About me
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending"- C.S. Lewis
Methods of Counselling and CBT available:
EMDR, CBT, Counselling, Animal Assisted and Walk and Talk: Online Nationwide and In Person in Plymouth and Calstock
Clients I work with:
Adolescents (over 14) and adults
What it's all about:
You come to this journey as the expert on you. I will walk alongside you: reflecting, exploring, untangling, listening and gently challenging if appropriate, to help give you more insight and a deeper understanding of yourself.
I value the topics that you want to discuss, whatever these may be: no subject is off limits, shameful, or taboo. These are your sessions to use in the way that is most beneficial to you.
How I work:
I work with Counselling, CBT or EMDR with adults and adolescents (over 14). This means that we have a wide range of theories and tools that can be adapted to the sessions and tailored to you and this can change as we go through the therapy process.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. It is a form of psychotherapy that is often used for working with traumatic memories and involves bilateral movements to allow the brain to reprocess information. EMDR can also be helpful with panic, depression and body dysmorphia.
CBT is helpful for Depression and Anxiety Disorders, but can also be really useful for understanding how our thoughts, behaviours, emotions and physical sensations interplay and create cycles and patterns. We can look just at the here and now, or at how the past has shaped us and fed into the patterns and cycles.
Counselling is a reflective space where we can examine either past experiences or present. We can adapt the sessions to fit what works for you.
No topic or issue is off limits- please get in touch to discuss further.
My Experience:
I have worked both with adolescents in Education, Youth Offending and Community settings and also with adults in the Community, IAPT and NHS Crisis Line.
I am fully accredited with the BABCP, who regulate CBT therapy and therapists
I have worked for a number of years for NHS Talking Therapies offering CBT for people suffering with Anxiety and Depression disorders (PTSD, OCD, Generalised Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Phobias, Health Anxiety, Depression) as well as Low Self Esteem, Perfectionism, Stress, Anger, Burnout.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- MSc Psychology of Education
- Post Graduate Diploma (level 7) Psychological Therapies (CBT)
- Level 4 Advanced Diploma Integrative Counselling
- Graduate Certificate Psychology
Further Training:
- EMDR
- Animal Assisted Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Avoidant Resistant Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Working with Trauma
- Working with Self Harm and Suicide
- PTSD and Dissociation in Clinical Practice
- Working with Abusive Relationships
- Working with Childhood Abuse
- Menopause
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Agencies and Employment:
- TIE Counselling - Director and Integrative Therapist
- NHS Cornwall
- IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)
- Various secondary schools
- West Sussex Youth Offending Service
- Mind (placement)
- Heart to Heart Bristol (placement)
- Young Devon (placement)
- Torbay CAMHS
Disorders I Work With:
Please take a look at the range of issues I work with on this page.
However, being trained in CBT, I have extensive training and specialist experience of the following:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- OCD
- Health Anxiety
- Social Anxiety
- Generalised Anxiety
- Phobias
- PTSD
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Low Self Esteem
- Perfectionism
- Burnout
- Anger
- Stress
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.
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£85.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Free initial 15 minute consultation/introductory call
50 minute session from- £85
90 minutes - £150
EMDR and some CBT sessions may need to be 90 minutes. This will always be discussed and agreed before hand
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