About me
I have some new availability on Wednesdays and Fridays.
I'm a qualified psychotherapist, NCPS accredited, BACP registered counsellor and AC accredited coach. I am committed to providing quality psychotherapy and counselling that is professional, compassionate, and potent. I aim to create a safe and supportive place to explore what's important to you - how you feel, think, and experience your life. Working in collaboration with you to bring you self-awareness, self-acceptance, and a new capacity to grow with life changes.
Before training as a therapist, I spent many years in corporate life. Indeed I continue to provide executive and performance coaching in several business settings. This enables me to stay close to and appreciate the impact of work-life balance, leadership and career pressures, role changes, redundancy, and retirement. I have also gained considerable experience as a counsellor with mental health charities MIND and MOSAC. The latter is dedicated to supporting families where sexual abuse has occurred. I grew up in Ireland, migrating to the UK for work and further studies.
About my service
I work with adults, offering individual and group counselling for various issues and problems. I work in a way that values and respects all of your experiences. My purpose is to heighten awareness and identify new resources which help you tackle difficulties, including traumatic historical or recent events. While my focus is on what's happening for you now, I provide a safe environment should it be beneficial to you to explore past situations or relationships that may be contributing to current challenges.
I am aware that what is sometimes called the inner critic or inner judge can lead to distress or trigger feelings of shame. Together we build ways to disengage from these negative thought processes and move toward an alternative, positive, realistic, balanced outlook.
Practically, I meet clients weekly for 50 minutes, ideally for a minimum of twelve sessions. However, this part of working together will depend on our mutual agreement during our initial sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP member of the counselling and Coaching divisions
- Qualified with a Level 7 Diploma in Psychotherapy
- Accredited Level 6 Diploma in Counselling (National Counselling Society
- Certificate in trauma-focused counselling
- Certificate in working with diversity
- Certificate in Trauma-focused therapy
- Assoc for Coaching Accredited Advanced Diploma in Coaching
- MSc in Innovation and Creativity in Leadership, City University
- British Psychological Society approved IAFPD Certificate in Coaching
- British Psychological Society approved Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy
- British Psychological Society approved the Certificate of attendance Certificate in Stress
Management - MAC - Member, Association for Coaching
Affiliate International Society for Coaching Psychology
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 - £70.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Sessions times are weekly for 50 minutes. My counselling session fees are:
- £45 per session for counselling students.
- £70 per session for online and face to face and phone-based counselling
- £70 per session for a walk and talk-based counselling.
When I work
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I am available UK wide online
I offer face to face sessions in dedicated therapy rooms In Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Wadhurst
