About me
I'm a skilled, experienced counsellor and my way of working is to help you explore your feelings and experiences at your own pace. Whether you want to address something specific, come to terms with difficult experiences, or simply understand yourself better, I'm here to help. I provide a supportive, confidential and useful space in which to talk about things that you might not feel comfortable sharing with others in your life.
I’m perceptive, warm and understanding, and I work with people on a wide range of issues, such as:
- managing mental health (including anxiety and depression, stress, burnout and postnatal depression)
- feeling sad, lonely or isolated
- dealing with relationship and family issues (including infertility, separation & divorce, parenting and being a single parent)
- coping with loss (including of a relationship, job, pregnancy, or other bereavement).
Most of my work relates in some way to identity and to how we see ourselves. I work with people who are struggling with low self-esteem or low confidence, people who may be adjusting to a diagnosis of a long-term health condition or disability, and with those who may be reflecting on how the ageing process is impacting them.
Whatever is happening in your life, counselling can help you to make sense of things, and to have a better grasp of what’s standing in the way of you living as you want to.
I offer face-to-face counselling at a comfortable and welcoming practice in Peckham, south London, alongside online and telephone sessions, to people from all over the UK.
As an accredited member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), I am committed to best practice and to working within their Ethical Framework (2018).
Training, qualifications & experience
I've been providing face-to-face, telephone and online emotional support services to people for over 25 years.
I've counselled people from a wide range of backgrounds, with a variety of issues (please see the full list at the bottom of this page). I'm experienced in providing both brief counselling and longer-term therapy; I've worked with some people for just a handful of sessions, and with others, for a number of years.
I have extensive experience of counselling women as they prepare for and adjust to motherhood, and I've co-facilitated a support group for new mums.
My background was initially in the disability sector, before spending over a decade delivering emotional support services to people with neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia, and their carers, families and friends. Much of my current work is in this area, and supporting young adult carers is an area of specialism for me.
A summary of my relevant qualifications is below.
- BACP registered and accredited counsellor
- Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling (BACP accredited training), Metanoia Institute
- Certificate in Counselling, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Baby-friendly sessions for new parents/carers
- Digital wellbeing
- 'Glass child' syndrome
- Maternal and perinatal mental health
- Parkinson’s disease
- Young adult carers
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer a free telephone consultation, and an initial 50 minute appointment at a reduced cost of £55. The first session is an opportunity for us to meet, to talk about your reasons for seeking counselling and to explore how we might work together.
If we decide to continue working together, my full fee is £75 per 50 minute session.
I feel strongly that counselling can be hugely valuable and that it should be accessible to everyone. I have some reduced rate slots available, for people who may not be able to cover my full fee.
You’re welcome to contact me via email, phone, or my website (linked to at the top of this page), to find out more about how I can help.
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I provide face-to-face counselling in Peckham, south London, alongside online and telephone sessions, to people from all over the UK.
