About me
Hi, my name is Gen - most people find it easier to use than my full name.
Coming to counselling can feel daunting, especially if you’re not used to talking about your feelings, but my aim is to help you feel at ease, listened to and understood from the very beginning.
Our work will begin with me listening to what has been going on for you and what has brought you to seek support. Using the most up-to-date tools and techniques we will, together, formulate a plan for moving forward, and then work through it in a way and at a pace that is right for you as an individual.
I am a qualified integrative counsellor with a background as a learning disability and mental health nurse, and I bring over a decade of experience working within mental health services in NHS. I have worked with adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, bereavement, stress, low mood, relationship difficulties and life transitions, as well as supporting autistic and neurodivergent individuals.
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on a range of approaches to suit your individual needs, including Person-Centred counselling, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, and somatic approaches, alongside practical, evidence-based methods such as Human Givens Rewind technique.
I also have lived experience of ADHD, which gives me an added layer of understanding of overwhelm, emotional intensity, masking and feeling misunderstood. This helps me work with openness, empathy and flexibility, particularly with neurodivergent clients.
I offer both face-to-face and online counselling sessions, giving you the choice of what feels most comfortable and accessible for you.
If you are considering counselling and would like to ask questions or get a sense of whether I might be the right fit for you, you are very welcome to get in touch for an initial, no-obligation conversation.
My main practice based in a little village betwen Oxford and Witney, I also practice in Oxford and Witney.
I hold DBS clearance.
Training, qualifications & experience
My core professional training and qualifications include:
- BA (Learning Disability & Mental Health Nursing)
- BSc (Psychology)
- Postgraduate training in Integrative Counselling
- Specialist training in counselling adaptations for autism and ADHD
- Advanced trauma-informed and somatic therapeutic training
- Ongoing CPD and regular clinical supervision
- Adv Dip. Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy: (Transactional Analises (TA), Gestalt and Person centered aproach)
- Rewind Technique Practitioner.
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies awarded by CPCAB Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body
- ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCsp) Certificate
- Complex Trauma Certificate Level1 & 2 (CCTP/CCTP-2) with Janina Fisher
- Trauma, PTSD and Dissociation Certificate with Janina Fisher
- Polyvagal Theory Adv Cert working with Trauma, PTSD. By Deb Dana
- Mindfulness Cert. with M. Landale
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Certificate for interventions for Trauma. Personality Disorders, Anxiety and More
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Certificate Core Skills for Trauma
- PTSD, Complex Trauma: Cognitive Processing Therapy Practitioner
- Internal Family System Adv. Cert.
- BA Hons Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing.
- PG SEN inc ASD and ADHD
- Extended Certificate in Online & Telephone Clinical Supervision (to meet new BACP guidelines)
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
*I offer concessions for blue-light services staff and NHS staff.
*Low cost therapy - please get in touch for more details
