About me
I am a BACP-accredited integrative counsellor and psychotherapist, with over ten years' experience. I provide a calm and professional space for us to explore and work through the various issues in your life.
Counselling can be richly rewarding, helping you to gain a new understanding of your past and a more positive vision of your future. Our early life experiences often influence our beliefs about ourselves as adults. We may feel we should be different, or notice that we tend to see things in an overly negative light.
I can help you to interpret situations in a more balanced way, to make positive changes in your life, and to move towards personal growth and healing.
I am qualified with a Master’s Degree with Distinction, and my integrative approach combines person-centred therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and attachment theory. This broad approach will help me to find the right form of therapy for you, so that we can work together on whichever issues are troubling you.
I currently have availability on Wednesdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, I work from my practice in Hilton, Derbyshire, offering both face-to-face and online sessions. On Fridays, I offer online sessions only. Please feel free to get in touch, and we can arrange an initial session.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Master of Science with Distinction, Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy [BACP accredited]
- Foundation Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Skills and Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology, British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited course
Experience:
I have worked in various settings, including a charity supporting clients to reduce their self-harming behaviours, within an inpatient unit, and for both a private wellbeing provider and an Employee Assistance Programme. Alongside my private practice, I am currently working as a suicide prevention therapist for a charity in Birmingham.
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.
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
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I charge £50 for 50 minute sessions, and these are normally carried out weekly.
When I work
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