About me
Do you keep falling into the same patterns, in relationships, at work or with yourself, and don’t understand why?
I'm a BACP therapist working with individuals and couples in central St Albans and online. Noticing patterns is one of my strengths, and I can help you understand where yours originated, working at your own pace and without blame.
I have lived experience of both boarding school and neurodivergence, personally and in my family, and I've done CPD training in both. This helps me understand from the inside as well as through my training. You don't need a diagnosis to work with me: many people come wondering whether they might be neurodivergent, and that is a welcome place to start.
My couples training was led by Nick Duffell, whose work on the impact of boarding school is widely known, with a particular focus on the "survival strategies" we develop young in order to cope. My couple work explores the relationships and environments you grew up in and how this impacts your relationships in the present.
My approach is Gestalt therapy, a humanistic approach that explores how past experiences and unfinished business shape the way we think, feel and respond now. I'll support you and, where it helps, gently invite you to notice what is happening in the moment.
My experience covers anxiety, depression, self-harm, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, anger, postnatal depression, addiction, trauma and bereavement amongst others.
I see clients in my home office in central St Albans, or online by Teams, WhatsApp or FaceTime. I also speak French.
The first step is a free 15-minute call, by phone or video as you prefer, with no pressure, so you can ask questions and see if we're a good fit. Use the "Book intro call" button above.
I currently have space for new clients.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been working in private practice for almost five years, and I also have experience working with teenagers in a school setting, as well as facilitating on a foundation counselling course.
- Professional Diploma in Counselling - The Albany Centre
- Two Year course in Creative Couple Work - The Centre for Gender Psychology. Course led by Nick Duffell
- CPD Training - Working with Boarding School Survivors - help4exboarders
- CPD Training - Boarding School Syndrome - the psychological trauma of "privileged" children - OnScience / Joy Schaverien
- CPD Training - The Forgotten Teenager - a Gestalt approach - AlanTalkUnlimited
- CPD Training - The Five Losing Strategies - Terry Real
- CPD Training - Understanding & Working with Neurodiversity - BACP
- Additional CPD training on: Clients at risk of suicide, Self Harm, Adolescent and Adult Mental Health PTSD and Trauma.
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
Photos & videos
Fees
£70.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual Therapy - £70 per session. Sessions are for a 50 minute ‘hour’ (the remaining ten minutes give me space to reflect and be fully present for each client).
Couples Therapy - £100 per session. Sessions are 60 minutes.
My fee is payable by BACs in advance of the session.
When I work
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My working hours are 9am to 7pm from Monday to Thursday.
Please contact me for current availability.
Further information
I offer sessions Monday to Thursday 9am to 7pm.
I work with clients on a weekly / two weekly basis.
My office is walking distance from the town centre. There is no parking available but there is a pay carpark less than 5 minutes walk.
There are steps down to my office.
