This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Life can be challenging and most of us at some point experience stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma, loss, anger, sadness and pain. Therapy can help unlock our capacity for positive change and a renewed love of life. I appreciate the courage it takes to seek therapy and it is important to find the right therapist for you. Therefore, I provide a free 20 minute telephone consultation.
I work with individuals to explore trauma, anxiety, attachment issues, abuse, identity, low self-esteem and self-worth, addictive behaviour and many other presentations. My therapeutic approach to each client is flexible and unique according to whom I encounter in the room; each is met without judgement, a core value which underpins my practice. I receive all my clients with an open mind, and with the idea that sometimes really being listened to - acknowledged, heard and understood - can have a profound impact on a person’s emotional well-being. This, alongside a safe and confidential space for self-reflection, and the process of linking past and present experiences with emotional responses, can result in noticeable shifts in behaviour patterns and have a positive and lasting impact on mental health and self-care.
I also work with couples to unravel how unhelpful patterns came to be and what underpins them. Once we’ve identified this, we look at ways to exit these patterns and discover new ways for you to be together that facilitate connection. The aim is always to help you both meet each other’s needs and find healthier ways of responding to each other.
Couples' therapy focuses on individual growth rather than demanding partners to change or finding quick fix solutions, and with this increased emotional strength and communication, couples can begin to have a better understanding of each other. In the safe space of therapy couples can learn to drop their defensive behaviours such as anger or withdrawal and to be their authentic selves.
For some couples, despite their best efforts, being apart may be their only option. Therapy can help to navigate a peaceful end of a relationship and provide the space for each partner to express the difficult feelings that accompany the ending of a relationship such as loss, anger and sadness at the end of a relationship, aiding better communication moving forward.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified psychotherapist and have been in private practice for six years. I came to this work through my own therapy journey, which began over 20 years ago.
My training and practice is relational and integrative, drawing on elements from different psychological models and approaches to therapy and tailored to your individual needs.
As a registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapy (BACP) I am bound by the BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Before becoming a psychotherapist I worked for 25 years as a publicist in the music industry, orchestrating press campaigns for bands and artists and working closely with them, their management companies and record companies. I understand the pressures of working in the music industry and I work with artists and music industry executives around such issues as anxiety, depression, burnout and self-doubt. I also work with creatives from across the artistic professions.
Therapies offered
Fees
£90.00 per session
Additional information
Consultations: £90
Therapy sessions: £90
When I work
I am currently available for sessions. Please contact me for details.
