About me
My route into counselling started when I first experienced counselling as a client. I found it genuinely useful to have somewhere to talk openly, feel listened to, and make sense of what was going on without feeling like I had to have everything figured out already.
I’m not particularly formal in my approach. I don’t adopt a special ‘therapist persona’, and I think the relationship between us is an important part of the work. I take counselling seriously, but I don’t think every session needs to feel completely serious. There can be humour, honesty, curiosity and the occasional bit of silliness, alongside more difficult or challenging conversations.
I work in a person-centred way and will be led by you. I’m interested in your actual experience: what things feel like for you, what you notice, what you do, what you avoid, and what happens in your relationships.
I also try not to get too hung up on therapy language or diagnoses. They can be useful, but they don’t tell the whole story. I’m more interested in what something means to you and how it affects your life.
I’m aware too that not everything difficult comes from something within us that needs fixing. Our relationships, work, money, discrimination, inequality, family and the wider world can all affect how we feel and the choices available to us. I think there should be room to talk about those things in therapy.
I work in an LGBTQIA+ affirming and neurodiversity-affirming way. Ultimately, I want to understand the person in front of me rather than making assumptions based on a label, diagnosis or idea of what someone is supposed to be like.
Training, qualifications & experience
Before becoming a counsellor, I worked in education and the charity sector, supporting people in all sorts of circumstances. I qualified with a postgraduate diploma in Humanistic Counselling from York St John University in March 2026, having previously completed Levels 2 and 3 with York Learning. I have been working with clients since January 2024.
I run my own private practice, am an Associate Counsellor with a local group practice, volunteer with 1-2-1 Counselling York and also work in partnership with York LGBT Forum.
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
I am a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, and have a particular interest in working with activists and protesters who are engaged with climate issues
As a person who doesn't sit neatly in a particular gender role, and who lives with dyspraxia, I am very receptive to working with clients who are experiencing similar.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer sessions face to face in an accessible building in the centre of York. I also offer sessions online.
I maintain a couple of slots in my week to offer lower cost counselling for counselling trainees, at £35 per session.
Further information
Our first interaction will be a free 20 minute consultation - typically over the phone or a video call.
In this call we'll both introduce ourselves, I'll tell you about how I work, and there will be space for us to share anything important and ask any questions - there's no such thing as a silly question!
Once we have done this, you can decide if you're happy to continue - if so, we would book in our sessions and go from there.
