This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a BACP registered person-centred counsellor based in Scotland. I offer online and in-person counselling sessions to individuals over the age of 18. I also offer outdoor therapy sessions in the Inverness area.
What do I offer?
As a person-centred counsellor, I believe each individual person is the expert of their own feelings and experiences – I won’t tell you what is ‘wrong’ with you, or tell you what you 'ought' to do. I don’t necessarily have the answers and certainly won’t try to ‘fix’ you. Instead I will work with you to develop a safe and accepting therapeutic relationship, which can offer you the time and space to discuss and explore your individual experiences and feelings, without judgement.
My aim is to try to deeply understand you, your experiences and your feelings from your perspective. Being heard and understood in this way is not something we often encounter in every-day life, and it can help us find more clarity about the way we are feeling, or bring more understanding, awareness, meaning and acceptance to the things we are experiencing. I hope to offer you a safe, welcoming space in which we can explore whatever it is you are dealing with, and develop a sense of how you want to move forward with things.
Outdoor Therapy
In addition to counselling online or in the therapy room, I also offer Outdoor Therapy. In taking my counselling practice into the outdoor environment, I am able to offer a therapeutic space where other people can embrace their own unique relationship with the natural world as part of their counselling process. For some this might be as simple as taking a walk amongst nature whilst we talk; for others it may be about engaging with metaphor, connecting with personal spiritual meaning in nature, or perhaps exploring mind-body connection through the physicality of the experience of being outdoors. Each of our own relationships with the world around us is unique, and so the experience of outdoor therapy will be personally meaningful to each of us in our own way.
How can I help?
The reasons people come for counselling are many and varied. Equally, the benefits people experience as a result are just as diverse. You may have an idea already of what you hope for from counselling. For some it might be increased personal insight and self-awareness, a greater sense of who you are and what you want. You may be dealing with a particular problem or experience and need a safe space to be able to explore what this means for you. Or you may be looking to bring changes to your relationships, decision making, lifestyle choices or personal growth.
Whatever brings you to counselling I will be happy to explore with you how I might support you in finding a way forward that makes sense for you. I have particular experience working with people dealing with bereavement, and trauma associated with loss and grief.
Introductory meeting and next steps
I offer a 20 minute introductory phone or video call in order to help you decide if you would like to go ahead with counselling, and for us both to assess whether it feels like the right fit. There is no commitment to enter into therapy with me - the most important thing is that you find a practitioner you feel comfortable with.
If you would like to go ahead with an introductory meeting, please feel free to drop me a message (using the 'Email me' button) and I will be happy to arrange this with you. Please keep an eye on your junk email folder in case my response lands in there. I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Postgraduate Diploma, Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy - University of Aberdeen / Persona Development and Training
COSCA Certificate in Counselling - Edinburgh College and Glasgow Caledonian University
Taking Therapy Outside - The Centre for Natural Reflection
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
£50.00 per session
Free initial online session
Additional information
£50 per 50 minute session
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