About me
Anxiety, pain from the past, or conflict can make life tough and confusing. Talking to an impartial, supportive, non-judgemental counsellor provides a safe place to unload and explore what is troubling you. Taking this first step and reaching out is the first foot on your path forward.
I am an integrative counsellor working with all ages from 12 upwards. I am trained and experienced in trauma, grief, infertility and conception challenges, birth trauma, anxiety including performance anxiety, relationship issues, abuse and sexual abuse, and many other difficult experiences which can lie behind emotional distress.
We work together to understand how things feel for you, exploring relationships and life experiences that are impacting on your ability to cope. We could explore your feelings in the present, your childhood experiences, the effects on you and how these may be related to how you are feeling now, but what we talk about is always up to you.
I also am a qualified relationship counsellor. This can be couples who are married or in a romantic relation of any type, or a parent and child (over 12), or siblings.
I have a special interest in performance anxiety having worked in the Arts and seen the effects of performance related anxiety and pressure particularly on gifted children and young people. Stress and anxiety around performance in music, dance, theatre, sport, exams, giving presentations and speeches, can result in lifelong low self esteem, depression, addiction, relationship breakdown and self harm.
Stress or trauma from childhood, current or past relationships or work including domestic abuse and workplace bullying, can overwhelm us, creating feelings of hopelessness, sadness, anger and low self worth.. We can explore how to unpick the overwhelm and move forward. I will support you to find your way forward.
My primary counselling practice is in Tring, Hertfordshire, but I also have practices in Bushey, Rickmansworth and Watford, or online via Zoom. I am fully inclusive of all who need support including diversities of gender, sexuality, race, culture and religion.
If you think I may be the right counsellor for you, I offer a free short telephone conversation so we can get a feel for if we would like to work together.
If you would like to know more, please get in touch or visit my website
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualified CPCAB LEVEL 4 in Integrative Counselling
Further accredited training;
- Domestic Violence
- Abuse
- Shame
- Anger
- Grief
- Children and Young People Bereavement
- Self Harm
- Infertility
- Birth Trauma
- Loss
- Neurodiversity
I currently work as a counsellor at the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice and Watford Women's Centre, and in Private Practice.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Fees
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Couples counselling £80ph.
I offer concessions for teachers, nurses and those on universal credit.
Further information
I hold enhanced DBS Certificates for all my work.
I attend four hours supervision per month for professional support and development.
