About me
I offer a warm, non-judgemental space where you can feel seen and heard. As a trauma-informed therapist, I can support you with challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, overwhelm, relationship difficulties, abuse, trauma, low confidence and self-esteem, and experiences of loss and bereavement.
As a creative counsellor and alongside talking therapy, I also offer a range of art materials such as clay, paint, drawing, and collage. These tools offer additional ways for you to explore and express your thoughts and emotions. This can be especially helpful when finding the right words feels difficult or when emotions are hard to express.
Working with the arts can help you view your challenges from different perspectives and, when needed, create some distance from them. It can also support you in gaining a sense of control, experiencing freedom, or exploring themes such as perfectionism or boundaries. Creative work can be helpful when managing difficult physical health conditions, not only by offering a space to explore how you feel, but also by helping you reconnect with your body. This mind–body connection can support you to feel more grounded and calmer.
I have both personal and professional experience of special educational needs, learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism. I have spent many years working within the education system, supporting young people with a wide range of needs in the classroom, in their homes, and in alternative provisions. I also understand these experiences on a more personal level, which I feel has given me a deeper, lived understanding of the challenges and strengths that can come with neurodiversity and additional needs.
Some challenges my clients may be feeling when they begin therapy:
• Feeling that life has become overwhelming, with persistent anxiety, stress, or a sense of burnout.
• Experiencing exhaustion from caring for others, whether as a parent, sibling, daughter, or son, perhaps feeling there is little time or space left for themselves.
• Supporting a neurodivergent loved one and feeling overwhelmed by navigating the education system, coping with EBSA, home education, or seeking appropriate specialist provision.
• Being newly diagnosed with ADHD or autism and feeling uncertain about what the diagnosis means or how to make sense of it.
• Living with past or present experiences that have never felt safe or possible to talk about.
• Struggling to cope and feeling disconnected from their sense of self.
• Facing life changes and loss.
How can therapy help me?
I am down-to-earth and offer a warm, compassionate, non-judgemental space where you can feel truly seen and heard, perhaps for the first time.
Together, we will explore your goals and find ways to work through the challenges you’re facing, whether they are connected to past or present experiences or changes in your life.
One of the most important parts of therapy is building a trusting relationship where you feel safe and understood. Whatever you bring, we will always move at a pace that feels right for you.
I offer a free 30 minute introductory session online. This will be informal and a chance to see if I feel like the right therapist for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling (level 7) UEL
- Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of the Arts in therapy (Postgraduate level 7) IATE
- Certificate in Counselling Skills, IATE
- Mental Health first aider (RQF)
- BEd (Hons) in education
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Concessions are available, so please do get in touch.
When I work
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Further information
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The Happy Body Project is set in beautiful Bedforshire countryside. It has a large reception area with free refreshments and parking onsite. https://www.happybodyproject.co.uk/
Project 229 is based on Beford Road, Kempston. Parking is on a nearby street, whilst there is no reception area, there is a lovely cafe on the premises. https://www.project229.org/
I offer workshops and small group sessions that use the arts therapeutically to support wellbeing and mental health for children, young persons and adults. I also offer 1:1 work with children who are out of school due to EBSA, please do get in touch if this is something you child needs support with.
