About me
Do you long for a child and worry that you’ll never have any? Perhaps you’ve just learned that children aren’t possible for you, and the life you thought you’d have has just disappeared before your eyes.
Or maybe you're childfree by choice and happy with that decision, but it's causing you other issues. Perhaps it's impacting your relationships, or you're worrying who'll look out for you as you get old or ill.
Not having children can cause difficulties at any stage of life. Counselling can help you to express and relieve your feelings. It can improve your confidence, improve your relationships, and help you feel more positive about the future.
With my education, training and experience, along with my lived experience of not having children myself, I can support you through your issues.
I understand how hard it can be to begin. You may feel silly, or worry about seeming bitter or selfish. But in counselling, you don’t have to put on a fake smile, you don’t have to be brave, and you don’t have to perform.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology.
My counselling training is integrative, which means it covers different theories and modalities. I draw on these as needed to make your sessions suit you as an individual.
I set up my private practice in 2021. Prior to that, I counselled for a number of diverse organisations, including a faith-based charity and a women’s centre.
I’m a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work in line with the BACP’s Ethical Framework.
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
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
When I work
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First session start time is 9am, last session start time is 5.10pm
Further information
Please email me to introduce yourself if you're thinking of having counselling with me. Then please check your junk mail for my reply!
You can also call, but I may not be able to answer. I'll only ring you back if you leave me an answerphone message with your name confirming you'd like me to.
