About me
I support individuals and couples to live happier, healthier and more fulfilling lives, by reducing emotional distress and challenging unhelpful or rigid thought patterns. I have practiced privately for a number of years, and have also worked at the Priory Hospital, an addiction support agency and within numerous colleges. I am a qualified, MBACP-registered integrative counsellor and psychotherapist offering private sessions in London, Surbiton and Surrey (Guildford and surrounding areas)
Perhaps you are fed up with feeling, living or thinking in a certain way, and this is affecting your work life, your romantic relationships, your friendships or your self-esteem. You may be feeling angry, anxious, depressed, emotional and/or have a berating inner critic. You may be experiencing grief, or fertility issues. It may feel like something needs to be addressed or something needs to change in your life, but you’re unsure what that is. Or how to do it.
I will work integratively with you, collaboratively using three different approaches from my psychotherapy practice:
- Person centred: Here we work on how you see yourself, your life and your experiences in the present and day to day life. Or there may be an event going on in your life right now that you need to talk about.
- Psychodynamic: This is where we may look at your past experiences and repetitive patterns that seem to continually affect your life and relationships.
- CBT: Focusing on your thoughts, emotions, physical feelings and actions, and how they affect one another. CBT is more of a solution based and goal driven method; 10-15 sessions of CBT can be especially useful in treating anxiety, depression and OCD behaviours.
If you are a couple and you feel you are at breaking point, I can help identify barriers to communication and begin to implement strategies for change in your relationship. Together we can work towards creating a happier and healthier relationship, or to help you decide to end the relationship in as amicable way as possible.
I offer face-to-face counselling, as well as online sessions.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and am bound by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA, Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, The University of Roehampton
Registered Member BACP. - Access to Counselling Certificate, Guildford College.
- Couples Counselling, The Counselling Academy.
- I work/have worked at:
- The Priory, Woking.
- Addiction Care and Support Agency (ASCA, Surbiton)- counselling those struggling with addictive behaviours, and those whose loved ones are in active addiction.
- Wiltshire County Council- counselling staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Guildford College- counselling students aged 16+ and mature students, for a variety of issues.
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
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
I offer weekly 50 minute sessions face to face sessions, on the same day and at the same time at a rate of £65 for individuals or £80 for couples.
When I work
I offer sessions both during the daytime and evening up until 9pm. I am currently working online 'Zoom' and on the telephone with couples and individuals.
Further information
Free parking is available.
Online and telephone appointments can be arranged.
Please note that I have a weekly cancellation policy- 7 days notice is required.
