About me
Have you recently received a diagnosis but now feel more confused than clarified? Are you left questioning who you are beyond the label? Have you felt misunderstood, minimised, or stereotyped by professionals, friends or family members? I’m a mature, person-centred counsellor with lived experience offering trauma-informed support for people with BPD, autism, ADHD, depression, OCD or anxiety. Together, we can gently explore your questions, experiences and identity at your pace, in a space where your story truly matters. I know that neurodiversity looks different in everyone, I can help you understand what it means to you.
I actively challenge the power of the current psychiatric system which I have experienced and seen obscures people’s abilities to make personal meaning of their own experiences. I regularly work with clients who have had their complex experiences quickly wrapped up and attached to a psychiatric label which often shifts attention away from their trauma, relationships, lack of power and agency, and their social context, leaving them stuck with a label and silenced away from an opportunity to tell their story. I want to hear your story; I want to help you make sense of your experiences and compassionately understand why you needed/need to respond in the way you did/do.
I specialise in sensitively working with people who have been left feeling blamed, broken, sterotyped or silenced after previous experiences of accessing psychological support. Many clients come to therapy having learned to describe themselves through labels and symptoms that don’t fully explain their experience. In our work together, I am not interested in assessing, categorising, or fixing you, you are not broken; the current system is. I am interested and passionately invested in understanding how your experiences make sense in the context of your own life.
I see you as the expert in your own experience. Our task together is to build a steady, relational space in which we both feel comfortable to be honest and safe in our work together. I will bring my experience of working with other people who have struggled in similar ways — not to impose explanations, but to support you in reclaiming your own understanding of who you are and where you are right now.
Training, qualifications & experience
- First class honours degree: in BSc Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Salford
- MBACP: Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, membership no: 395645
- Freelance Counsellor at Respect for All- an organisation offering specialist Mental Wellbeing Support for autistic and/or learning disabled people and their families and carers who live in Greater Manchester
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Alongside my private practice, I also work for an organisation in Greater Manchester who offer free counselling to clients with Autism/ADHD and/or learning differences. I value this work very highly and am happy to share more details for any clients who may find the cost of privately funding their sessions a barrier to engaging in therapy.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Further information
I see clients of all ages ( from 16+). I am not here to be an expert over your life, I'm here to support you to understand yourself; you are the expert of your experience. A unique aspect of my practice is the option of home visits, allowing clients to receive counselling in the comfort and familiarity of their own space.
