About me
I work with people experiencing issues that are destabilising their lives like depression, anxiety, stress, grief, relationships, identity, disconnection, poor motivation. I specialise in supporting people with health issues like MS, ME/ CFS, Lupus, FND, and similar. I also help people with burnout and work-related issues.
If you want relief from stress and anxiety, to learn coping mechanisms, and to understand the psychological processes that drive your emotions, and thus your behaviours, then you've come to the right place.
If you want an external, objective, perspective on your life, to get more out of it, to understand why you behave a certain way, why others behave a certain way with you, then I can help.
If you are struggling to juggle the balls of one or more physical long-term health condition(s), work and the rest of your life, then I can definitely help.
Do you despair of ever feeling content or happy again? Or just to feel actively happy rather than a state of plain neutral? Then book in for a consultation with me.
Or you may just want to undertake some personal development, to have someone's support as you tread through life's corridors. I can support you in this too.
I offer a roadmap towards better health (mental and therefore physical) and a stronger sense of wellbeing using a range of holistic and creative tools such as conversation, art, archetype cards, visualisation, meditation and more.
The three pillars to your work with me will be self-exploration, self-understanding and self-care.
The benefits of working with me include extensive knowledge & experience (25+ years) of working with physical and mental health conditions. As well as conversations, we use outside-the-box thinking, and a range of creative methods (optional and if appropriate) that allow us to access parts of the brain that are normally out of consciousness. This enables us to work deeply, and make lasting change, which ultimately results in increasing your resilience levels.
I am client centred in putting you at the heart of the work, being led by you and your goals. I work at your pace, preferring to accommodate you the person rather than try to make you fit a particular model. I want to see you succeed in your life, and that is what drives my work. My current areas of interest are the mind-body link, chronic ailments, and using creativity for promoting greater wellbeing.
I hold an MA in Child, Adolescent & Family therapy; a Diploma in Coaching; a Diploma in Supervision and an MA in Creative Writing. I am BACP Accredited.
I have worked within CAMHS for 8 years and in the wider NHS for over 12 (including adult eating disorders team). I also provide mental health consultations for professionals struggling to understand client behaviours. I have worked in a range of charities helping adults with a range of emotional difficulties.
I do offer a 15min video consultation – free of charge - to see if we feel we connect enough and feel comfortable enough together to undertake the work.
If we decide to work together, in our initial full session we will undertake an assessment, to start talking about what you want to achieve in the work and for the work to start. All sessions are 50 minutes face to face / video time.
I work in person in and around St. Albans/ Harpenden / Sandridge/ Wheathampstead/ Redbourn area.
Online sessions are available and accessible can be available anywhere, including other parts of Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, London, Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Dorset, Hampshire as well as further afield.
Online meetings are delivered by Zoom or MS Teams for your convenience. Day appointments are available.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
From most recent:-
- Ongoing professional development course
- MA Creative Writing
- MA Transpersonal Integrative Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy
- Diploma in Sandplay work
- Diploma in Supervising person-centred practice
- Diploma in Coaching
- Diploma in Person-centred Counselling
- Experience includes:-
- 8 years in CAMHS
- 1 year with Adult Eating Disorders Team
- 10+ years freelancing with charities in domestic violence and youth counselling sector
- 2+ years with telephone counselling organisation - Childline
- 3 years supervising counsellors at City Lit
- 2 years supervising counsellors at a Family Centre
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I support people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) & other long-term neurological health conditions like FND, ME/CFS, Burnout etc who are juggling their symptoms, their work and the rest of their life .
I am also keen to support women undergoing life transitions (employment to business or vice versa, menopause, wellness to ill health, facing mortality, divorce, mogration, etc).
I am also available to provide clinical supervision and consultations.
Fees
£80.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I am happy to register with health providers or EAPs if needed. Please let me know if you need me to do this.
Fee structure upto April 2025:-
Standard therapy fee is £80.00 per session. Each session is 50 minutes for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Supervision is 60 minutes for £80.00
Standard coaching fee is £100 per session. Each session is 60 minutes.
Group facilitation charges are £90-120 per hour depending on group size.
Private health insurance - therapy £90 per session.
When I work
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Daytime appointments currently available.
I work in person around St. Albans and surrounding areas.
Online I am available anywhere, including Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, London, Essex.
Further information
I work in a fluid, client-led way, as I believe that the right things will be addressed at the right time and have observed in past work, that there is a circular pattern to issues surfacing.
I am passionate about connecting with the humanity of each person as I feel that this aspect often gets missed in today's fast paced, results driven society.
I provide a calm, contained and safe space aimed at bringing down the energy levels so that we can examine what needs to emerge.
Online I can be available anywhere, including other parts of AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4, Hertfordshire at large, Buckinghamshire, London, Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Dorset, Hampshire as well as further afield.
