About me
Online Counselling
At CMCTalk, I offer online counselling, mentoring, and coaching to guide you on your journey toward growth, purpose, and fulfilment. Together, we’ll work to unlock your potential and create meaningful transformation in your life. We’ll uncover and release the limiting mind-sets, habits, and inner blocks that stand between you and your true potential. We’ll explore purpose and meaning in your life, and explore how they can guide you toward living fully and authentically.
Platforms
WhatsApp Video, iPhone FaceTime, Google Meet, Telephone.
What I offer
By letting go of fear and the need for external validation, we’ll reveal the dreams and desires that align with your deepest calling. From there, we’ll design a practical, inspiring plan to turn those dreams into reality - one that leads to genuine happiness and fulfilment.
With consistent, focused action, we’ll refine that plan as needed and navigate any setbacks along the way. As you connect more deeply with your authentic self, you’ll begin to see how the “invisible laws” of success work in your favour - making your goals not just possible, but inevitable.
How we will work together:
The therapeutic process will go at your pace for as long as you need, tackling difficult subjects when you feel you’re ready. We will be looking below the surface to understand the roots of the problem as well as developing strategies to help you to cope better and interrupt patterns of unhelpful behaviour and ways of thinking. When it feels right we will drop deeper into your psyche and explore your inner world and connect with the core of your being.
Author of:
- No Path to Enlightenment
- Living in a Silent Mind
- The Perennial Wisdom
Cancellation policy:
I request 24 hours' notice for cancellations. Cancellations made prior to this window are rescheduled with no penalty. Cancellations made without 24 hours’ notice but prior to the start of the session or no-shows or cancellations made after the start of the session incur a fee of £50.
Training, qualifications & experience
Formal qualifications
- Level 4 Diploma in the Theory & Practice of Counselling.
- Life Purpose Coach Diploma (CMA accredited)
- ADHD Coaching Diploma (CMA accredited)
- Registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP).
Personal and professional development
I've had the opportunity to further my knowledge and experience by completing training courses and research (on-going) in such areas as: life purpose, ADHD, bereavement/grief, mindfulness, personality and its transformations, positive affirmations, limbic system/emotions, subconscious process, the inner child, cognitive processes and emotive triggers.
My passion for mental health, psychology, psychotherapy and philosophy drives me to investigate the latest developments in areas concerned with the psyche; how it forms into our personalities and affects our behaviours. I'm fascinated by the transformative power of becoming more self-aware, something I have first-hand experience of.
Mental Health Student Mentor. Working with University students who have been assessed as needing mental health support. I provide that support throughout their course of study, along with coaching and guidance.
ACAS Certified Internal Workplace Mediator. ACAS certified training course, verified by the OCR accrediting body. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service is a Crown non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom. I act as a mediator between aggrieved parties to facilitate a resolution that both parties can agreed to, this is a service that hopes to avoid more formal processes.
Hospice work. During my 2 years volunteering at a local hospice I was privileged to work with clients of all ages and backgrounds facing the harshest life situations. I found it rewarding and humbling to be allowed into the private worlds of my clients; each has a unique story and each in their own way has shown how the human spirit has the potential to triumph over adversity. This work gave me invaluable therapeutic experience in grief and loss.
Personal experience
Beyond my formal qualifications, I draw on decades of lived experience, with all the twists, turns, highs and lows that life brings. Like many people, I understand what it’s like to carry the weight of difficult decisions, to sit with guilt, and to feel that deep, unsettling anxiety about what the future may hold.
I have experienced loss, relationship breakdowns, career changes, and financial challenges. Through it all, two constants have remained: a strong interest in philosophy and psychology, and a deep curiosity about the human mind and behaviour.
These interests, combined with my counselling training and personal experience, allow me to work with clients in a way that is both dynamic and responsive. My practice is grounded in Person-Centred Counselling, while also drawing on personal mentoring and guidance where it supports the client’s needs.
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
- Depending upon availability, fortnightly sessions are a possibility
- 1 hour online session: £50
- Method of payment: PayPal* or Bank transfer (*PayPal may charge a fee - I ask clients to cover this)
- I offer an initial 20 minute consultation free of charge.
When I work
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Further information
Counsultation
I offer a free 20 minute online/telephone consultation where we can discuss the reasons you have come to therapy. I will tell you about myself and my approach to counselling and a little about the therapeutic process. I will discuss the counselling contract and confidentiality. However, more importantly, we will see if there's a connection between us that feels right for beginning our therapeutic journey together.
I've found in my experience that you will instinctively know when you've found the right therapist. If it feels right and you would like to work with me then we can discuss practicalities such as when to start and agree upon a regular time to meet.
Cancellation policy:
I request 24 hours' notice for cancellations. Cancellations made prior to this window are rescheduled with no penalty. Cancellations made without 24 hours’ notice but prior to the start of the session or no-shows or cancellations made after the start of the session incur a fee of £50.
