About me
Hello, my name is Jo - welcome to my profile. I’m an integrative counsellor and a registered member of the BACP. Having spent many hours in personal therapy myself, I understand how daunting it can be to start this journey and to find the right counsellor.
Something has brought you here, and I’d be curious to know what that is. If you feel ready to share more, you’re very welcome to get in touch for a free 30-minute introductory chat.
I aim to offer empathy, understanding, and a non-judgemental space, so that your experience of therapy feels safe, supportive, and genuine.
Training, qualifications & experience
I understand that midlife can be a particularly complex and demanding time. I have experienced many of these challenges myself — navigating midlife both as a mother and as a daughter, and finding myself somewhere in the middle of changing family roles and responsibilities.
As our children grow and become more independent, we can experience a mixture of pride, loss and uncertainty about who we are beyond our role as a mother or Father. At the same time, our own parents may be ageing and need more of our care and attention. Alongside this, there may be divorce or relationship changes, grief and loss, menopause, retirement and the many questions that can arise as we begin to think differently about our own lives and what we want for the future.
It can feel as though everyone needs something from us, while we are quietly trying to work out what we need.
I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you can step away from those demands and have the opportunity to focus on yourself. You don’t need to have everything figured out. Together, we can explore what you are experiencing, make sense of the changes taking place and find ways to move through this stage of life with greater understanding and self-compassion.
I know from my own experience that midlife can be challenging, but I also believe it can be a time of growth, reflection and rediscovery — a time to reconnect with yourself and consider what you want the next chapter of your life to look like.
Although midlife is a particular area of interest for me, I welcome and work with adults of all ages.
I offer a warm, supportive, and non-judgemental space where you can explore whatever may be affecting your wellbeing, relationships, or sense of direction.
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
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees to be paid before each session
48 hours cancellation notice
When I work
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Further information
I have lived experience of the following and while nothing is ever experienced the same I do believe my own experiences have/do help me have a greater understanding of clients and their presenting issues.
- loss
- grief
- bereavement
- menopause
- work place bullying
- relationship breakdown
- family addiction
- anxiety and over thinking
- divorce
- empty nest syndrome
- boarding school syndrome
- eldest daughter syndrome
