About me
I am a registered integrative psychotherapist, occupational therapist and supervisor with over fifteen years across the NHS, The Priory, private practice and corporate settings. I am registered with UKCP/BACP for psychotherapy and HCPC for occupational therapy, and I work with most major UK insurance providers including BUPA, Aviva, Vitality and WPA.
I work with adults who have done some of the obvious work and have reached the harder, less obvious layer underneath. People who are not in crisis but are not where they want to be. People who have had insight without it producing change.
My approach is integrative and relational, drawing on psychodynamic, somatic, parts-based and evidence-based cognitive and exposure-based approaches as the work requires. What I bring specifically is the capacity to stay with you in the disorientating phase between recognising that the old frame no longer fits and finding what comes next. That phase is uncomfortable and most therapy moves past it too quickly. I have learned not to.
Areas of focus include anxiety, ADHD, depression, OCD, phobias, eating disorders, addiction, low self-esteem, relational and identity issues, and the long aftermath of difficult childhoods.
Sessions are weekly. In person in Broadway, Worcestershire, or online across the UK and internationally. I also offer occasional group work.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Experience
Alongside my private practice, I have worked in a range of mental health services, including General Acute Psychiatric Hospitals (NHS), Community Mental Health Teams (NHS), Crisis and Home Treatment Teams (NHS), and an Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit within The Priory Group. This breadth of experience has allowed me to work with individuals presenting with complex emotional, psychological, and behavioural difficulties across different stages of life.
My approach is integrative and relational, drawing on psychodynamic, somatic, parts-based, and evidence-based cognitive and exposure approaches. I draw from existential and depth-psychological traditions when clients arrive with questions of meaning, faith, or how to live when an inherited framework no longer holds. A portion of my practice is with high-performing clients- including people in finance, technology, and leadership roles- whose presenting issues appear in their work but whose underlying material is usually older than the work itself. The work is psychotherapy, not coaching, applied to whatever context the client lives in.
Qualifications
- BA Hons English Literature Cardiff University.
- BSc Hons Occupational Therapy Coventry University.
- Graduate Certificate in Psychotherapy Birmingham City University.
- Post Graduate Certificate in Psychotherapy Birmingham City University.
- MSc Integrative Psychotherapy Birmingham City University.
Professional Memberships
I am accredited with UKCP, BACP and HCPC.
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.
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.
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
£110.00 - £140.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£120 per 50-minute session (daytime, 9am–6pm) £140 per 50-minute session (evenings, after 6pm).
Sessions are weekly. Online and in-person available.
I offer a free 20-minute initial consultation by phone or video to see whether we are a good fit before booking.
Cancellations require 48 hours' notice. Sessions cancelled within 48 hours are charged in full.
I am registered with HCPC/UKCP/ BACP and abide by their ethical framework.
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