This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a fully qualified supervisor and a fully qualified counsellor.
As a counsellor I am trained in both the Person Centred Approach and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). As both a supervisor and counsellor I believe strongly that a creative relationship with the supervisee or client, focused on their needs and based on trust and equality, is the road on which that client can find and address their issues. I will listen attentively and actively to hear what is said, try to help supervisees and a client identify what is often not said and help with my experience of a variety of training and different disciplines to meet the unique needs of each person. I have considerable experience of working with people with anxieties, depression, suicidal thoughts, traumas, losses and relationship problems. I always seek to work in the client's world as they see and experience it. I do not seek to advise or direct unless requested, and always with the clients agreement on any plans. I believe that my experiences of working with people of all ages and backgrounds in often difficult circumstances allows me to support a person, whatever their difficulties are and need may be. Equally at ease working with adults, including couples or young people, I have over ten years counselling experience of working with both, and ten years experience previously working and helping people when they are in crisis, working with a variety of agencies and in schools (secondary).
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling Concepts Course 2011(Harrow College)
Foundation Degree in Counselling (Harrow College via Middlesex Uni) 2011-2014
Diploma in CBT (CBCAB Level 5) 2015-2016
Trained and qualified in Mediation Skills (2006)
Hostage and Crisis Negotiator (2008)
Conflict Coach (CMP Resolutions) 2012
Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) assessor 2016
Diploma in Clinical Supervision (2024)
I have ten years experience working in schools with children of all ages, teachers and staff. My development training includes child protection, working with vulnerable children, alcohol dependency, working with people with depression, diagnosed mental health conditions, trauma.
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
In abuse cases supporting family members who have been witnesses/affected by the abuse.
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 per session
Additional information
£40 per session - 50 mins. First session £20
Reductions available for students and fees may be negotiated dependent on circumstances and frequency of sessions
Couples 75 min session probably ideal but we can arrange when we speak.
Further information
I have extensive experience in working with members of the emergency services and military.
I work from premises in central Hereford and Bromyard.
