This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I know how hard it is to find the right therapist, there is so much choice and lots of factors will influence who you feel is right for you. I believe that to get the best from therapy there needs to be a connection with the therapist that allows a relationship to be built on trust and honesty. I will provide you with a confidential space, free from judgement, where you can explore what has brought you to counselling. Therapy is an opportunity to put you first and be curious about what makes you the individual that you are. I will tailor the way we work together to take a form that suits you and I try to be as creative as possible.
I'm a calm and friendly counsellor and I would like to support you through your difficult times and process your past. I will encourage you to speak openly and honestly about your thoughts and feelings which we can explore at your pace.
I feel it can be helpful to understand how our minds work and reassuring to know that some thoughts or behaviours are completely normal. With this in mind I may offer to explain some of the processes that our mind goes through where I can, and suggestions of techniques or resources that I feel may be helpful to you. It is your choice whether to accept these offers and no offence will be taken if you decide it is not for you, it all helps towards building our working relationship. Trust is an integral part of building our working relationship, and the foundation of this is being open and honest from the start. I will be honest with you and would ask the same from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have experience supporting individuals to look at their past experiences and relationships, including the areas of grief, trauma, domestic abuse and voluntary work for a helpline which supports people who are depressed and suicidal.
I am trained in Psychodynamic theory whilst also having experience working in a Person Centred Way. Psychodynamic theory assumes that our past, often our childhood, has a huge impact on who we are and why we behave the way we do. Often the reasons for our behaviour happen unconsciously, without our awareness so I look for patterns of behaviour and feelings that may originate in your past, and we can explore these as you speak freely. Talking in this way allows your unconscious thoughts to surface and through increased self-awareness and understanding I hope to support you while you achieve what it is that has brought you to counselling.
Formal counselling qualifications:
- Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
I undertake continuous professional development throughout the year, some of the courses I have completed up to now include:
- Bereavement support
- Domestic abuse
- Working with shame
- Dissociation and DID: The fundamentals
- Suicide prevention training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Introduction to Safeguarding: Keeping Children
Safe (Level 1) - Suicide bereavement training
- The role of diagnosis in counselling and psychotherapy
- Level 2 Certificate in Safeguarding, Prevent and British Values
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I have a limited number of reduced fee sessions available, please get in touch if this something you would like to discuss.
When I work
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Online appointments available Monday afternoons and Thursdays.
Face to face appointments available in Chesterfield on Thursdays.
Further information
I offer a free 15minute telephone appointment to discuss what it is that you are seeking from therapy and give you the opportunity to ask me questions to help you decide if I am the right fit for you.
