About me
I am a qualified Integrative Creative Counsellor and supervisor based in Ringwood, on the Hampshire/Dorset border, working with adults and young people from the age of 16.
I offer face-to-face, walking & talking and online sessions, so we can find an approach that works for you.
I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, including parts work (IFS), Inner Child work, Somatic therapy, Creative methods, techniques from DBT, CBT, and Transactional Analysis, to tailor sessions to what you need. I am currently training as a certified somatic trauma therapist, deepening my understanding of how our bodies hold and process difficult experiences.
Rather than following a fixed model, I let you and your needs guide how we work together. As I believe the quality of therapeutic relationship is one of the most important aspects of effective therapy.
Before moving into counselling, I spent many years working as a Family Support Worker in schools and with Dorset County Council and Social Services, and as a qualified Independent Domestic Violence Advisor within a large Domestic Abuse Service. I have worked with children, families, and adults across a wide range of circumstances, I ran courses for domestic abuse survivors and for parents experiencing abusive behaviour from their children. This background shapes the depth of understanding and experience I bring to our work together.
I specialise in Trauma, PTSD, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Abuse, relationship difficulties, and challenging behaviour from young people. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders, Emetophobia, bereavement, relationship issues, parenting difficulties and drug and alcohol difficulties, and more. Whatever has brought you here, you don’t need to have it figured out before we begin.
I aim to help people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, ‘stuck’ and want to make changes to improve the way they feel about themselves. To do this, we may work on your history, stay in the present, and learn new ways to manage and recover from emotional difficulties. I will walk alongside you, enabling you to understand your thoughts and feelings. I will empower you to work through and find your own answers by exploring the events, thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behaviour that have made you feel ‘stuck’ so that you can make changes and reach your goals. I firmly believe change is possible.
I am focused on your needs and will tailor your therapy to meet these, working at your pace. I will draw together different therapeutic approaches to enable you to find safety, healing and joy.
I will work with you with kindness, curiosity, compassion and creativity, walking alongside you in a safe therapeutic relationship where you can explore yourself, your life and your relationships with openness, and grow into who you want to be. I believe being able to journey with someone is a privilege.
I am a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and work in accordance with their ethical framework.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Certificate Integrative Creative Supervision
- level 6 Diploma Working with young people and families within creative therapy
- level 7 Diploma Trauma
- EFT Level 1 & 2
- CPCAB Creative Counselling Interventions
- Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA)
- Certificate in working with families
- Course leader of Adolescence to parent abuse
- Course leader of Pattern Changing/ Freedom Program
- Substance Abuse
- Diploma Neuropsychology
- Diploma Neuroplasticity
Additional Training
- Compassion Focused therapy (CFT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- working with the Inner Child
- Internal Family System Therapy Course (40hrs)
- Repairing the Internal Attachment with Internal Family Systems
- Treating Addictions with Internal Family Systems.
- Somatic therapy for complex trauma
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, body oriented therapy for trauma and Attachment.
- Emotional eating, chronic dieting, binge and body image,
- Working suicide and self harm
- Working with loss and grief
- Working with ADHD, shame and perfectionism
- Working with Anxiety, panic attacks and OCD.
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer 2 discounted places.
And 1 free place, (free space is up to 16 sessions) Subject to availability. Do contact me for further details.
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Further information
Whether you just want a chat to find out if this is the right therapy for you or you would like to book a session. I am happy to arrange a free telephone conversation to discuss how I can help. To find out more please email me or contact me on 07828110322.
