This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
As your counsellor, I am here to support you with a therapeutic space where you can be assured of an understanding, non-judgmental acceptance of whatever feelings you need to explore. Using an integrative counselling approach, I help you to look at what is happening in your life now, and how your past experiences and childhood have shaped and continue to influence you today. Understanding what makes us tick is key to knowing how to begin to make changes, and these changes can be transformative. Together we can consider ways for you to do this, and always at your pace.
I have specialist training in loss and bereavement. Loss impacts our lives in so many ways, whether through the loss of a loved one or pet, a redundancy, a lifestyle change, retirement, the end of a relationship, becoming a carer, or loss of health to name a few. Sometimes even happy events can bring mixed feelings, which can be so confusing. Grief shows up in many ways. Whatever is troubling you, I will support you through it.
You might want short-term therapy, or be looking at longer term, and we will review how you are doing regularly so you feel you are getting the most from your sessions.
I have a special interest in how our physical and mental health is linked. Prolonged stress or anxiety can manifest in physical ways. Chronic conditions, a sudden illness, or a rare disease diagnosis, whether for you or a loved one can take some processing and I support and understand the challenge this presents.
My practice is based at my home in Orpington. I have a comfortable, private room on the ground floor. There is easy parking outside and I am on a bus route.
Please do take a look at my website, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
My qualifications include:
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma- Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 - Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 -Counselling Skills
- TA (101) Transactional Analysis
I have further specialist training in loss, grief and bereavement and have been offering counselling support to bereaved clients in my role at a local hospice since 2022.
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
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a 15-minute consultation telephone call. There is no charge for this.
When I work
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Where possible, I offer flexible session times for shift-workers.
Further information
Working 'integratively', we will look at your life's experiences, as far back as early childhood, and what's happening now to work out what is behind your feelings. You'll have a safe, non-judgmental space where you can say whatever you need, however difficult, and be supported by me as you find ways to make the changes you want.
