About me
Hello and welcome
I am a registered BACP Accredited Counsellor and have been in practice since 2004 working with both adults and children. I have worked in multi-agency settings, schools and along side mental health services and G.P's
I have a warm friendly personality and I am often described as helping people to feel at ease. I have studied in many areas relating to health and well-being including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) mindfulness and meditation, excellent for enabling resolve in stress, anxiety low mood and the over-active mind.
My aim as a counsellor is to enable healing of mental and emotional pain, increase self-awareness and provide life changing approaches that enhance the growth of self-esteem, confidence and well-being.
I have a varied background both in qualifications and experience, naturally developing my practice to be holistic, diverse and creative allowing for the uniqueness and autonomy of all individuals I work with.
I offer short or long term therapy working with adults and children covering a wide range of issues. Counselling takes place in a confidential and non judgemental relaxing environment.
Therapeutic Approach:
As a humanistic counsellor I am able to use various counselling models to suit individual needs of clients. These models are Person Centred, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis.
I aim to give opportunity for self-development, self empowerment and growth to occur through a collaborative working relationship built on trust and rapport. I believe we are each unique and made up of parts that form our whole being. Being a humanistic counsellor enables me to engage with different parts that may present in relation to your experiences past or present.
I aim to help individuals to realise their strengths, creativity and choice within the here and now.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
The structure and therapeutic approach of Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is to address what is happening on a psychological, behavioural physiological level and can be viewed as being layers which interrelate with each other.
CBT focuses on the thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that we hold (our cognitive processes) and how this relates to the way we behave, as a way of dealing with emotional problems. Sometimes however these thoughts, images, feelings can lead us to have unhelpful beliefs and can cause us to have unfulfilling lives where we can get caught up in repeating behavioural patterns, affecting the quality of relationship we have with ourselves and others.
CBT focuses on the problems and difficulties you have now, rather than issues from your past however the past is acknowledged as contributing factors may have arisen from past experiences. It offers practical ways in which you can improve your state of mind and the way in which you respond to current situations.
This helps you reframe how you see your world and helps to reduce worrying thoughts stress and anxiety.
Work Experience I have worked alongside Adult mental health teams, Primary care and CAMHS. I have worked in many schools, Youth and advice centres. I am a member of Employee Counselling (EAP), registered with Aviva, Bupa, WPA and Vita Health.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma Humanistic Counselling
- BA (Hons) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Hypnotherapy Diploma
- Life-Coaching Diploma
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming
- Diploma in working with Young People
- Goal Mapping Practitioner
- Mindfulness Teacher
- Up to date enhanced DBS.
- Up to date in Safeguarding
- ICO Registered
Workshops in:
- Stress management
- Mindfulness & Meditation
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are £55.00 for a 50 minute sessions.
Flexible appointment times day or evenings
When I work
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Further information
I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am bound by their Ethical Framework of Good Practice for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
