About me
As a psychodynamic counsellor I provide a safe, non-judgemental space where experiences, thoughts, feelings and desires can be considered. I encourage individual modes of communication, so you can bring yourself and not an expectation of who you should be to our sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF) and am a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I have a MSc in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Clinical Practice and Research Methods from the University of Exeter.
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
Further information
My approach involves an exploration of what has brought you to therapy, by developing an understanding of how your early life experiences have created patterns which are unhelpful for you in the present.
I work with dreams, recollections, and fantasies. Through these avenues one can draw closer to an understanding of self and internal truth, gaining insight which can open up meaning and possibility.
