About me
Perhaps you feel stuck, overwhelmed or disconnected from yourself or from the people around you? Maybe you are struggling to make sense of things that have happened to you, a relationship, a choice you have made, or simply the direction your life is taking. Sometimes we know that something is not right without being clear about what can or needs to change.
I am a humanistic psychotherapeutic counsellor with over 10,000 hours of practice. I offer a non-judgemental and inclusive practice and am LGBTQI+ ND affirmative.
I see my role as a confidential companion for a small part of your journey. I provide a space where you can slow down, explore what is happening and make more sense and meaning of things. I believe people have a capacity for growth and change, and that each of us has our own path to cut through the woods.
I work in an experiential, Person-Centred and relational way. You lead on what we talk about and I look after the process. I remain curious about what you are experiencing in the moment, including feelings, thoughts, relationships and the felt sense of what is happening. Sometimes what happens between us in the therapy room can help us understand what is happening in your life outside it.
Our experiences can teach us a great deal, but some experiences can also teach us that we are not okay. We may then develop ways of behaving that protect us but leave us feeling unseen, disconnected or alone. Therapy can help us understand these patterns, reconnect with our own resources and discover more authentic ways of being.
I hold a postgraduate qualification in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Brighton and am a member of BACP. I also have professional training in menopause and the mind, online and telephone counselling, relational depth, BPD, dreams and child protection.
I am experienced in working with neurodiversity, which I perceive as a difference and not a disorder. In my view, the pathologising of individual difference is not okay.
First Session: I offer a free 30 minute consultation (via Zoom or Telephone) for prospective clients to confidentially discuss the expectations for counselling; and whether we feel it is good to enter the process together. I also offer a £50, 50 minute In Person consultation in central Brighton or Lewes.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post-Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling (University of Brighton) Level 2 Person Centred Counselling Skills (Sussex Downs)
Counselling and Bereavement Support CPD (Martlets Hospice)
Menopause and the Mind CPD (New Road Psychotherapy)
Working At Relational Depth CPD (www.caracounsellingtraining.co.uk )
Interpersonal Needs Specialist: FIRO-B practitioner (OPP/Myers Briggs)
Online Counselling CPD - A Corona Virus Primer (Open University/BACP) Moving Your Practice Online CPD (Online Therapy Institute) Child Protection in Education CPD (Educare part of TES) BPD Cert CPD (New Road Psychotherapy)
Dreams - Body Interpretation CPD (New Road Psychotherapy)
Focusing - experiential humanistic interpretation
PGCE Social Science (University of Keele)
BA Hons Economic and Social Studies (University of East Anglia)
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
authenticity; career transition; creative blocks; dreams and nightmares; dysregulation; motivation; procrastination; sadness; uncertainty; aloneness; focusing
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per session (50 mins): concessions available
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