About me
A serious illness can change everything — it may leave you feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, anxious about the next tests and results, or maybe plagued by sleeplessness or brain fog affecting your day to day. I help people find their way back to feeling steady, and to make sense of what's happened.
I'm a registered nurse with over a decade in intensive care and specialist palliative care, and a person-centred counsellor. I understand both the medical and emotional sides of serious illness, so you won't need to explain procedures or terminology — we can begin exactly where you are.
I work with:
Adults affected by any illness - from a new diagnosis, coping with a chronic illness, or recovering emotionally after a hospital stay.
This may be: cancer, Parkinson's, COPD, injuries caused by trauma/accident, or chronic pain (and many more not listed here).
Family members or carers affected by someone else's illness.
Healthcare professionals processing their own difficult experiences.
Perhaps this sounds familiar.
After ICU, hospital, or a diagnosis like cancer:
- Isolation
- Anxiety
- Fear
- Trauma
Or further on, once the immediate crisis has passed:
- Grief for the life you expected
- Difficulty coping with how much has changed
- Health anxiety
- Not recognising yourself anymore
Wherever you are in that, you don't have to face it alone.
I work slowly, staying with what's arising rather than moving past it — often something shifts in that process, a release, or a quiet sense of acceptance. My approach is trauma-informed throughout: at your pace and with regular check-ins on what feels manageable to you.
A free 20-minute conversation is available before booking, with no obligation to continue.
Training, qualifications & experience
My Qualifications:
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP Accredited)
- COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills
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
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My rate is £60 per 50 minute online session via Zoom.
I also offer a free introductory call to find out if we could work well together.
When I work
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