About me
Finding stability when life feels overwhelming often requires a space that is both supportive and structured. I work with adults and young people aged 16+ who are experiencing anxiety, low mood, workplace burnout, trauma, neurodivergent masking, and the impact of chronic health challenges. Based in Oldbury, I offer counselling across Sandwell, Birmingham, the West Midlands, online/ telephone UK wide.
Choosing a therapist can feel difficult, particularly if you have felt misunderstood before. I have lived experience of sight loss and chronic health conditions, which informs my understanding of the practical and emotional impact of disability and long-term health issues. This means we can focus on your experience without needing to spend time explaining the basics.
My core areas of work include:
Complex trauma (C-PTSD)
Support with processing past or ongoing trauma, developing boundaries, and building self-understanding and self-compassion.
Neurodiversity
An affirming space for autistic and ADHD clients, including support with burnout, masking, and identity.
Sight loss and disability
Support with adjustment, identity shifts, emotional impact, and the barriers that can come with visual impairment or disability.
Chronic health conditions
Exploring the emotional impact of long-term illness, including uncertainty, grief, and ongoing adjustment.
This is an LGBTQIA+ affirming practice, supporting identity, relationships, and life transitions at your own pace.
My approach is integrative, drawing on Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, CBT, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt therapies, and IFS-informed work. Alongside talking therapy, I also work in a steady, grounded way with how stress and emotional experiences are held in the body, helping to make overwhelm more manageable.
Sessions are available short or long term depending on your needs. Discovery calls are available.
Training, qualifications & experience
My background equips me to offer thoughtful, inclusive, and compassionate support to people from all backgrounds and experiences:
BACP Accredited Counsellor – demonstrates that I have attained a high professional standard in my counselling practice.
Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling – Newman University, Birmingham
– allows me to draw on a range of therapeutic models, enabling me to adapt my approach to meet each client’s unique needs.
Level 4 Certificate in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment) – Birmingham City University
– enhances my ability to support clients living with disability, loss, or life-changing transitions.
NCFE Levels 2 and 3 in Counselling Skills – has built my strong foundation in active listening, empathy, and relationship-based work — the heart of effective counselling.
These qualifications, combined with my own lived experience, allow me to create a therapeutic space that is open, grounded, and responsive to life’s complexities, creating space for clarity, reflection, and growth.
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
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please note: sessions last 50 minutes. An initial assessment must be completed before any ongoing individual counselling sessions. The initial assessment costs £40 and lasts 50 minutes.
Limited concessions and supported spaces may be discussed during your initial free 25-minute discovery call based on current diary availability.
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