This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). I work with adults and young people, usually 16 plus.
I have varied experience, but key areas of my work include:
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Depression and low mood
- Self-esteem issues
- Feelings of isolation or hopelessness
- Bereavement and grief, including loss to suicide
- Relationship issues
- Concerns related to retirement
- Men's issues
- LGBTQ+ issues
My Philosophy
I believe that counselling is a powerful and special opportunity to grow and heal and have witnessed the amazing capacity for humans to overcome challenges with the right support. My role is to provide a truly listening ear in a quiet, professional, compassionate and safe space where you can be yourself and gently work through whatever you may need to.
The special therapeutic relationship that this requires is something I hugely value and see as a great privilege. Ultimately, I aim to respect who you are and help you realise and expand your understanding of yourself and your needs.
What to Expect Working With Me
As a person, I am warm and grounded and someone you will find easy to talk to and trust. I work in a tailored, integrative way to best support your individual needs and am not bound within one counselling methodology or modality. I will tailor our sessions to your needs, helping you to work towards any goals you may have, or simply offer my support along your journey to better mental health and wellbeing. We can explore feelings, emotions, thoughts and life patterns that may be causing you pain or distress. Whether you want to explore and make sense of your life today or work on past experiences that appear to be holding you back, I very much hope that I can be of help.
Together, we can enable you to find better ways of being, either through in-person sessions, on the telephone/online or via walk-and-talk sessions out in nature. This can be done at a pace and in a manner that you are comfortable with to help you manage your present experience in a healthier way. You can also be joined in your session by my trained therapy dog (a Bichon Frisé) if you would find this beneficial.
Taking time out to nurture yourself is hugely important and often much needed. Whatever your reason for looking for support at this time, I understand the effort and leap of faith that this involves. I look forward to receiving your call or email and starting your journey.
Training, qualifications & experience
I spent fifteen years working in education, where I was a safeguarding lead and looked after the holistic welfare of students. Working alongside therapists gave me the drive to explore more about the world of counselling and its impact. It was then that I realised I had found the work I really wanted to do and so I began my training journey to qualify as a professional counsellor.
Qualifications by Qualifying Body
Iron Mill College, Exeter:
- Certificate in Counselling
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (BACP)
- TA 101 Official Introduction to Transactional Analysis
Living Works Education:
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
Petes's Dragons:
- Bereavement and Loss Training
Intercom Trust:
- An Introduction to Working With Gender Diversity
Counselling tutor:
- An Introduction to Online and Telephone Counselling
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
£55.00 per session
Further information
Sessions are 50 minutes long at £55 per session and these can be in person (in my Tiverton counselling room), online/via telephone or out in the countryside with walk and talk/eco therapy.
Clients find that these are best completed weekly to maintain continuity.
Limited evening and weekend slots are available, with or without my trained therapy dog (Bichon Frisé).
