About me
A warm, approachable and deeply empathetic counsellor with lived experience of neurodivergence
I offer one-to-one support to adults dealing with a wide range of life challenges in a safe and supportive environment in Charlton, Greenwich as well as in Brockley, Lewisham and have practised in the SE London area for many years.
As an integrative counsellor with a focus on person centred theory, I strongly believe in each person's ability to ultimately know themselves and what they need and therefore I work flexibly with every individual, tailoring my approach to their situation. Drawing on my wealth of experience, both personal and professional, combined with my expertise in a rich diversity of client groups, I take care to personalise the counselling journey to the needs of the person in front of me.
Anxiety, loss, trauma, abuse and bereavement are recurring themes in my work
as are issues around the stress and challenges of caring and caregiving including perinatal depression and parenting SEN children. Thus I'm able to offer a backbone of supportive counselling, helping clients of various ages to cope and progress through both acute shocks and complex traumas. In all of these issues, my lived and professional experience allows me to relate to the challenges of my clients in a meaningful way.
Various forms of childhood trauma can be underlying causes of ongoing symptoms especially in relationships and once successfully addressed in therapy these often gradually soften.
Neurodiversity including ASD, ADHD and Dyslexia has become a growing expertise in my work underpinned by my own experience of a late diagnosis
as well as my previous extensive work as a SEN play-therapist. Neurodivergence poses an increased risk of traumatic experiences in a neurotypical world including self worth issues and bullying.
LGBTQIA+ is another specialist area I have achieved many good results with as one of the marginalised groups that are often exposed to societal trauma
over the years I have successfully worked with many client issues around sexual orientation and gender identity, including polyamory and parenting transgender children.
Supporting parents and carers of children that don’t readily fit into society, for a variety of reasons, has become a passion of mine. Parenting is an ongoing challenge in our forever changing world and well supported parents and carers are able to raise more secure and authentic children that contribute to a fair and culturally rich society. Single and lone parents face particularly complex challenges and my experience of helping parents address their own childhood and adulthood issues has helped many of my clients improve their parenting style and find it a lot more manageable and satisfying.
Many of my clients have multiple areas of vulnerability and intersectionality and may also have grown up in dysfunctional and under resourced family systems, exposed to trauma, abuse and neglect.
Alongside my integrative approach drawing on person centred and psychodynamic theory I have started to include IFS ( Internal Family Systems) techniques in my work where appropriate and requested, which is providing exciting new ways of addressing internal conflicts and finding not only acceptance of challenging parts, but also facilitating deep healing of trauma from early childhood.
Counselling can be a daunting experience at first, but very rewarding if you feel ready to take on the challenge and are serious about wanting to transform your life.
My extensive experience of working with children and teenagers vastly informs my practice with young people and adults due to my deep compassion for and understanding of their childhood development and how experiences shaped them.
Training, qualifications & experience
Greenwich Carers’ Centre:
specialist experience working with carers facing issues around isolation, stress, anxiety and bereavement.
Mum's Aid:
Perinatal Depression counselling with expecting and new mums from all walks of life.
Special Needs School in SE London:
Providing Play-Therapy for special needs school children including sand trays. Many of the children were autistic and from BAME backgrounds facing complex family as well as social challenges.
SE London Hospice :
working with bereaved children and their families, including complex and traumatic bereavement through murder and suicide. Families typically from a very diverse ethical and cultural background with varying customs around death and dying.
Additionally I have engaged with clients affected by ADHD, Agoraphobia, Panic attacks, Insomnia, Redundancy, Child Sexual Abuse and Relationship break up.
Qualifications
- CPCAB Introduction to Counselling
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- OCN Level 5 in Counselling Children and Young People
- University Diploma Certificate in Psychology
Further Training
- Healthy Maternal Ambivalence
- Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Adult Survivors and their Relationships
- Intrusive Thoughts
- Self harm : The solution, not the problem
- Young people who self harm
- Young people with Eating Disorders
- An Attachment perspective on choosing ( or not choosing)
- The emotional legacy of Childhood Abuse and enduring impacts for Survivors
- Working with Young People in the LGBT Community
- Keeping the baby in mind: Working with mothers with severe mental illness
- Making connections with an autistic brain
- Grief works : Stories of life, death and surviving
- Trauma resolution focused therapy
- Online and Telephone counselling
- Internal Family Systems
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BACP CYP conference on neurodivergence
- BACP CYP conference on systems around the child
- Understanding trauma’s impact on the brain
- The HEAL method by Gabor Mate
Membership
Accredited and registered Member of the BACP
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Specialty areas include:
Child Sexual Abuse
LGBTQ+
Perinatal Depression
Neurodivergence
Parenting SEN children
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £90.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Adult session in person / online / telephone :
£ 80 to £ 90 per 50 min session depending on location.
Sessions in Charlton in person / online / telephone are £ 80
Sessions at &Osteo in Brockley and the Practice Rooms in Greenwich are £ 90
The first session will include an assessment and will help us decide, whether counselling is suitable for you at this moment and whether I am the right counsellor for you.
If you would like a free 15 min phone consultation prior to booking your assessment, please email me to arrange a mutually suitable time.
*Current availability in person or online in Charlton on Tuesdays 11 am and Wednesdays 1 pm *
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