About me
Are you struggling to cope with thoughts going round and round in your head and there seems no way out of them? Maybe you feel anxious or sad or angry and are having the same arguments or doing the same things over and over again and it is not getting you anywhere. Perhaps you have been overwhelmed with well-meaning advice from friends and family and lost sight of how you see things. Our sessions can help you understand what is happening and help you manage.
Your sessions will be unhurried, calm and friendly, giving you the opportunity to relax and look at what you find difficult. Feeling comfortable and trusting me is important. For people with neuro-diversities such as ADHD or ASD, this affirmation of who you are and how you see things is crucial. If you would like a free 15 -minute phone or Zoom call before you book a first appointment, we can arrange this.
Your Counselling can be short or longer term, everyone's needs are different. I hope you will find me approachable, flexible and relaxed and ready to give you my full attention, knowledge and experience so things can change.
I am aware that need does not always coincide with income so am willing to consider lower fees where it is necessary. I have a limited number of lower cost spaces available.
Individual Counselling
Your uniqueness as a person with your own individual understandings, underpin my Counselling. Many problems are too complicated to solve alone and sometimes the help of family and friends can add to, rather than relieve pressure. Talking to someone outside your social and family groups who can listen without judgement and help you see things from different perspectives, helps.
Depending on the situation, Counselling could involve exploring situations or thoughts which are distressing you and getting to the underlying causes behind these. Often we fall into habitual ways of managing which are no longer helpful and we can consider other options which could work better for you.
Where there are relationship problems, communication is often involved and we would look at ways of managing this.
*Please note: if you are looking to explore a relationship with your partner, I strongly recommend you come along as a couple.
Couples Counselling
I offer Counselling to many kinds of partners: same sex, heterosexual, married or in a less formal partnership. If the relationship between you and your partner is not working so well, communication can often be a factor which we can explore, alongside healthier ways to resolve conflict.
When many people think of relationship counselling, they see lots of drama. My Couples Counselling is about creating a calm, safe and balanced space where each of you can talk and be heard by the other. Your relationship will be the focus of Couples Counselling and if you are looking to develop and deepen it, we can explore ways to strengthen and nurture it. If you are both seeking an amicable ending, we can examine what is blocking this and how to resolve that. Work will include understanding what each of you brings to the relationship, where that has come from and how that plays out for each of you.
I hope, like many of the couples I have worked with, you will leave with more knowledge and understanding of your relationship, enabling you both to protect and grow within it. You will also know yourself and your partner better.
Couples Counselling can feel very different from having individual therapy partly as it is likely to feel structured and perhaps more directed. There needs to be a willingness on both sides to engage in the process and commit to it, data protection legislation also requires permission for me to use both your contact details. For these reasons I need both partners to contact me independently.
If you would like an introductory call, could you please request this at a time when you can both be present.
And please ...
Contact me if you need more information or have questions. You can get in touch with me by email at: wokingcounselling@protonmail.com or call or text me on 07495 267944. .
My website address is: www.wokingcounsellingsupport.co.uk
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling Experience and Credentials:
2017 - Ongoing Private Couples Counsellor, Woking
2020 - Level 2 Member, Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO)
2017- 2019 Couples Counsellor at Catalyst, Guildford
2019 - Accredited Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
2016 - Ongoing Private Counsellor to Individual Clients, Woking
2016 - Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
2016 - 2018 Counsellor to young people and others at YMCA, Guildford
2015 - 2019 Counsellor to individual clients at Catalyst, Guildford
Qualifications
Currently Studying for MSc in Psychology
Foundation Degree in Counselling, Open University
Diploma in Transpersonal Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy, Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE)
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, Counselling and Psychotherapy Awarding Body (CPCAB), Farnborough College of Technology
Certificate Online Counselling Services and Training, Level 4, Audio and Webcam
NOCM Certified Level 3 Award Programme of Core Competencies (working with addictions)
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Kingston University
BA (Hons), Leeds University
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also work with people who want to take stock in their lives and to consider whether how they are living makes sense to them.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual Counselling Sessions:
£50 for 50 min - 1 hr Individual Counselling session
Some concessions are available.
Couples:
£65 for 50 min - 1 hr Couples Counselling session .
Some concessions are available.
When I work
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Flexible after 9.30 am.
Further information
I am based on the outskirts of Woking, going in the Guildford direction. There is easy parking just outside.
For individual clients, after an initial one hour appointment, I am now offering the option of 30 minute sessions over Zoom.
