About me
I'm a highly experienced counselling psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and family groups.
I offer a safe, confidential and nurturing environment to help my clients achieve clarity, closure and personal growth. Client work covers a wide range of issues including anxiety, phobias, trauma, bereavement, identity and sexuality, relationships and eating disorders.
In couples therapy I work with couples on relationship 'maintenance', couples in crisis or those seeking amicable divorce or separation. Equally, I work with small family groups to offer a safe space to discuss difficult issues and to find resolution and healing.
I see clients in my bright and comfortable consulting rooms in Alsager, Cheshire (Tuesday to Thursday) and Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent (Mondays only) as well as online.
There is free parking immediately adjacent to my Alsager office and the building is also on the main bus route from Crewe to Hanley as well as 15 minutes' walk from Alsager train station with regular trains to Kidsgrove, Stoke and Crewe. Secure cycle storage is available in the building. Please note that there are stairs to my rooms.
On-street parking is available immediately outside my Burslem office (£1.10 per hour) and there is free parking two minutes' walk away. The Burslem office is very near the Crewe to Hanley and Newcastle to Endon / Brown Edge bus routes and next to the Burslem Greenway cycle route (secure bike storage is available in the building).
Therapy sessions last 50 minutes for individuals and 90 minutes for couples and families.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified from the University of Manchester and I'm a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Having extensive experience working across both NHS and private settings, I now work in private practice in Alsager (Cheshire) and Burslem (Stoke-on-Trent) as well as online.
I work integratively, having trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches including person-centred, CBT and Jungian.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Pet bereavement
Trans-generational trauma
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £95.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions for individuals last 50 minutes and cost £65 (concessions £55); couples sessions last 90 minutes and cost £85 per session; family sessions for up to four family members last 90 minutes and cost £95 to £130 per session depending on group size.
When I work
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Further information
I offer hot drinks (tea, coffee, herbal tea) free of charge but please note that eating isn't permitted in the therapy room.
Young babies are welcome to sessions where needed (by prior arrangement), as are well-behaved dogs.
Please note that I currently have very few evening appointments available but I do operate a waiting list.
