About me
How can I help you ?
I specialise in relationship difficulties and challenges; intimate, familial or otherwise and the anxiety and overwhelm this can trigger. I also have considerable experience with loss and bereavement.
Are you seeking counselling as you begin a new or unfamiliar stage or relationship in your life and want to talk with a professional about your worries? Is there a relationship dynamic you want support with that just seems to exhaust you but you cannot understand why ? .
Maybe you need to process your grief or loss as you adapt to what's happened :the gap the loss has left is too much to get used to without professional help.
Are you noticing unelpful patterns when connecting with others; too often feeling like an outsider or just feeling on your guard all the time.
Do you fear opening up to others but at the same time you feel it's holding you back? Is people pleasing no longer serving you ?
Perhaps feelings from the past are resurfacing in ways you were not prepared for and affecting the here and now. Self esteem issues could be an obstacle to asking for what you need in a relationship.
The depth to which we go is your decision on any issue you bring. As we work together I will support you to process what's going on.
My professional training, my warmth, empathy, unconditional support and lived experiences give me the capacity to use my intuition and insight to support you safely and at your pace to help us with what is really going on.
Feelings of depression, anger, guilt, shame or self-blame can also keep us from sharing. I offer a professional ear with no judgement.
I am also trauma informed. I bring my knowledge of how unprocessed emotions can affect us and how old wounds can remain embodied.
My aim is to help you 'better feel' .
Alongside my private work I work with adolescents and young people in youth counselling. I also have worked as a bereavement counsellor with a West London charity.
If any of this resonates , feel free to get in touch and I will arrange a 15 min video intro to help us see if we are a good fit to work together.
I acknowledge how our individual backgrounds and differences can impact each of us in very important and differing ways.
For your personal safety and protection, I am fully insured and have an enhanced DBS check.
As a member of the BACP I adhere to the BACP ethical guidelines.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a diploma in integrative psychotherapeutic counselling as well as clinical practice in specialist areas of grief and trauma.
With my experience and qualifications I have developed various techniques for working with a client who feels overwhelmed by situations . I will provide psycho education on what is happening in relation to the body and mind. somatic or body based and mindfulness techniques, as well as looking more carefully at your story . This will help us deepen awareness of what has been taking place and will inform our sessions to allow change to take place. We will also shine a light on your inner child if it becomes important.
I have an MSC in health promotion and a background in the Social Sciences.
Alongside Private Practice. I have worked with a bereavement organisation in Ealing helping bereaved adults from 16 years old and I currently work with young adults with difficult relational and childhood experiences including self-harm and sexual abuse.
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I do give concessions so please ask
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Please get in touch about my availability .
I can be flexible and my availibility can change .
Thank you
Further information
I offer a 15 min no obligation on-line or phone call free of charge to discuss your needs and see if we are a good fit.
Sessions are 50 minutes.
I work both face to face and on-line and can offer hybrid sessions.
I offer short and long term sessions as well as time limited sessions.
When possible , I can offer sessions every 2 weeks.
Face to face sessions are in Acton, in a bright and comfortable room 3 mins travel on the Elizabeth line from Ealing Broadway with easy links from Paddington , Central and East London .
Close to North Acton tube station and numerous bus routes from Shepherds Bush, Acton Town and Ealing. 266 and 440 bus routes are easily accessible with 207 and SL8 and E3 within easy reach.
