About me
Are you trying to work out how to take the next step, wondering who can help with the challenges, the stuckness, the "I don't know what to do/how to handle this?" If so the first step is for us to have a free 20 minute introductory call to see how it feels to talk to me. To trust your instinct, about how that call feels, is the first step in a therapeutic relationship and the strength of that relationship has been shown to be the best indicator for successful therapy.
We can explore what it is you need and want, the patterns which keep you stuck, how change might feel, what acceptance might look like, how living life more fully could be.
I am an integrative, relational therapist which means I tailor the therapy to your specific needs. I work with a range of issues including anxiety and depression. I believe such feelings often result form loss, a sense of disconnection, life transitions, such as divorce or bereavement, and challenges which have left you feeling unseen and unheard. I wonder how you would feel to be truly heard in a supportive, safe, space just for you?
My first career was as a Divorce and Family Lawyer so I have substantial experience in dealing with the emotional turmoil this often creates and in contact and residence orders. (I am a qualified mediator.)
Alongside my private practice, I volunteer in a local hospice, meeting with those whose loved one has died and helping them to process their grief.
My client's have valued my ability help them find their own solutions; to recognise their own worth; to listen, without judgement; to learn self-compassion; my empathy and calm; but primarily for feeling heard.
I believe in equality, diversity and inclusion and enjoy working with neurotypicals and neurodivergents. We are all unique and I love that.
Training, qualifications & experience
Core Training:
- FdSc Counselling and Psychotherapy (Greenwich)
- NCFE CACHE Levels 1-3 Counselling (CACHE)
- BA(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Durham)
- Accredited mediator. (Align Mediation Ltd)
Additional Training:
- Working with Shame (Carolyn Spring)
- The Process of Dying, The Tasks and Stages of Mourning, Complicated Grief
- Domestic Abuse
- Oliver McGowan Training in Learning Disability and Autism
- Safeguarding adults
In addition to my private practice I work as a bereavement counsellor in a local hospice.
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
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge £70 for a 50 minute session, sometimes called the therapeutic hour. I offer an initial 15 minute telephone call, free of charge, to help you decide if I am the right person for you.
Concessionary rates are available on request.
When I work
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Please contact me for my availability as it varies all the time.
Further information
I have rooms in central Guildford. Please contact me for availability, as it changes all the time.
I am a registered member of the BACP and abide by their ethical framework, which includes regular anonymised supervision.
I hold an enhanced DBS, am registered with the ICO and fully insured.
