This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am an experienced counsellor working with a wide range of issues.
Whether you are feeling stuck in cyclical patterns that you hope to change, struggling to live with ongoing confused or painful feelings, learning to manage and understand anxiety or just need someone to listen and share, I will work with you to achieve your aims and facilitate a route towards a more fulfilled and productive way of life. Working from a place of compassion, sensitivity and non-judgement.
All of us at one time or another need to make sense of something that we are experiencing or have experienced in life. I respect the autonomy of the client, encouraging you to lead from your chosen pace and depth, working with the view that the relationship between counsellor and client is key to a successful process, the way in which we engage with each other is the key to a successful outcome.
I am a registered member of the BACP and work within their ethical framework, believing strongly in providing a confidential, trusting and respectful relationship with my clients, striving to make a difference and enable change through an empathic and committed professional relationship.
Typically counselling can help people deal with:
- Feelings of depression, anxiety, stress or confusion
- Relationship difficulties
- Destructive behaviours, such as eating disorders, drug or alcohol addiction
- Illness or bereavement
- Difficulties arising from abuse
- The aftermath from traumatic experiences
- Negative and other destructive thought patterns
Training, qualifications & experience
Education
- CPCAB (Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body): Therapeutic Counselling
- Award in Understanding Substance Misuse
- Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling
- Further Development in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- BACP Certificate of Proficiency Voluntary Registration
- 'Own My Life' Facilitator ( For woman subjected to Gender Based Violence)
Other Training
- Domestic Abuse Awareness
- Working with Trauma & The Stages of Trauma Recovery
- ACE Aware Scotland - Working with and understanding the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Supporting Children and young people who self-harm
- Working with Identity in times of transition
Experience
Experienced in working with individuals who have been subjected to violence and abuse within their relationships, I am able to offer person centered interventions to support the distinct challenges, whist focusing on self development. I have had direct contact with Secondary Schools where I have gained extensive experience working with adults and young people presenting with various issues ranging from depression, loss, anger, abuse, anxiety, social anxiety, addiction, self-harm and suicidal idealisation.
In previous employment I acquired extensive knowledge and understanding of the complexities of Addiction, having worked for many years within the criminal justice system supporting individuals transition from prison and /or homelessness. This employment extended to working within residential rehabilitation programmes addressing substance misuse.
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
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Initial 30-minute telephone consultation free of charge if requested
- Individual Counselling / 50 min Session £50
- Block of Six Individual Counselling Sessions £270
(Provides 6 sessions for the price of £45 per session if paid in advance)
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