About me
I offer a warm non-judgemental and confidential environment in which to discuss your issues. As a BACP registered and accredited counsellor, I have substantial experience both in public sector organisations, and as a private practitioner, and have worked with a wide range of complex issues, supporting people to make successful changes in their lives. Working creatively, and with the therapeutic relationship remaining at the heart of the process, I adhere to the theory that the client is the best expert of themselves and that with deep empathy coupled with the therapeutic alliance, this expertise can be revealed and applied.
I am cognisant of early life experiences, family dynamics and parental relationships and recognise that these may be integral to your narrative.
As an integrative psychotherapist, I use a variety of approaches and modalities. These can either be discussed with you during the early stages of the counselling process, or become a more organic experience as we begin working together.
I receive clinical supervision for all my counselling work which is implemented with reference to, and in accordance with, the BACP Ethical Framework.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (UEL).
The core study was the Integrative Process Model. Training also included: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (MBCBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Gestalt, Solution Focused Therapy and Personality Types (Myers Briggs).
Additional training includes Caspari Groupworks (Educational Psychotherapists) for using Art as a therapeutic medium in groups.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£70 per 50 minute session.
When I work
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Further information
I studied at the Royal Acadmey of Dramatic Art and was an actress for 18 years. This experience has provided me with valuable skills and resources (such as empathy and narrative process) which I have absorbed into my work as counsellor and therapist.
