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
Maybe you have tried to resolve issues yourselves but are now 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
- 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.
As well as the need to focus on your present situation it can sometimes be helpful to look more in depth to find the root of an underlying challenge. Conscious understanding of your own and your partner’s issues helps transform deep seated relationship problems.
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 9 years. I bring my experience, specialist 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 and empathetic setting for your sessions, working respectfully and sensitively with diverse experiences. I have worked 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 or self-diagnosis of ADHD.
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 have worked 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 with the in-laws for example. Choosing to strengthen the foundations of your relationship is so beneficial; preventing resentments building up in the future and enabling 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 call and you can book a time for this from my profile. 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 then 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 that they would and others decide after the session. I ask couples to let me know by the end of the next day and I can hold the weekly session slot for them 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 and embodied approach to support with anxiety, depression, low self esteem, or to work through trauma this method can really help.
I have over 33 years experience as a fully qualified and registered Music Therapist. Dip(Mus)Th, mostly in the field of adult mental health. I have 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. I've had a private practice in Music Psychotherapy for over 15 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 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 and the NHS and bring this experience 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 am a professional member of the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO) I offer guidance to help all clients get the most from online sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Relational Couples Therapy with CRCT , including the Advanced Practice Training (Centre for Relational Couples Therapy) - Training with David Slattery
- Fellow with the Association of Music and Imagery FAMI
- Certificate in Couples Therapy with Jill Gabriel
- Online Counselling Services and Training OCST 4 Course Completed with Credit for Audio and Webcam
- Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy with Commendation. Dip(Mus)Th. Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Honours Degree from Oxford University in the Arts
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 fifteen 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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Tuesdays - Thursdays 10:00am - 7.00pm
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.
