About me
When you are overwhelmed with challenges in life, feel stuck, or deal with mental health issues, devastating loss or trauma, it is helpful to talk with someone who can guide and support you. Counselling can help you sort through the things in your life that are important to you. When you feel understood and cared for, hopelessness leaves the room. You can then grow in courage to walk your journey without being alone.
About Me
I am a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist with experience of working with adults and adolescents. I have worked as a school Counsellor in one of Suffolk's largest high schools and continue to see adults and adolescents at my private practice in Burwell, Cambridgeshire.
I am a registered member of the BACP and am working towards my accreditation.
I use an integrative and holistic approach based on Humanistic principles and incorporate Psychodynamic ideas, both of which respect the individuality and particular needs of each client. I also use CBT skills and therapeutic art, play and creative craft techniques.
My work centres on the belief that the quality of relationships between people are of paramount importance in respect of healthy human development and well-being.
My therapeutic work with clients focuses on the here and now whilst making links with the past. I work with clients to help them achieve their potential and develop in a positive way.
I will not judge you or try to tell you what to do, I will provide a safe and confidential space for you to explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours that may be affecting your life. I offer both long and short term therapy and will work with you at your own pace.
COVID-19 Statement - I am now working face to face and will also continue to offer online counselling beyond the pandemic.
You can contact me by phoning, emailing, texting or messaging on WhatsApp using the contact details here. If I cannot answer my phone please leave a voicemail and I will get back to you as soon as I am available.
Specialist Areas
- Teenager
- Young person/adult child of an alcoholic(s)
- Sibling of a disabled person
- Family breakdown
- Childhood trauma
- Feelings of abandonment
- Unresolved grief
- Low self-esteem/confidence
- Attachment and relationship issues
Training, qualifications & experience
BA (hons) in Integrative Counselling
FdA in Integrative Counselling
Diploma in Integrative Counselling
Certificates in:
- Online and Telephone Counselling
- Mindfulness
- Working with Trauma
- Therapeutic Art and Play
- Child Protection Training
- Adult Safeguarding
I am also fully DBS checked.
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are 60 minutes long.
Session fee £50
Concessions may be available for students and those on low income depending on individual circumstances. Please contact me for further information.
Availability
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Monday - Thursday.
Evenings appointments if available.
Further information
I hold my sessions in a private, therapeutic consulting room in my home which is discreet, quiet and relaxing to make you feel as comfortable and safe as possible.
It is situated on the ground floor however there are two steps up to the door.