About me
Processing past or present hurts, dealing with situations that overwhelm and confuse, these are times we just can't see clearly enough to glean perspective.
The clients I work with come from all walks of life, my experience both personally and professionally has taught me that as humans we are pretty skilled at waging quiet wars within ourselves. People pleasing, sound familiar? The tendency to shy away from assertive communication/exerting ones boundaries? What potentially happens as result when we are too afraid to implement the aforementioned? We harbour internal resentments, thereby impeding our own growth & authenticity. These issues essentially bleed into all corners of our lives. The unmentionable is the unmanageable but we can, if we so wish, learn new ways.
I work with grief and loss, having trained and worked with Cruse bereavement. Death is not the only component of grief, it attends many different situations regarding loss. We grieve the ending of a relationship, when our working years come to an end, children growing up and leaving home, the loss of dreams. Each and all of these experiences can trigger grief, it is uniquely personal to the individual in the midst of their own experiencing. There is no quick fix for this but having someone who can support us as we try to come to terms with a life changing loss is quite literally invaluable. At a time when we are perhaps our most fragile I will offer you warmth and compassion as you make your way through the maze that is grief.
Mediation can be the difference from irreparable damage in any relationship/marital breakdown, particularly when children are involved, to somehow making the best of what can be a deeply painful time. I take a specialist interest in this, helping both parties work better at compromise and minimising the potential hurt that separating couples can inflict on each other and perhaps unwittingly the children too.
My previous post working with students in higher education as a mental health mentor was challenging as it was rewarding. I have gained valuable experience in this field. Working collaboratively with the students in helping to promote resilience by implementing strategies which foster independence and a stronger sense of self.
I understand it can be difficult to get a feel for someone in this format. That said after having read a little about me I hope you will feel to some degree a sense of relatability and connection.
"When we don't close off and let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings." (Pema Chodren, 2008)
Training, qualifications & experience
- ASIST - Trained in Suicide prevention (2019)
- Stirling University, Mental Health Mentor (2018 to date)
- Specialist Bereavement Training programme (CruseScotalnd 2018 to date)
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychological Well-Being, Counselling and Psychotherapy (2018)
- Employment Assistance Programme (2017)
- Scotland's Mental Health First Aid Young People. (2015)
- Relationship First Aid (2015)
- Cosca Counselling skills certificate (2015)
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
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer an initial 1hr in-person session at a reduced fee of £30, thereafter the fee is £55.00.
When I work
Email or phone for further information and availability.
0770 207 6295
