About me
As an experienced Couples Therapist I can help with various relationship problems. I offer Couples Therapy sessions in a non-judgemental, balanced, inclusive and compassionate way. I support you both to find your way through challenges so you can experience more satisfying and loving relating.
Couples Therapy
You may well have tried to resolve issues yourselves but maybe now are feeling stuck or overwhelmed? Perhaps you are looking for support with communication or intimacy?
I can support you with a whole range of issues that can arise in intimate relationship, such as:
- Difficult communication
- Arguments
- Infidelity or other forms of betrayal
- Intimacy challenges, both physical and emotional
- Problems around different values
- Conflict about money
- Challenges with family and parenting
- Rekindling that loving spark
- Stresses around Life Transitions
How I can Help You
I help you explore issues in a way that feels safe, respectful and supportive. Your privacy is very important to me and I ensure confidentiality.
To help work through issues in your present situation it's productive to understand the roots of a relationship challenge. Conscious understanding of what you are both bringing to the challenging relationship dynamic can be transformative.
The range of methods used are finely tuned to suit your particular needs and together with your willingness to engage with this work, openings can emerge for more harmonious and satisfying relating.
I am fully qualified and experienced in couples therapy having had a busy private couples therapy practice for over 10 years. Prior to working as a couples therapist I worked in both the NHS and voluntary sector in adult mental health for over 20 years as a Music Psychotherapist and was the Lead Arts Psychotherapist for 7 years in a mental health NHS Trust. I bring my rich and varied experience, specialist couples therapy training as well as my balanced awareness and compassionate approach to support you both.
Is it for Us?
My approach is inclusive and I offer a welcoming, non-judgemental and empathetic setting for your sessions, working respectfully and sensitively with diverse experiences. I welcome working with couples from a range of sexual orientations, ages, ethnic backgrounds, spiritual and religious beliefs and with different disabilities.
I’ve worked with couples where there is a range of neurodiversity, including where one or both people have a diagnosis, either formal or self-diagnosis of ADHD, Autism or both.
Working with couples from different cultures and living in different countries is something I also have experience of and welcome. My professional insurance covers working with couples living abroad (except in the US).
In Love?
You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from couples therapy. I work with couples who are in a really good place in their relationship who want to improve a certain aspect of communication or a particular issue. Choosing to have support to work on problems as they arise is so beneficial and strengthens the foundations of your relationship. It prevents resentments building up in the future and enables your relationship to be more how you desire it.
Contact Me
If you have any questions please feel free to call or e mail me. I offer a free introductory video call for up to 20 minutes. If you would like to see what it is like to work with me, we can arrange a no obligation, initial session online. This would be at the reduced fee of £40 for 50 minutes.
If you would like to proceed with a series of sessions, these would be weekly at the same time. You don't need to decide by the end of the initial session whether you wish to continue working with me. Some couples know straight away and others decide after the session. I ask couples to let me know by the end of the next day and I can hold that weekly session slot until then.
All sessions are online using zoom and adhere to strict privacy protocol.
Feel free to be in touch
Individual Sessions - Music Psychotherapy
I also offer Therapy using Music and Imagery for individual adults, which is an in-depth form of Music Therapy. If you are looking for a more creative, integrated and embodied approach to support with anxiety, depression, low self esteem, or to work through trauma or many other issues, this method can really help and get to places that just talking therapies can't always access.
You don't need to be a musician to benefit and the music experience is about listening to pre-recorded music in a deeply relaxed state. The music evokes memories, feelings, body sensations, unconscious material, 'waking dream' imagery, helping to bring more of you into your conscious awareness for healing and growth.
I have over 33 years experience as a fully qualified and HCPC registered Music Therapist. Dip(Mus)Th, mostly in the field of adult mental health. I've done a further in depth training in Music and Imagery, a form of Music Psychotherapy and I'm a Fellow with the Association of Music and Imagery - FAMI and a European Association for Music and Imagery (EAMI) accredited BMGIM Therapist. I've had a thriving private practice in Music Psychotherapy for over 16 years.
I offer sessions online using zoom with enhanced security and optimum audio settings for music. The reduced fee initial session gives you the chance to experience this creative method and see how it is to work with me and online. To find out more about this in depth, integrative therapy please see my website rezonance.co.uk
Feel free to give me a call or e mail me.
I draw on my extensive experience over many years in both private practice, the NHS and the voluntary sector to bring to both my individual work in music psychotherapy and with couples in couples therapy.
Professional Registration
My professional registration is with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) no: AS01153 as a Music Therapist and I've been registered for over 35 years.
Online Sessions
All sessions are now online and I've done further professional training to specialise in working online. I offer guidance to help all clients get the most from online sessions.
Feel free to give me a call, e mail me or arrange for a free Introductory call
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Relational Couples Therapy with CRCT 2016, including the Advanced Practice Training 2020 (Centre for Relational Couples Therapy) - Training with David Slattery
- Neurodivergence, Sex and Relationships CPD with Justina Kulczyk-Lewinska 2026
- Talking About Sex CPD with CRCT 2017
- Fellow with the Association of Music and Imagery FAMI 2010
- Certificate in Couples Therapy with Jill Gabriel 2000
- Online Counselling Services and Training OCST 4 Course Completed with Credit for Audio and Webcam 2021
- Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy with Commendation 1993. Dip(Mus)Th. Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Honours Degree from Oxford University in the Arts 1985
I have over 9 years experience as a Couples Therapist with a busy practice and over 5 years working solely online. Many couples are now preferring online sessions for the freedom in not having to travel and for other benefits such sessions enable, such as being in different locations if needed.
As well as being a qualified and experienced Couples Therapist I have over thirty years experience in working with adults using Music Psychotherapy.
My experience includes working with a diverse range of people of different ages, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, religious and spiritual beliefs and with a range of disabilities. I have also worked in a variety of settings, including working abroad within different cultures. This wealth of experience I bring to my work.
I was the Lead Arts Psychotherapist for Specialist Services with a Mental Health NHS Trust for seven years and I have fifteen years’ experience working in the NHS as a Music Therapist. I offer supervision to Music Therapists working with Music and Imagery or GIM. I have worked in private practice for sixteen years.
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Couples Therapy
Couples Counselling
Creativite, holistic approach
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Couples Therapy - 50 minute sessions
- Initial session £40
- Further sessions £80 weekly
Therapy using Music and Imagery
- Initial 60 minute session £45
- 60 minute session £66 weekly or fortnightly
- 90 minute session £97 fortnightly or monthly
- 60 minute supervision £55
I carry 2 low cost places for those in financial hardship, where the fees are negotiable. Please ask if these places are available.
Payment is due before a session.
When I work
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Further information
I have full professional indemnity insurance.
I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and have been for 35 years. I adhere to their ethical framework for good practice. I am committed to Continuing Professional Development which enables me to further enhance my skills and keep in touch with changing needs.
Strict client confidentiality is assured.
I also have regular professional supervision for both my couples work and individual sessions, including group supervision, individual and peer supervision.
