About me
I offer free couples or family counselling where one or more participants are in receipt of means-tested benefits.
My aim is to help you have happier, more fulfilling relationships. Most couples and families go through tough times and sometimes need help to find a way forward.
I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space to help you change together and accept each other more. Typically we will meet 6 - 12 times over course of 3 - 6 months.
I offer sessions online via Google Meet.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified as a Relate trained relationship counsellor in 2019. I am also a systemic family practitioner (University of Bath).
I am BACP registered, I have current practitioner insurance and a valid enhanced DBS check. I receive regular supervision to help me improve my practice and better support my clients.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£0.01 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Each couples or family session lasts one hour.
I offer free therapy for clients in receipt of means-tested benefits or migrants on low incomes and with no access to public funds.
It is usually time-limited to six sessions initially. We would then review and I could potentially then offer another six sessions (i.e. twelve sessions in total.)
Further information
My relationship advice in the Guardian:
‘Get into bed and see what happens’ – and nine other tips to revive a tired relationship
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/14/get-into-bed-and-see-what-happens-and-nine-other-tips-to-revive-a-tired-relationship
‘The thinnest ice you’ll ever walk on’: how to reconcile with a long-lost sibling
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/10/the-thinnest-ice-youll-ever-walk-on-how-to-reconcile-with-a-long-lost-sibling
‘Fexting’ like Bidens can make relationships worse, say experts
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/03/fexting-like-bidens-relationships-arguing-by-text-psychologists
