About me
I am currently full for in person appointments and am offering online only for now.
Welcome to my page. I offer a calm, compassionate and confidential space for you to feel truly heard and less alone and isolated with whatever it is that is causing you distress, in the hope of being able to help alleviate and demystify the issues you are facing.
I am passionate about holding space for clients to grow and work through challenging feelings, overwhelm, painful life experiences, difficult relationship experiences, memories and events and help to make some sense of them. I work sensitively to support you to courageously live your life fully and feel able to be your authentic self.
Through this process clients often describe feeling a greater sense of self-understanding and understanding of events that have happened to them, a lightness, a greater ability to cope, direct their own life path, able to ground themselves, have a greater sense of self-confidence, self-esteem, and able to have healthier relationship dynamics with family, partners, friends, colleagues.
I offer a free 20 minute phone or video call conversation to see if we would be a good fit to work together and answer any questions you might have about the counselling process. This is with no obligation to begin sessions with me, but get an idea of who I am and how I work to see if you would like to begin counselling with me.
I work with clients short term (6 - 12 weeks), medium term (12 - 24 weeks), and longer term (24+ weeks) can also be discussed. I offer weekly and fortnightly appointments on Mondays, Tuesday evenings, and Fridays.
“It is not what is wrong with you, but what has happened to you. We each have a unique response to the myriad of situations life throws at us. Trauma does not have to mean capital T Trauma, trauma can also look like not being listened to, not being understood, not feeling connected, and consistently feeling invalidated.”
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified counsellor and therapist in Therapeutic Counselling Diploma Level 4 with 3 years of experience working with the charity Mind and in my own private practice.
I have experience of working with people who have experienced the following issues:
- Anxiety, panic attacks and emotional dysregulation
- Attachment trauma, relationship difficulties and family dynamics
- Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual trauma
- Carers and burnout
- Creativity blocks and issues of self-doubt
- Depression, low self-esteem, hopelessness
- Discrimination
- Early life abuse and trauma
- Employment and work difficulties
- Feelings of inadequacy, low self confidence and imposter syndrome
- Grief, bereavement and loss
- Identity issues and impact of difference
- Life challenges and life changes
- Loneliness
- Neurodivergence
- Paranoia
- Psychosis, voices
- Spiritual and existential issues
- Stress and stress management
I work integratively, meaning I am flexible to tailor psychotherapeutic interventions to each unique person. I draw on person-centred theory, Transactional Analysis and CBT as my foundations.
I have monthly supervision with my supervisor as well as peer supervision with therapist colleagues. I continue to have regular training and workshops to keep myself up to date and to ensure I grow my skills and knowledge to better serve my clients. I am currently training in Trauma Informed Creative Practice for Therapists, Therapeutic Creative Group Work and attending CPD on Internal Family Systems and Voice Dialogue approaches.
I facilitate workshops with Lancaster University's SPECTRUM Unit training Mental Health Professionals who work with people who experience Bipolar & Psychosis.
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
Photos & videos
Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- £70 Benefactor rate (rate that subsidises therapy for those on low income)
- £60 Standard rate
- £50 Concession rates negotiated depending upon individual circumstances
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Further information
I am based in two locations in Reddish for in-person appointments on a Monday between 8am - 8pm.
I am fully insured and registered with the ICO.
Allied with:
- Anti-racist allied
- Climate Crisis allied
- Creative Counselling allied
- Hearing Voices Movement
- International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
- LGBTQIA+ allied
- Neurodivergent allied
- Vegan allied
