About me
Who do I work with;
I am trained to work with individuals, couples, families, kinship relationship, groups and organisations who are finding life and relationships difficult.
My Psychotherapeutic Approach: Systemic psychotherapy takes a wide lens to any difficulty, moving focus away from ideas of an individual embodying a problem and looking at ways in which the wider systems within which they live influence and constrain development and solution of difficulties. Systems of beliefs, values, relationships, culture and society and others all contribute to the way in which we live and understand our lives. In particular Systemic Psychotherapy will focus on how an individual, family or group’s personal relationships, behaviour patterns, and life choices are interconnected with the issues they face in their life. For many, systemic psychotherapy is experienced as empowering and provides insight into how patterns established throughout life are now found to be limiting their options, relationships, experiences and mental health. It is also a psychotherapeutic approach that enhances resilience to future events, problems and/or distress.
The kind of issues I work with:
- Relationship difficulties - these include family, friendship, work and romantic relationships, abuse & trauma
- Family and Parenting issues including co-parenting, separation, divorce, child/parent mental health, behavioural issues, child to parent violence, teenage issues, death/grief.
- Mood & mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety
- Identity and Self-Esteem issues
- Health issues such as stress, sleep difficulties, chronic or terminal illness, and life changing illnesses and their impact
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc Systemic Psychotherapy (Distinction)
BA Applied Social Science
I have over 30 years’ experience working with Adults, Children, Adolescents, Couples and Families within Health, Local Authority, Education and Voluntary Sectors.
I have specialist experience in working with families where they are at the edge of breakdown, looked after children, Foster and Adoptive Families. I also have extensive expertise as an NVR Parent Coach/Therapist where there is Child-to-parent violence, child anxiety, emotionally-based school avoidance and child behavioural issues.
I love of learning and seek to continually expand my knowledge, development and training. As such I have associated training and qualifications in: Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy, Somatic Therapy, DBT, CBT, Advanced NVR, CATT (Creative Accelerated Trauma Therapy), Neurodiversity, Suicide Prevention, Adult & Child Safeguarding and Self-Harm.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£85.00 - £125.00
Additional information
Fees are payable by cash or Bank Transfer on the day of your appointment. Full fees are payable if a session is not attended or cancelled with less than 12 hours notice.
Sessions are 50 minutes long, some people prefer the initial appointment to be 1 hour 20 minutes and for this a separate fee applies.
When I work
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Online Sessions offered most evenings, Face 2 face Mon, Wed & Fri evenings. Saturday morning sessions available at rates of £100 individual, £110 couple, £130 families/groups of 3+
Further information
My special interest is working with individuals, Couples and Families where one person is diagnosed with a mental or chronic/life changing illness.
