About me
I am a fully qualified registered counsellor/psychotherapist working in Colchester, offering one-to-one or online private sessions in a safe and confidential space, where you can be listened to and express your uncensored thoughts.
As a humanistic counsellor, I will encourage you to bring your own issues, feelings, beliefs or behaviours to work at your own pace. However, collaboratively with you, we will establish what is the best way to help you achieve your goals.
I work with adults individually and in couples. Additionally, due to my training and experience working in schools, I also offer sessions with young people.
I offer support in the day-to-day worries, difficulties and/or distress you may be experiencing in your life. Therapy can be a helpful place to process your feelings and thoughts if you have or are experiencing; a relationship breakdown, loss, grief, anxiety, depression or trauma.
I offer a free initial 20 minute consultation over the phone or online where we can get to know each other. I consider it important to give you the opportunity to decide if you'd like to work with me.
I tend to see clients on a weekly basis in-person, online or by telephone, if after the consultation or during our work together you don’t think we are the best match, I will try my best to signpost you somewhere else.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy
Diploma of Higher Education in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Level 5 Couples Counselling
Previous training, CPD or workshops in additional areas such as;
- IARTT Rewind Therapy Training.
- Eating Disorders in Children and Young People
- Grief, Loss and Bereavement
- BME (Black and Minority Ethnic), Refugee and Asylum Seekers, Multicultural or mixed background community
- Various training on Domestic Violence
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
£45.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£55.00 per session for individual counselling
£70.00 per session for couples counselling
limited slots for concessions at £45 for Individuals or £65 for couples (online only)
I offer a 20 minute initial consultation to every new client free of charge prior to contracting.
When I work
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Further information
I hold comprehensive professional Indemnity Insurance.
Registered with ICO (Information Commissioner’s Officer).
I hold a DBS.
