About me
I offer a non-judgmental and confidential space where you can speak freely about how you feel, what has been affecting you and experiences from your past. I will listen to what you need to say and help you to explore and understand what it is you are going through.
Sometimes just having the space to talk and experience your emotions with someone else, is the most important thing – particularly if you do not feel that you can do this in your day-to-day life. Sometimes, people think that what they feel is going to upset other people, or be a burden to them – and keep their distress to themselves, or feel as though they need to manage everything alone.
Other times, an exploration of your upbringing, relationships and experiences may be needed, to begin to join together the dots and understand yourself more deeply, or differently. We can become locked-in to our personal narratives and understanding around why we are the way we are, and not always even realise we are doing it. Clients can be surprised at what emerges, and what they discover about themselves through this process.
When I begin work with a client, my priority is to build a compassionate therapeutic relationship. I will listen to what you have to say and what you are struggling with, and together we will identify what you need. I understand that trust takes time to build and respect the pace that you need to go.
There is no one-size fits all approach, and it will be determined by what you bring and what you need. I believe that this is a collaborative process.
I’m trained in psychodynamic therapy, and in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Psychodynamic therapy is about how your past shapes your present and understanding what may be going on underneath the surface. CBT is about understanding how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours all interact, exploring what beliefs you hold about the world and what you might practically be able to do, to begin to enact change – if that is what you want. I usually incorporate an informal CBT approach into my therapy, if it is helpful.
Training, qualifications & experience
- University of Brighton - PGDIP Psychodynamic Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- MBACP Accredited Member
- CBT With Heart (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
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
£60.00 per session
