About me
Do you need to talk?
Starting counselling is a bold, proactive, and positive step to help you manage your life more effectively. With over 15 years experience providing therapy, supervision, and training, I can support you in navigating whatever challenges you may be facing. Life doesn’t stop, but we can learn to respond with greater calm and clarity, transforming periods of suffering and struggle into opportunities for awareness, growth, and fulfilment.
My background
I am person-centred trained, which means my focus is on creating a warm, engaging, curious, and collaborative space where you can work, reflect, and grow. I have extensive experience in organisational settings, including the NHS, and I now work solely in private practice. I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to support and enrich the work we do together.
I work with people—just like you—who are struggling with their mental or physical health, whether facing significant challenges or have simply been finding life difficult for a long time and are beginning to question what it all means.
Who I can help
I offer individual (from 17 year of age) and couples/relationship treatment and supervise counsellors and trainee counsellors.
My Approach
Contact me for an initial conversation, and we can arrange an assessment to see whether my way of working feels right for you. During this enquiry, I’ll take time to get a sense of who you are and what you would like the focus of our work to be.
I see my role as helping you develop a stronger, more compassionate relationship with yourself—one that naturally enhances your relationships with others. I believe we experience greater well-being when we can acknowledge and integrate the parts of ourselves we may find uncomfortable or tend to deny. In my experience, these very parts often hold the greatest potential for insight, growth, and personal transformation.
I am experienced in working with trauma and the many ways it can show up in our lives. My work is polyvagal-informed, and I draw upon the work of Stephen Porges, Peter Levine, Richard Schwartz and Gene Gendlin, amongst others.
Couples/Relationship Counselling
I work with couples/relationships. I am EFT-informed (Emotionally Focused Therapy, Dr Sue Johnson), and I offer a variety of other therapeutic approaches to augment my work.
My approach is to offer a safe, supportive space where you can explore what may be missing in your relationship. We are each 50% responsible for the relationships we create, so without judgment or blame, I will help you become more aware of the destructive cycles that can emerge when we don’t feel loved or connected.
I won’t “fix” your relationship for you—but I will support you in taking an active role in improving how you express yourself and communicate. My goal is to help you speak and listen to each other in ways that promote understanding, connection, and healthy compromise.
How many sessions will I need?
How many sessions you’ll need varies from person to person. Some people benefit from just a few sessions, while others prefer longer-term work. I have experience supporting clients in both short-term and ongoing therapy.
Why not contact me to see how counselling can help you to manage the current challenges in your life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an accredited and registered member of the B.A.C.P. and I work in Lewes, East Sussex.
- Post Graduate Certificate in Focusing -Orientated Therapy (University of East Anglia)
- FdSc Person-Centred Counselling (Brighton University);
- Post Graduate Cerificate Focusing Orientated Therapy (University of East Anglia);
- Counselling Training (Metanoia);
- Couples Counselling Training (Counselling Plus);
- Supervision Training C.S.T.D. London
- C.B.T Training Certificate- 'C.B.T with Heart';
- P.O.D.S. Training; (Trauma and dissociative disorders);
- TA 101 certificate in Transactional Analysis (Metanoia);
- Mankind (UK) Training -Male sexual abuse awareness;
- Drug and Alcohol Awareness training;
- Suicide Awareness Workshop
- Practical Mindfulness Training
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Relationship Issues
- Anxiety, Depression
- Trauma
- Couples/Relationship Counselling
- Men's issues
- Sexual Abuse and Trauma
- Bereavement and loss
- Young people's issues
- Short term and long term work
- NHS Coaching. Amongst many other areas
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 - £85.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£65 for a 50 minute counselling session
£70 for a 60 minute supervision session
£85 for a 60 minute couples session
When I work
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Weekdays between 7.30 am and 6.30 pm
Further information
I have a private counselling practice in Lewes, working with adults and couples.
I have lectured at East Sussex College on the FdSc in Person Centred Counselling
I have worked as an NHS Counsellor. A G.P. referral service offering both short and longer-term.The work was wide-ranging.
I have worked in Lewes for the NHS 'Afterthoughts' project - a perinatal Counselling service supporting both mothers and fathers who are experiencing difficulties during pregnancy, childbirth and onward.
I have worked as an NHS Coach, working with people diagnosed with long-term physical illness. GP referral service
I have worked as a Counsellor for the Survivors of Suicide Project. A counselling partnership in East Sussex.
I have worked as a Youth Counsellor at Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven
I have worked as a counsellor for Mankind (UK) (working with men over the age of 18 who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and/or adult sexual assault at any time in their lives);
I have worked as a counsellor with CRI Patched (now FACT, Pavillions) in Brighton (Alcohol and substance misuse- working specifically with families, carers and friends who are affected by other people's drug and alcohol misuse);
I have worked as a counsellor with the Summerhayes Project (now Sussex Community Counselling), a service offering low-cost, short-term counselling to adults through a G.P. referral service.;
