About me
We are much more than our thoughts alone. Yet, we often learn to focus on thinking, doing and finding solutions, while our inner emotional experience receives less attention. When what we feel internally and how we understand ourselves begin to come into greater alignment and coherence, we can feel more connected to ourselves and others and respond in ways that feel more authentic and appropriate to the situation.
It is human to experience difficult emotions and reactions throughout life. What can be worth exploring is when these feelings linger long after an event, return later with an intensity that is difficult to manage, or continue to affect our mental health and wellbeing, including our relationships with family and others.
This can happen when experiences have not been fully processed, leaving aspects of them emotionally active and easily triggered in the present. Over time, repeated or cumulative unresolved emotional experiences can contribute to patterns of responding that become increasingly difficult to manage. We may feel overwhelmed, disconnected or shut down, finding it harder to think clearly, function or cope with everyday life.
My work also focuses on what is happening within you: the feelings, experiences and patterns that may remain unresolved or have been pushed aside for a long time, waiting to be recognised but difficult to access or put into words.
In therapy, you don't need to have everything figured out before we begin. Together, we can create a safe space to explore what you are experiencing, including feelings that may be difficult to understand, express or even access. As you become more connected to what you feel and need, your experiences can begin to make more sense. Greater clarity and coherence between your feelings and thoughts can open up new perspectives and possibilities for change.
The aim is not simply to understand yourself differently, but to support change that develops from within.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a Level C Accredited Emotion-Focused Therapist, EMDR Therapist and Clinical Supervisor. I work with individual adults, in person in my quiet consulting room in Edinburgh's West End and online.
Counselling
A therapeutic and safe space to talk in confidence
Counselling offers a confidential, supportive and non-judgemental space to explore what is happening in your life, develop greater self-awareness and confidence, and make sense of your experiences.
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Working therapeutically with emotions to support deeper inner transformation and lasting change.
Emotion-Focused Therapy helps us understand, access and work with emotional experience, creating opportunities for emotional transformation and new and more helpful ways of engaging and responding.
EMDR Therapy
Processing overwhelming experiences that continue to be deeply impactful
EMDR can help process deeply distressing experiences that may remain emotionally active, deeply unsettling or insufficiently resolved, including experiences that may be difficult to fully process through conversation alone. Through bilateral stimulation, EMDR offers an additional way of working therapeutically with these experiences, helping to reduce their emotional intensity and integrate them into our wider life story, so that we can relate to them differently and with greater freedom.
What You Can Expect
We work collaboratively, at your own pace, regularly reviewing the work and adjusting the focus where needed.
Therapy may be short-term or longer-term, with regular and collaborative reviews.
I offer an initial complimentary 30-minute consultation, providing an opportunity to talk about what you are experiencing, ask questions and consider whether working together feels like a good fit.
There is no obligation to begin therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
Most relevant therapeutic trainings and qualifications:
Emotion Focused Therapy Supervision – Dr. Robert Elliot
Clinical Supervision – Northern Guild, Newcastle
EMDR Full Training – Dr. Sandi Richman
EFT for Complex Trauma – Dr. Sandra Paivio
EFT for Individuals – Dr. Robert Elliot & Dr. Lesley Greenberg
Masters in Counselling (Person-Centred & Psychodynamic), University of Edinburgh
I have worked in private practice for several years, and previously with:
Pastoral Foundation (PF)
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC)
CRUSE Bereavement Support
Place2Be
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a limited number of concessionary spaces for clients who would otherwise be unable to access private therapy.
When I work
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On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays I see clients in person and online, and my last session ends at 5:15pm.
