About me
There is never one method that suits everyone, so rather than fitting you to a technique, I work with what you bring. A good deal of what helps in therapy comes from the relationship itself: a steady, unhurried space where you can feel genuinely met and where even difficult feelings can be brought into the open and explored together.
I pay attention not only to what you talk about but to what happens as we talk, that is, what you're feeling, what the body sometimes says before words do and the patterns that quietly repeat.
The most effective route isn't always tackling something head-on; instead, it can sometimes be played out through a metaphor or the imagination. And throughout, I try to meet whatever you're carrying as part of being human, with curiosity and compassion rather than judgement - not as something to be fixed or diagnosed, but as part of who you are. My hope is to help you make sense of things in a way that honours both who you are now and who you'd like to become, and the people and communities you care for, and who care for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc Joint Honours in Psychology & Philosophy
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
- PG Foundation in Dramatherapy
- Level 3 in Understanding Mental Health
- Level 2 in Understanding Autism
My training is integrative. I draw on several established / evidence-driven approaches and weave them around the person rather than working from a single fixed model: person-centred and humanistic therapy, Gestalt, psychodynamic and object-relations thinking, dramatherapy/creative approaches and mindfulness-based frameworks.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Third Culture Kids/Adults
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
