About me
Is it time to talk to someone?
I am an experienced, integrative Level 7 counsellor and psychotherapist—fully registered with both the BACP and UKCP.
I provide general therapy for a wide range of life challenges. I specialise in anxiety, ADHD, depression, addiction, and relationship counselling.
Deciding to start therapy can feel daunting, and it is easy to tell yourself to just "carry on regardless." But you don't have to face your troubles alone. Therapy offers a safe space to clear the mists, get to the core of what is unsettling you, and break free from repeated, exhausting cycles.
My clients describe me as friendly, empathic, and thoughtful. Before becoming a therapist, I worked in business and navigated my own difficult periods, including alcoholism. This lived experience allows me to relate to your struggles with deep, non-judgmental empathy.
Whether we are gently untangling childhood experiences or navigating a current crisis, your session is always YOUR session. There are no rigid rules, and I do not set the agenda—you can speak completely confidentially about whatever you need to bring.
Individuals: Working with all age groups, from young adults navigating major life transitions to older adults facing complex life challenges.
Couples: Helping partners who are struggling to communicate, reconnect, or resolve ongoing relationship conflicts (backed by specialist COSRT-approved training).
Addiction & Recovery: Extensive experience supporting clients with alcohol, drug, food, or shopping addictions, as well as codependency (the painful need to feel needed).
I offer in-person sessions in St Albans, as well as online and telephone appointments nationwide. I currently have limited availability for new clients—please feel free to reach out to book an initial intro call.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications: Level 7 Master’s level Integrative Psychotherapist & Counsellor (Dip MSc).
Professional Registrations: Full Clinical Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and Full Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), with over 12 years of clinical experience.
Couples & Relationships: Distinction in Level 5 Relationship Therapy (COSRT-approved).
Addiction Expertise: Former Counselling Deputy Manager at a highly respected day-rehab facility, alongside many years providing one-to-one therapy for a national addiction charity.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£65.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My standard fee is £85, couples counselling, £120, students studying psychotherapy, £65, (limited availability). I offer individual clients a free 20 minute introductory session.
When I work
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Further information
I work in a gentle non authoritarian way, my hope for you is that you find your own solutions to your issues. All to often friends and relatives will say 'You should do this', or 'I know what you need'... That is often not that helpful. For me, therapy is about finding your own answers and then acting on them. There is a saying in the therapy world... 'The client has the answers', it is just about finding them.
I work via Zoom as well as from my home in St Albans. There is plenty of parking at no charge.
