About me
Hi i offer trauma-informed therapy, using Internal Family Systems and EMDR, this is mostly online from Canterbury.
I have a gentle, body-first approach to healing trauma using various techniques to resolve emotional & psychological issues that often won’t resolve through only talking.
IFS and EMDR are gentle therapies that can be used to help with a wide range of mental health issues, somatic health problems: c-ptsd, OCD, rumination, flashbacks, anger, anxiety and depression, shame, addictions, self-defeating behaviours, low confidence etc.
Integrating IFS with EMDR can resolve emotional trauma & heal traumatic memories. I have an NHS background in liaison psychiatry.
I’m dual-trained in Internal Family Systems to Level 3 with the IFS Institute.
I am also an accredited UK EMDR therapist with EMDR Europe.
We can meet initially on Zoom for a free introductory consultation. Thank you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- IFS Institute-trained practitioner completed Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 of the IFS Institute recognised qualifications.
- EMDR Association UK ACCREDITED EMDR Europe and UK
- Further training in integrating IFS and EMDR and Attachment-Informed EMDR
- BA Honours Psychology, City University, London
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- Reg Dip in Mental Health Nursing, RMN, University of Greenwich
- MSc Mental Health, combined NHS and Kings College London
- Postgraduate CBT training, Psychological Therapies, University of Sussex.
- Attachment-informed EMDR Unleash Parts 1 & 2 training
- Judge for The Orwell Dystopian Fiction Prize
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Internal Family Systems' or parts therapy
- Codependency
- Recovering from narcissistic abuse
- Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
- Scapegoating and systemic repeating problems
- Attachment-focused EMDR
- EMDR for complex trauma
- Intergenerational trauma
- Inner child healing
- meditation and body scan somatic approaches
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
For Internal Family Systems therapy with EMDR, charges are normally around £80-£100 per session, depending on time and duration of the sessions.
Separate EMDR sessions can be arranged to support your current therapy.
Please contact me for discussion of cost, I don't want to exclude anyone.
Some 90 minute sessions are available sometimes.
You can pay as you go. There are no complicated contracts.
When I work
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Hi i can be flexible regards your availability
Further information
Trauma-informed therapies are much more popular as an embodied therapy because emotional distress and issues such as anxiety, panic, phobias, fears, avoidance, poor self-control etc are an expression of protective parts of your nervous system- that is, parts to get to know not to get rid of.
We can work closely together to get to know what your nervous system is saying and offer presence, witnessing and validation. I use two trauma informed gentle methods called Internal Family Systems and EMDR.
I work online on Zoom, this online approach really helps healing and recovery from adverse experiences, often in childhood, and allows you to become your authentic self.
I work from my base in Canterbury. I worked in the NHS for many years. You can choose longer sessions or evening appts, depending on your circumstances.
These are flexible and we can discuss with an introductory and confidential free 30 minute consultation on Zoom with no commitment.
