About me
Most people aren’t broken. They’re just used to not being heard.
I work as a counsellor and psychotherapist from a person-centred perspective, grounded in a simple but often overlooked belief: people already hold the capacity to understand themselves, face what’s difficult, and change the direction of their lives.
In a culture obsessed with quick fixes and neat labels, I offer something different—a space where you don’t have to perform, explain yourself perfectly, or be anything other than real. A space built on honesty, empathy, and acceptance.
I don’t position myself as the expert on your life.
You are.
My role is to walk alongside you as things begin to make sense—where anxiety, grief, or feeling stuck are not problems to eliminate, but signals worth listening to. When that happens, something shifts. Not because it’s forced, but because it’s allowed.
This work isn’t always comfortable. It asks for courage—to face what’s been avoided, to question what’s been assumed, to tell the truth about how things really are.
But when the conditions are right, people don’t need fixing.
They begin to move. To choose. To change.
And often, to live with more clarity, depth, and freedom than they thought possible.
Training, qualifications & experience
As a fully trained Counselling Practitioner, and graduate in psychology I have experience working in social care and the NHS I have experience of dealing with clients diagnosed with a wide variety conditions, such as; personality disorders, attachment disorders, ADHD and Autism. I have experience in working with clients presenting with depression, anxiety, bereavement, relationship issues, historical abuse, stress, self-esteem and low confidence.
I currently work on a part-time basis as HE Counselling lecturer, and have provided ad-hoc presentations on mental health and counselling topics to such organisations as McMillan Wellbeing and Student Support Services at Stockport College. I have also engaged as the manager for a therapeutic model for young people, in care, with emotional and behavioural disorders. In addition I work with specialist forensic clients and ADHD.
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
Forensic work around the prevention of sexual offending and porn addiction.
Specialist in working with ADHD for those diagnosed and those supporting (parents/partners/siblings) adults or children with ADHD
Therapies offered
Fees
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees are £60 per session (1 hour)
£85 (1hr-1.5hr) for specialist forensic work
£50 (Negotiable for certain circumstances) students and those receiving income related benefits.
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