About me
How Can I Help You?
I understand that it can take a great deal of courage to reach out to a counsellor for the first time. At times, life can feel overwhelming. You may be feeling sad, anxious, confused, or simply not yourself. Counselling offers a space to pause, reflect, and begin to work through whatever challenges you are facing.
Whether you are seeking support with life transitions, anxiety, depression, work-related difficulties, low self-confidence, relationship issues, or a general sense of feeling ‘stuck’, counselling can help. Some of the benefits may include:
- Gaining a deeper understanding of yourself
- Asking for your needs to be met
Working towards resolution of the issues that brought you to counselling - Developing ways to cope with stress and anxiety
- Recognising and changing unhelpful behaviour or relationship patterns
- Building confidence and self-esteem
- Finding and strengthening your voice
I offer a calm, empathic, and non-judgemental relationship where you can feel safe to be yourself. I will work alongside you at your own pace, helping you explore and make sense of your experiences. Through this process of self-discovery, I will support you in making meaningful and lasting changes in your life.
I believe deeply that each person is unique and that there is no single approach that suits everyone. Our work together will be tailored to you as an individual. The relationship between counsellor and client is central to therapeutic change, and feeling comfortable with your counsellor is important.
Because it can be difficult to get a true sense of someone from a short profile, I offer an initial phone conversation before a first appointment. This gives you the opportunity to ask questions and to see whether we feel like a good fit to work together.
What to Expect in the First Session
I don’t use formal assessments or structured questionnaires. I’m much more interested in meeting you as a person than in completing forms.
Our first session is a gentle beginning. We will talk about what has brought you to counselling at this point in your life, any previous experiences you may have had of therapy, and what you are hoping might feel different as a result of coming. You might not have clear answers to those questions — that’s completely fine. Often people arrive simply knowing that something doesn’t feel right.
Above all, the first session is about beginning to build trust. Starting counselling can feel exposing or uncertain, and I don’t take lightly the courage it takes to sit down with someone new and talk about your inner world. My priority is that you feel safe, heard and respected.
There is no pressure to tell your whole story straight away. We move at your pace. I will listen carefully and thoughtfully, and we will begin to get a sense of how we might work together.
It is also important that you feel able to decide whether I am the right counsellor for you. The first session gives you space to ask questions, notice how you feel in the room, and consider whether this feels like a relationship in which you could do meaningful work.
If we choose to continue, we can then think together about what you would like to focus on and how we might shape the work going forward.
Training, qualifications & experience
I work in private practice, offering counselling locally in person and online. I have supported adults of all ages, from 18 to 80, each bringing their own unique experiences, challenges and hopes for change. I am a qualified integrative counsellor and a registered member of the BACP, working within its ethical framework.
My core approach is person-centred, meaning you guide the pace and focus of our work. I work collaboratively and sensitively, helping you explore what may be preventing you from moving forward and supporting you to develop greater clarity, self-understanding and confidence.
I offer one-to-one sessions face to face, online via Zoom, and by telephone.
I am committed to continuing professional development. My additional training includes as examples, solution-focused counselling, bereavement, childhood sexual abuse, working with children and young people, and adolescent self-harm, alongside other specialist areas that inform my practice. Alongside my clinical work, I also teach counselling courses, which helps keep my practice reflective and grounded in current thinking.
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
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge £70 for a 50 minute counselling session.
I charge £70 for a 60 minute supervision session.
Payment is in advance by BACS or cash in the session.
When I work
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I offer daytime and some evening appointments.
Further information
I work from a quiet and private room in Maidenhead.
I am located close to the M4 and M40. On street parking is available.
