About me
Why choose me as your counsellor? Maybe because I always aim to put you rather than any specific approach at the centre of our work together. My priority is to build a trusting therapeutic relationship with you where you feel safe, heard and seen. In order to facilitate this, I use my personal life experience, my training and my experience of having worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and with a great variety of different issues. I endeavour to offer a safe, supportive and accepting environment where we can explore your feelings and work on the issues in question.
So why not take the first step and arrange a free assessment session with me? It's an opportunity to meet and to find out if you would like to see me on a regular basis. There will be no pressure and you won't need to make a decision there and then.
My counselling training has been humanistic and integrative, which means that I do not adhere to one particular orientation, but tailor sessions to your specific needs. Although my preference is to meet you face-to-face, I also offer online and telephone sessions depending on your circumstances.
I adhere to the ethical guidelines laid down by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Furthermore, and in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), I commit to keeping your personal data securely and purely for counselling purposes.
Training, qualifications & experience
Foundation Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy - BCPC 2010
Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling - BCPC 2013
I have been seeing clients for many years, at first in local placements offering low-cost counselling and then also in private practice. I now work exclusively from my therapy room in Broadmayne which is located approximately four miles from Dorchester. I feel fully committed to my work as a counsellor and look forward to hearing from you.
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
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial in-person or online session
