About me
With 20 years’ experience working as a therapist, Counselling and Psychotherapy has become both my career and my passion. Holding full BACP Accreditation alongside a Diploma and Master’s Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy. It is a privilege to work with people taking what can be the bravest of decisions to come to therapy. There is a vast array of noise out there when it comes to seeking therapy and it can all be very overwhelming and confusing. I hope that I can help you in finding a sense of relief and calm amongst these uncertainties, in offering you a safe, experienced and professional space, where we can explore, understand and work with whatever is troubling you in confidence.
My practice deploys the Integrative, which means I’m qualified to work with and draw upon major therapeutic disciplines, including Person Centred, CBT, Psychodynamic and Solution Focused Therapy and over more recent years a focus on the mind and body relationship, looking at our nervous system. This particularly relates to my work with anxiety, emotional dysregulation, stress and the impact of trauma. This way of working reflects my experience that people need different types of help and support at various stages in their lives. Over the years, I have observed clients responding well to this way of working, most notably by moving forward in the direction that is right for them and finding a new-found curiosity in themselves and their life.
Both your internal and external world enters the therapy room and I am there to support you in finding clarity and understanding, so that you may find ways to lead life more on your terms. I see therapy as a collaborative space where we can identify and explore in depth the things that may be holding you back or getting in the way. We often live life with maladaptive behaviours but therapy offers a space to learn healthier behaviours that can contribute to a new way of participating in life.
I also have also worked in schools and colleges with young people and young adults. Helping support those experiencing stresses around exams, friendship/peer difficulties, self-esteem and body image issues, of which leads into my work around eating disorders and disordered eating.
I have experience working both long term and short term and we will work together to map out the best route for you, taking into account your life commitments.
Please contact me if you would like to know more about how we might work together to meet your hopes and goals.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have 20 years experience working as a therapist and my qualifications are as follows;
- Master of Arts in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- BACP Accredited Psychotherapist
- Diploma in Integrative Supervision of Individuals and Groups
- NCFE in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- ICO Registered
- DBS
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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Further information
I am happy to offer a free 20 minute call to discuss your enquiry around therapy.
I also undertake an initial assessment session before you decide to fully commit to therapy. This session gives you the chance to expand on the information given on the free enquiry call. To tell me more about yourself and the things you want to work on alongside your hopes from the therapeutic intervention. It is also an opportunity to ask me questions you may have about how I work and what working together may look like. If you are happy to commence we will then book in a regular weekly time to meet.
