About me
Deep thinking, big feeling and highly sensitive people. Those who wish to enquire within; to understand themselves and process their emotions at greater depth; to be held gently and compassionately; to feel understood.
I am a Practitioner of Counselling / Psychotherapy providing talking therapy for adults.
Described by clients and colleagues as inclusive and neuro-affirming, my practice tends to attract creative people often with some neurodivergence around. The way I work lends itself well to reducing overwhelm and unravelling a complex mixture of emotions, gradually bringing about greater levels of self awareness and self agency.
Our genetics, our experiences, internalised relationships with significant others, the culture we grew up in and what's happening in society all inform our values and belief systems. Often, at some point, a crack emerges and there's a difference between how we're living our life and behaving versus who we really are and what we know to be true but can't yet face. It tends to start small and get bigger until it becomes and impasse and you're unable to move forward. We tend to enter therapy around then.
In therapy I provide a safe and confidential space to help you make sense of your experiences around the anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties you may be experiencing.
Therapy can be a wonderful tool for exploring our inner world, comparable with shining a torch on boxes stacked up in the loft and gradually working through them to decide what we want to keep and what no longer serves us. It's a completely confidential space where we can look at things we'd rather not and begin to question what was once un-questionable. In time we come to understand and process what's gone on for us and gradually begin to transcend our old ways of being. We find we're able to shed outdated ideas that no longer serve us and things that are holding us back and we reconnect with what feels authentic for us today; cultivating a new self, a new way of being and reshape our future on a different path.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an Advanced Professional Diploma in Counselling Theory and Therapeutic Practice as well as a Certificate in Working Creatively With Clients, both accredited by the NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society).
Working creatively can involve clients sharing their dreams, writing, poetry, artwork and music if that's something that appeals to them.
I have had the privilege of working for The Quiet Mind Centre in Exmouth. I am now running a private practice from my home in East Devon, offering in-person, online and telephone sessions and in my spare time I offer therapy at Therapy Services Southwest in Paignton.
I work within the ethical framework of NCPS as an Accredited member (MNCPS Accred), adhere to the Shared Commitments of Neurodivergent Practitioners, of which I'm a verified member of the global directory and also hold individual membership with BACP.
I am fully insured and hold an Enhanced DBS check.
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.
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
- Domestic abuse/violence and court proceedings
- Navigating mainstream education with ND/appealing needs assessments/EHCP processes/mediation/Local Authority Tribunals
- Pending prison sentencing and the Judicial system/court proceedings
- Religious Abuse
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
When I work
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Further information
I work in person in Seaton, Devon , UK as well as nationally either online or over the phone.
