About me
I have been working as a qualified counsellor since 2009. Alongside my private practise I counsel students at a local university where I have been since 2013. I can offer a safe confidential space to support you if you are:
- feeling unhappy/unfulfilled and want to make a change in your life
- trying to cope with something in your life that has changed in a way you weren’t expecting/ready for (a bereavement, redundancy, end of a relationship)
- wanting to understand yourself better: exploring your identity, making sense of past experiences, working out how you want your future to be
I have a wealth of experience of counselling people going through life transitions from moving out of home for the first time or embarking on a new career to losing a significant relationship which leads to the need to find a new way of living.
I meet and see each of my clients as unique and individual. My aim is to learn who you are, how you make sense of the world and what has led you to seek counselling. It is rare we get the chance to share our story with someone who is completely focused on us and our personal goals. This is where self-understanding can be achieved and healing can happen.
Training, qualifications & experience
Alongside my private counselling work, I also work at a local university providing counselling to students.
I have experience of counselling in an employment setting and working in an NHS secondary mental health team and community based mental health charity.
I have an Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling which I completed in 2009. Since qualification, I have completed further training in NLP, DBT, Solution Focussed Therapy, Online Counselling and various other specific courses.
During my training, and beyond, I had placements in a GP surgery, Primary School, a Youth Offending team, a Domestic Violence support service, a bereavement service and sixth form college.
I am a Senior Accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
£45 per 50 minute session
Further information
I offer both short and long term support and work both online or in person. For more information about me and my current availability please visit my website.
I offer a free 15 minute phone call prior to booking the first appointment so that you can ask me any questions and decide whether you would like to work with me.
