This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
You are very welcome! Coming for counselling can feel like a big step. You will find a reassuring welcome if you decide to give it a go. There are times in all our lives when we need some extra support to help to find our way forward. Sometimes a listening ear and a confidential place to talk can be very helpful. I have worked with a range of issues over the years and these include anxiety, stress, bereavement, low self-esteem, lack of confidene, relationships, work issues and more. My person-centred approach means that I will share your journey at your pace while we work together.
I am a fully trained and qualified Person-Centred counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I adhere to the standards set out in their Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I maintain standards of service by engaging with continuing professional development training in accordance with the requirements of the BACP.
I receive regular supervision from a qualified supervisor in accordance with the requirements of the BACP.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 4 Certificate in Counselling
- Experience working with frontline medical staff
- Training in childhood sexual abuse and bereavement
- Counselling one to one with adults on an individual basis with a wide range of difficulties, both privately and as part of a counselling cooperative
- Counselling men and women who are victims of crime or abuse
- Counselling men and women within the criminal justice system
- Counselling women at a women's health centre
- Counselling children in a well-known charitable organisation dealing with issues of bereavement and abuse
- School counsellor engaging in one to one work with children, staff and parents
- Experienced at working with ancient shamanic and nature based personal healing
- Working with expressing feelings through creative ways, although not an Art Therapist
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £50.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
When I work
I can offer a comfortable and reassuring telephone, video call, Zoom or Skype sessions and can help you to manage this.
Further information
I have a depth of experience in the areas of anxiety and fear, trauma, lack of self-esteem and confidence, bereavement, complicated bereavement, childhood bereavement, childhood abuse and neglect affecting adulthood, loss in any form, sexual abuse, LGBT issues, workplace issues and bullying, and relationship issues, but I am open to working with the issues you bring.
