for a bereavement charity and a diverse private client list. I have particular experience in Autism, ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, Chronic illness and wellbeing.
My love for animals is noticeable in my counselling setting. My garden and the path to the log cabin has a farm yard feel with chickens and ducks free roaming. Being in the presence of animals, I believe, has a therapeutic effect in itself.
I now also offer nature therapy, working outside in nature to harness the healing benefits nature using the Japanese tradition of forest bathing, Shinrin-Yoku. There is not water involved other than the rain! You are bathing and immersing in nature.
I offer face to face, online, home visits, telephone and text counselling.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA (hons) degree in Humanistic Counselling
- Advanced diploma in Counselling
- Experience: Co-Ran and worked in school counselling service in multiple schools, primary, middle, senior
- 15 years + counselling experience
- Seasonal Counsellor for Family Bereavement Charity
- Private Practice
- Senior therapist for Mosaic (child bereavement)
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
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Further information
Initial we will have a conversation over the telephone to get to know each other a little and discuss what you would like to gain from counselling. We will then book our first session and agree if these will be weekly or fortnightly. The amount of session will vary depending on why you are attending counselling but it is something that we will review regularly. Usually a minimum of 6 session will be beneficial.
I can take a card payment or send a link before the session. I will accept cash with a receipt on request.
payment must be before or at the time of the session.
