About me
Hello and welcome.
You have taken an important step in acknowledging that you'd like to talk with someone independent about whatever is troubling you and I hope you will find it will be of benefit to you.
As an accredited counsellor with BACP with 25 years of counselling experience, I am happy to work with most concerns and have particular interest and experience in working with the following issues:
- Family issues
- Relationship issues
- Bereavement by suicide
- Gender identity
- Alcohol/ drugs
- Neurodiversity
- Depresson, anxiety or stress
- Trauma
- Infertility
- Long-term health conditions
- Menopause
If you have been finding things difficult recently, I will provide a safe and supportive space in which you can talk about whatever you want. We will work at your pace and focus on what you would like to discuss.
We will work together to help you to understand yourself and your responses better.
I use Carl Rogers' Person-Centred Approach. This means that I want to get to know you as a person, helping you to put into words what you are struggling with and to help you become 'unstuck' by facilitating you getting in touch with your own internal growth mechanism ('self-actualising tendency').
I can meet with you in person in Dundee or Arbroath or we can do online or telephone counselling sessions. I am able to be flexible regarding the timing and the frequency of your sessions.
I offer a free 15-minute introductory call on Zoom or telephone so that we can both see if we would be a good fit to work together. It is important that you feel you can talk freely and that you feel comfortable with whoever you choose as your counsellor.
I look forward to meeting you if you think you would like to work with me.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc Counselling and Health (2003)
- BACP Accreditation (2009)
- COSCA Certificate in Counselling Supervision, (2012)
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling Course (2020)
- Learn to Love Online Therapy Course (2021)
- Trauma Informed Practice Course (2024)
- Extended Certificate in Online and Telephone Supervision (in process)
I have worked as a counsellor for 25 years in many clinical settings, including NHS fertility clinic, NHS Occupational Health Department, NHS GP practices, Voluntary sector and in private practice.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Parenting donor-conceived children
- Donor conceived adults
- Bereavement following loss by suicide
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Payment for your session is due at/ prior to the session.
You are welcome to pay via bank transfer or to pay in cash.
Further information
I can see you face-to-face in my garden office or in a central accessible office in Dundee. I am also able to work with you online or via telephone counselling.
Before starting to work with you, I offer a free 15-minute introductory telephone session. This is to help us both decide if we are a good fit and feel we can work well together.
