About me
As an experienced psychotherapist I am able to offer a welcoming, confidential and non-judgemental space where you will be heard, with the kind of attention that is deeper and more focused than that available in everyday conversations.
I am not a therapist who adopts a distant role. I will enter into the material you bring by listening, encouraging and challenging you into new ways of being and relating with others and yourself. Ultimately it is you who is the expert on yourself and my skills are in enabling you to come to know and trust this.
Training, qualifications & experience
I began my therapy career with a qualification in Psychodynamic Counselling and then completed additional training as an Integrative Psychotherapist. I am also a qualified Mediator and Restorative Justice Practitioner and I continue to have a keen interest in family conflict.
My experience allows me to support clients with a wide range of difficulties in my private practice, including anxiety, anger issues, depression, suicidal thoughts, stress, loneliness, low self-esteem, addiction, bereavement and relationship issues.
Alongside my private practice, I currently work for a homeless charity in St Albans, a low-fee service for women in Finchley and a charity in Hatfield for teenagers. I offer psychotherapy to both adults and teenagers, and specialise in trauma, anxiety and family conflict.
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£45.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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Availability is constantly changing. Please contact me to see current availability.
Further information
In my private practice I work from home, which keeps fees as low as possible.
