This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I work as an integrative counsellor, having also trained in other techniques that I tailor to use working with each client as an individual, depending on your needs as they arise. I bring empathy, offer a safe and confidential space for clients to feel unjudged so they can take an honest look at current feelings and thoughts, which together we will work through, building the relationship so you feel supported and able to explore deeper feelings that may not have been allowed to ever surface within yourself, let alone trust yourself to say out loud. I will be alongside and support you through this journey at your pace, putting in place coping mechanisms for the future and enabling you to move forward with awareness, self-belief and empowerment.
Over the years, I have worked with a variety of clients of all ages, including NHS work with young people from 11+, from 13+ at Cotswold Counselling, I continue to volunteer one day a week counselling young people and believe the family system is important to acknowledge as well, hence I am undertaking training in systemic family therapy.
My career over the last 20 years has been based on understanding people and their needs, each one of us is unique in our life experiences, shaped by our early childhood and subsequent events that can result in us experiencing difficulties later in life, whether triggered by family, relationships or events, this is a moment to look and address the feelings, finding your way to understanding yourself at a deeper level.
I appreciate it is brave to take the first step to contact me, and it is key to work with someone on whom you can build trust to base the work on, hence I offer a 20-minute zoom appointment first, to hear about what you are looking for, if you have had previous therapy and I will explain how I work and give you a chance to ask any questions and decide whether you feel comfortable to start the relationship with me, if so, this is followed by a date and therapy appointment time. I am able to offer short or long term work, online or on the phone.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 2 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- CC Young Persons Training
- Level 1 DDP
- Registered Member of the 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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Person Centred Counselling
Integrative Counselling
YP Counselling
Sandtray therapy
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Initial 20 minute zoom free
Therapy session, 50 minutes £60
