This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Navigating life and relationships isn’t always straightforward; sometimes it’s confusing, sometimes it’s difficult and sometimes it’s overwhelming. Even when we are surrounded by others, we can still feel lonely.
As a fully qualified, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist, clients come to me looking for help with a broad range of issues including: bereavement, loss, isolation, low self-esteem, depression, paranoia, acute anxiety, relationship difficulties, identity issues and trauma. We can also address concerns which may arise during a period of significant change in their lives — such as career change, new parenthood, menopause and retirement — or when they may feel stuck or lost.
I focus on creating a safe, supportive and non-judgemental space in which we can work together to explore issues that might be immensely difficult with compassion and curiosity. Therapy can be cathartic, at times challenging but also involve humour and laughter too.
As an Integrative Psychotherapist, I draw on a number of different theories and approaches to best suit a client's individual needs. This can combine more practical tools, skills and psychoeducation with deeper psychological and philosophical exploration. Through an understanding of how we are shaped by our past experiences, we can gain deeper insight into how this may be impacting our sense of self, our responses, our relationships and how we’re experiencing life. And as we begin to make sense of our emotions, feelings, thoughts and relationships to others, we can start to make more informed choices. This process can help bring about change, promote balance and develop autonomy.
I appreciate the courage it can take to seek help and that choosing the right therapist can feel daunting. Please contact me if you would like to know more or would like to arrange an initial, free, 20-minute online consultation to talk through your concerns and how we might work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
UKCP Accredited Full Clinical Psychotherapist (membership number 2011182779) and a BACP Registered Member (membership number 399605).
As an accredited member of UKCP and registered member of the BACP, I abide by their professional codes of ethics, including confidentiality, supervision and continuing professional development.
MA (Distinction) Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Psychology, Regent's University London.
PGCIP Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Psychology, Regent's University London.
Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's School of Psychotherapy & Psychology, Regent's University London.
MA (Oxon.) Geography, Oriel College, University of Oxford.
As well as private practice, I have worked in the charity sector for a number of years, including a leading, nationwide charity supporting disadvantaged families with young children, a low-cost counselling service working with a wide range of clinical presentations, and a local, community bereavement service.
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.
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
£90.00 - £110.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees: start from £90 per session online to £110 for in-person sessions and depending on location.
I hold a limited number of concessionary rate spaces. Please feel free to enquire about current availability.
When I work
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Further information
I work with adults (over 18) on an individual basis, both in-person and online. I offer short-term (minimum of 12 sessions) and long-term therapy (where we will regularly review our work together). Long-term work can either be open-ended or for a mutually agreed number of sessions.
Sessions last for 50 minutes and typically take place weekly, on the same day and at the same time each week.
