About me
I offer both short-term counselling and long-term psychotherapy. The focus of work is agreed with the client and is regularly reviewed to ensure that we are working on those issues most relevant to the client(s). My orientation is humanistic integrative, incorporating: person-centred, psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive/behavioural, NLP, solution-focused, transpersonal, existential, narrative and transactional analysis approaches. I work with couples, individuals and groups. I am a BACP senior accredited counsellor and psychotherapist and abide by BACP ethical framework for good practice.
I use my skills, training and experience in the service of my clients. Each client is unique and so, which skills I use and how, is dependent on what each client needs. I am also aware that, after so many years of practice, my model of therapy is also going to be unique to my practice. At the same time, I see it as essential for the safety of myself and my clients, that my practice should remain within professional and legal guidelines.
I have developed a model of multicultural counselling which is used by Ubuntu Devon, the multicultural counselling service which I run. Ubuntu Devon serves the ethnic minority community in Devon.
Training, qualifications & experience
My work is influenced by the 18 years I spent working for Relate as counsellor and supervisor. In addition, I have an MSc in Counselling, Supervision and Training from Bristol University (2000). My PhD, from the University of Exeter (2011), focused on the impact of successful counselling, looking in particular at the role of the Hero and Scapegoat archetypes. My understanding is that successful counselling puts people back in touch with their own 'can do' selves.
I also have a diploma in Business Coaching and find some of these approaches a useful addition to my therapy practice. For many years I trained counsellors within the university setting and for nine years I served on the Board of Governors of BACP.
My training and experience give me a broad and in-depth knowledge of therapy and the many issues surrounding the profession and the needs of clients.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£50.00 - £100.00
Additional information
I charge a reduced rate for students of £50 per hour. For individuals £70 per hour;
for couples £80 per hour
and for groups £100 per hour
Further information
In addition to the therapy I offer, I run a supervision practice where I supervise the work of practitioners from trainee level to experienced, senior colleagues. It is one of the ways in which I feel I can serve clients by ensuring that the therapy they receive is appropriate and of the highest standard. It is also a way in which I can give back to the profession, using my knowledge and experience to support the practice and professional development of practitioners.
