About me
Have you reached a point where you don’t quite recognise yourself anymore?
Perhaps you’re so used to looking after everyone else that you’ve lost sight of your own needs. You may be feeling anxious or overwhelmed, or finding yourself questioning who you are and what you want. You may be finding it difficult to set boundaries or say no, caught in patterns of people-pleasing, or struggling with guilt and the feeling that you should be coping better than you are.
For many women, becoming a mother can bring these feelings into sharper focus. Alongside the love and joy, motherhood can profoundly change how we see ourselves and those around us, sometimes challenging expectations we didn’t realise we held. It can also lead us to reflect on our own childhood and the relationships we had with our parents, including patterns we may have carried into adult life.
As a person-centred counsellor, I offer a warm and accepting environment where you can feel heard and understood. I’ll listen carefully and work alongside you, at your pace, focusing on what feels most important to you.
Becoming a mother myself has had a significant influence on my work as a counsellor. My own experience has given me a personal understanding of how much motherhood can change us, and how difficult it can be to reach out for support, especially when you feel you should be coping.
I have also worked as a counsellor at a domestic abuse charity, supporting women through deeply complex and traumatic experiences. I understand that sometimes the things we carry are not easy to put into words, and it can take time to make sense of how our experiences have shaped us.
I now work with women navigating periods of change and uncertainty, including motherhood, relationship difficulties, questions about identity, and the emotional impact of difficult family dynamics.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
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
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions are either in person in Manchester or remotely online and last 50 minutes. They are held at the same time each week.
