About me
Using a person-centred integrative therapeutic approach I work with people experiencing a range of issues, including long-term ill health and disabilities, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, grief, loss, relationship difficulties, trauma, eating disorders, PTSD and low self-confidence. I offer both short-term and long-term counselling.
I am a LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, and kink friendly practitioner.
My aim is to help you focus on your sense of self and well-being, supporting you to realise your full potential. I will help facilitate self-development by showing empathy, trying to see the world in the way you do, not judging you and being genuine in my dealings with you. I believe that you have within you the potential for growth and self-fulfilment.
Being an integrative practitioner means I will bring in ways of working from a variety of counselling approaches. Using my theoretical knowledge I will assess what methods are best suited to you, discuss my ideas with you and create a custom approach that best meets your requirements. Some of the approaches I work with include cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic theory, shell work, creative art work, existential theory, Transactional Analysis, guided imagery, empty chair work, relaxation exercises and guided meditation. I will talk to you about this in the introductory session and explain the process in more detail.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their ethical framework.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Volunteered for social services.
- Worked for social services.
- Achieved a Level 2 Award In Introduction To Counselling Concepts.
- Volunteered in the mental health sector for five years.
- Achieved 114 one to one client hours on placement at an NHS hospital, working in a psychiatric department.
- Awarded a foundation degree in counselling from Gloucestershire University.
- Studied a BACP continued professional development course (CPD) in addiction and bereavement.
- I am a registered member of the BACP.
- I work as a specialist student mental health mentor
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Each 50-minute session costs £45.
- I require 48 hours notice of cancellations. If 48 hours notice is not given, I will have to charge you the full price of the missed session.
- In order to provide clients with the optimum counselling experience, I do not overwork myself by taking on more clients than I can handle. I charge the rate per session mentioned above, so I am able to run a successful business whilst seeing less clients in a week, this means for each session I am refreshed, engaged and fully present to be at my best for you.
- All prices are for one to one sessions. Each session lasts for 50 minutes.
- I do offer concessions to people, please contact me for more information.
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