About me
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Counselling provides you with a supportive, confidential and safe environment where you will be valued and listened to in a respectful way. An effective form of therapy, it can help you make positive changes to your life and deal with issues that may feel overwhelming or are causing you emotional pain, unhappiness or stress, helping you to gain more insight into understanding yourself and your problems whilst finding solutions that are right for you.
I am an experienced counsellor, clinical supervisor and trainer, working from a Person-Centred modality whilst using techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Attachment Theory and The Rewind Technique for trauma (PTS/PTSD/CPTSD) to support each person in the best way for them. I have experience counselling a wide range of issues including low self-esteem, confidence, grief, loss, depression, anxiety, stress, specializing in trauma and abuse. I believe that everyone has the ability to reach their unique, full potential and lead a fulfilling life in a way that is right for them.
I offer both short term and longer term individual counselling, and clinical supervision for qualified counsellors. I work with businesses for EAP provision and provide invaluable case supervision for frontline safeguarding practitioners and Designated Safeguarding Leads.
Equine Assisted Learning and Therapy is connecting with beautifully intelligent and intuitive horses to create a deeper level of understanding about our emotions, interactions and behaviour. Proven to be especially beneficial for trauma and for those looking to improve teamwork and leadership skills.
Equine assisted therapy, walk & talk therapy and wellbeing retreat days are coming soon. The perfect way to relax and recharge in nature.
Your Mental Wellness is a fabulous, online version of my mental health awareness and wellbeing training sessions in easily accessible mini and intensive courses. The perfect way to achieve and maintain mental stability to reduce the likelihood of reaching crisis point, helping you to navigate your own mental health.
For full details of what's happening please join us: www.yourmentalwellness.co.uk/wellbeing
Phone and online counselling and clinical supervision sessions are available Monday to Thursday 11am-6pm.
Training, qualifications & experience
My academic counselling qualifications and further training include:
- Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling (Level 5)
- Certificate in Counselling Supervision Level 6)
- Certificate in Advanced Counselling Skills
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy (BACP endorsed)
- Mental Health Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse (Social Trauma Model)
- Rape: The Brain and Mental Health impact
- Suicide Bereavement
- The Rewind Technique - for treatment of Trauma and PTS/PTSD (approved by the British Psychological Society)
- Equine Assisted Therapy
- Mental Health and the body - Treating Trauma
- Working with Depression
- Neurobiology of Trauma, Inflammation & Recovery
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
I provide supervision to counsellors and those working in other disciplines by working with theories of integrative & person-centred supervision as well as other models such as Shohet and Hawkins' 7 Eyed Model. This supports the supervisee by looking at their own systems, self-care and ways of working, helping them to maintain ethical and safe practice and ultimately ensure the needs of the client are being met.
In addition to my counselling and supervision experience, my working background is in frontline roles within statutory agencies in the specialist areas of domestic and sexual abuse, rape, honour based violence, forced marriage and child protection. Utilizing this experience I am also a freelance safeguarding trainer and provide invaluable case supervision for DSLs. Please see my website or contact me for further details.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £55.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 20 minute consultation (on the phone or in person) when we can discuss your current needs and expectations from counselling. It is also an ideal opportunity to answer any queries you may have. Full sessions are then for 50 minutes.
My fees, payable by cash or bank transfer, are:
£55 for an individual counselling session or £150 for a block of 3 sessions. To make counselling as accessible as possible there are a limited number of appointments available with concessions for those on low income or unemployed.
£90 per 90 minutes for individual clinical supervision for qualified counsellors.
£70 per hour for corporate clients/EAP/employer funded clinical supervision.
Cancellation fees: Full fee for same day cancellations.
When I work
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Further information
I am fully qualified, insured, a registered member of the governing body of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and am on the accredited register of the Professional Standards Agency.
I also have a clear, current Enhanced DBS Certificate.
