About me
Whatever your reasons for seeking counselling, I offer a confidential, non-judgemental space for you to unburden and feel heard.
You may be feeling anxious, stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure why certain patterns keep repeating in your life or relationships. These feelings can be hard to make sense of alone. Together, we can explore what is going on for you, at your pace, and begin to understand how your past experiences may be affecting your present.
Psychodynamic counselling looks beyond symptoms to help uncover the deeper emotional roots of distress. Through our work, people often gain greater self-awareness, feel less burdened by inner conflict, and start to make choices that feel more authentic and fulfilling.
How I Can Help
I work with adults (18+) on a wide range of issues, including:
Anxiety and panic
Low self-esteem or self-worth
Relationship difficulties
Grief and loss
Feeling stuck or unfulfilled
Work-related stress or burnout
Childhood trauma or emotional neglect
Repeating patterns in behaviour or relationships
The Way I Work
I offer weekly, one-to-one counselling sessions in a peaceful consulting room in central Newbury. Our sessions provide a consistent and private space to explore your thoughts, feelings and experiences.
Sessions last 50 minutes and take place at the same time each week. Therapy can be short-term or open-ended, depending on your needs.
My approach is relational and psychodynamic, meaning we will be curious together about how your early relationships and unconscious processes may be influencing your life today. Over time, this can lead to deep and lasting change.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Diploma in Psychodynamic Theory and Counselling following four years of training accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and validated by the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC).
I have worked as a counsellor at Time to Talk youth counselling charity in Newbury, at YMCA Southampton Counselling, with SAGE counselling in Southampton and I currently work in private practice in Newbury.
I attend regular continuous professional development workshops and professional supervision. I am have also completed an Infant Observation training with the British Psychotherapy Foundation to increase my understanding of human development and relationships.
I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (membership no. 827936) and follow the ethical guidelines of this professional body.
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.
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
I offer weekly 50 minute sessions which will take place at the same time each week.
