About me
I help people achieve personal satisfaction and peace of mind by helping them to manage anxiety and stress.
I can help you come to terms with an abusive past, exploring the impact of adoption as a child and support parents of adopted children. I can help with relationships, find your way through the grieving process, as well as cope with depression, anxiety and stress related issues. My training enables me to use various models of Counselling to promote a feeling of well being, acceptance, to be come at peace with ourselves, overcoming general feelings of sadness.
I may be help you to control fears, phobias and break bad habits, replacing them with more positive coping strategies..
Change is dificult at first, challenging in the middle, but amazing in the end.
Training, qualifications & experience
Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Diploma in Clinical Supervision
Further training in working with adult adoptees
Diploma in Hypnotherapy
Certificate in Mindfulness Practices
On going CPD
I have experience working with children and young people, as well as parents of children with difficulties, helping them to cope with consequences of living with the constant stress of their childs disabilities, disorders and subsequent grief.
I am DBS checked, I have completed first aid and safeguarding training.
My work placement was with Little Miracles, a charity working with families facing seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Following my work placement I was honoured to be asked to join Little Miracles as one of their Counsellors and I still I’m in contact with this charity and do some clinical supervision for them.
I have a thriving private practice and work with adults struggling with issues from childhood, adults that were adopted as babies, as well as everyday struggles with anxiety, stress and grief.
I am a tutor for Chrysalis, I teach level 4 and 5 Counselling and deliver CPD courses, which is both enjoyable and very rewarding. I am also a tutor for CPCAB level four.
I work as a Clinical Supervisor for Counsellors and others working in the Mental Health Industry at this challenging time.
My work is varied and immensely rewarding,
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.
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
Adults suffering as a result of childhood trauma
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Student Counselling £40.00 p/h on line or £45.00 p/h f2f
Supervision £60 p/h Students £50 p/h
When I work
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I am available Wednesdays for 9am til 7.30pm, and Fridays 9am til 5pm for introduction calls
Further information
I am available face to face and online for 1:1 and Couples Therapy, I work in an integrative way, combining therapies for the benefit of the client, however I do work in a relational way, and the therapeutic relationship is the foundation of all my work. Therefore I do recommend an introductory call to ensure that the "fit" is right and I am the right therapist for you.
My key areas are working with the results of childhood abuse/trauma, the effects of adoption on adult adoptees and adults who have adopted and are struggling with family relations.
I am also a Counselling tutor and I am happy to work alongside students or newly qualified therapists as a mentor.
