About me
I work with young people up to the age of 24 to help them explore and make sense of their world, the events in their lives, and their feelings and responses to these. The space to reflect may mean the young person is able to work out their own solutions. I mostly work face to face, offering short- or long-term work in SW London.
I believe that although young people occasionally use words to tell those around them how they are feeling, often they use behaviours instead. They may need help and support to find the words for the feelings at the root of their actions.
I work with various art mediums for therapeutic conversation: play, art, puppets, sand tray, whatever the young person may be drawn to. Using the arts can enable someone to access painful feelings when perhaps words are not known, or not big enough, for the feelings.
Training, qualifications & experience
Having always worked with children, I completed a postgraduate diploma in integrative psychotherapeutic child counselling at the Institute for Arts in Education and Therapy. I have worked as school counsellor in primary and secondary level education and as a counsellor in a youth counselling charity.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£70.00 per session
Additional information
- Payment can be made by bank transfer per session or monthly invoicing.
- Please contact me to discuss sliding-scale fees or concessions.
