About me
Welcome.
I am a senior accredited psychotherapist offering:
- therapy for adults experiencing such states as anxiety, depression and the impacts of grief, neurodiversity, chronic stress and trauma.
- clinical supervision for therapists and care professionals
My approach is somatic (body-mind-based), blending resilience- and nervous system-informed approaches.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP senior-accredited psychotherapist and have been in practice for over 15 years.
During that time I've worked with adults and young people experiencing a wide variety of challenges, within charitable organisations, higher education and in private practice. I have also taught on a postgraduate diploma in counselling.
I hold qualifications/have undertaken training in:
- Somatic Developmental Trauma Therapy (The Embody Lab)
- Somatic Experiencing® (developed by Dr. Peter Levine)
- Formative Psychology (developed by Stanley Keleman)
- Person-Centred Counselling (Metanoia Institute, London)
- Equine-Assisted Therapy (The Equine Therapy Center, Monmouthshire)
- High Intensity Psychological Therapies (University of Exeter)
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
Further information
Over time, this work can help you:
- feel more resilient and resourced
- respond rather than react when you feel stressed or triggered
- soften long-held patterns of tension, anxiety, shutdown and post-traumatic symptoms
- build a kinder, more trusting relationship with yourself
