About me
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists with my own private practice offering psychotherapy, counselling and CBT to clients aged 16 plus from safe, confidential and comfortable therapy rooms in Henley on Thames. I have a very warm, empathic and supportive counselling style.
I follow an integrative approach to therapy which means I am able to draw on a number of different therapeutic theories and techniques in order to meet my clients wherever they may be and support them in the best way possible for their individual needs. This allows me to combine aspects of person-centred counselling which looks at how things affect us in the present with psychodynamic therapy which involves making links with past events and relationships and CBT which looks at the relationships between our thoughts, feeling and behaviours. Counselling is confidential and collaborative and clients always have full autonomy over the direction, pace and duration of their therapeutic journey.
I offer emotional and therapeutic support to clients who are struggling to navigate challenging life stages and personal relationships and also to those with emotional and psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement, social anxiety, health anxiety, OCD, intrusions, phobias, self harm, low self esteem and suicidal ideation.
I work both in person and online and offer long and short therapy and also single session therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP)
- L5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Academy, CPTA (CPCAB approved)
- L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Academy (CPTA), awarded by CPCAB
- L3 Certificate in Counselling Studies from CPTA awarded by CPCAB
- L2 Certificate in Counselling Skills from CPTA awarded by CPCAB
- BA (hons) degree in French from the University of Leeds.
- Experience working in private practice, for mental health charities and as a counsellor in educational settings.
- My background is in corporate communications having previously spent 15 years working as a press officer in the football and entertainment industries.
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
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Single session therapy available
