About me
Are you feeling anxious or overwhelmed, wanting to better understand yourself, improve your relationships or navigate a significant life transition?
Perhaps you're finding your relationships challenging or wanting to find more balance in life, to find a way of living that feels more authentic and joyful.
You may appear to be coping well on the outside, yet inside feel exhausted, overwhelmed, lonely or dissatisfied. Or perhaps you simply sense that life could feel richer, more connected and more meaningful than it does right now.
As a fully qualified UKCP registered psychotherapist and counsellor, I provide a warm, confidential and non-judgemental space where you can speak openly, make sense of your experiences, and discover new ways of responding to life's challenges. I work with individuals and couples, including trainee counsellors.
Together, we can explore the patterns, beliefs and emotional responses that may be keeping you stuck, helping you develop greater self-awareness, resilience and choice in how you live and relate to others.
I welcome trainee counsellors and psychotherapists seeking personal therapy as part of their professional training, personal development or ongoing reflective practice.
As someone working within the therapeutic profession, you may be looking for a space where your personal process can be explored thoughtfully and safely while supporting your growth as a practitioner.
People often come to see me because they are:
- Struggling in their relationships and wanting things to change
- Feeling anxious, stressed, overwhelmed or emotionally exhausted
- Navigating a significant life transition or difficult decision
- Carrying the impact of painful past experiences into their present lives
- Seeking greater self-understanding, meaning and personal growth
Many of the difficulties we experience in life are connected to relationships—our relationship with ourselves, our partners, our families, our friends and the wider world around us.
I have particular experience supporting people who are struggling in their relationships, whether they are facing repeated conflict, difficulties with trust and intimacy, family tensions, friendship breakdowns, or patterns that leave them feeling unseen, unheard or disconnected.
Therapy can help you understand these patterns, communicate more effectively, establish healthier boundaries, and build more satisfying and authentic relationships.
Couples Counselling
You may find yourselves caught in recurring arguments, emotional distance, difficulties with intimacy, or uncertainty about the future of your relationship. Couples counselling provides a supportive space to understand what is happening between you, improve communication, strengthen emotional connection and explore constructive ways forward.
I often suggest activities or conversations for couples to try between sessions, helping you build on the work we do together and develop new ways of relating to one another.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified UKCP and UKATA registered psychotherapist and counsellor. I have training in a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, including a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Transactional Analysis), a Jungian Foundation in Analytical Psychology, training in Psychosynthesis.
I also have specialist training in working with people in relationships, sexuality and couples counselling.
I draw on this training and my experience to tailor the way I work with each individual.
Prior to training as a psychotherapist I had a thirty year career in public health and health promotion working nationally and internationally for the NHS, UNICEF, British Council, other charitable and commercial organisations.
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.
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
£70.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge £70 for a fifty minute session online and on the phone in the UK and face to face in Hove and Henfield, East Sussex.
I charge £90 for a 55 minute couples counselling session for people coming with their partner(s).
I offer a brief phone conversation, free of charge, prior to arranging a first appointment.
I offer a small discount for counsellors and psychotherapists in training.
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