About me
Counselling That Fits Your Life
I offer face to face and online counselling sessions, so you can choose what feels right for you.
Counselling gives you the space to make sense of thoughts and feelings that may feel overwhelming, painful, or confusing. I provide a calm, confidential space where you can explore what’s going on, without judgement or pressure.
Together, we can begin to understand how past experiences may be affecting your present, and start working towards change that feels right for you. This process often leads to a deeper sense of self-understanding and more clarity in the way forward.
Who I Support
I work with people who are:
- Feeling low, stuck, anxious, or overwhelmed
- Struggling with self-harm or suicidal thoughts
- Living with trauma, abuse, or difficult life events
- Experiencing low self-esteem or low confidence
- Dealing with relationship or family issues
- Managing anger or panic attacks
- Neurodiverse (including ADHD and autism)
My approach is gentle, collaborative, and tailored to your needs, whether you're facing something recent or carrying long-term struggles.
How I Work
I'm a qualified person-centred counsellor and use tools from CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and solution-focused therapy to support emotional and behavioural change.
- You stay in control of what we talk about
- I support, listen, and work with you at your pace
- Sessions can be held online, in my Wakefield office, or outdoors as part of walk & talk therapy
- Each session lasts 50 minutes
First Steps
I offer a free 20-minute enquiry session by phone or video. This gives you time to ask questions, see how I work, and decide if it feels like a good fit.
If you choose to continue, we’ll begin by exploring what you’re struggling with and what you hope to gain from counselling. We’ll also complete a simple client form and talk through the counselling agreement, so you know what to expect moving forward.
If you’d like to talk things through or book your free enquiry session, feel free to get in touch. You don’t have to do this alone.
What can I help with?
- ADHD & Autism
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Child sexual exploration (CSE)
- Depression & feelings of emptiness
- Disordered eating
- Family conflict & issues
- Feeling sad, low mood
- Grief, bereavement & loss
- Loneliness
- Low self confidence & low self esteem
- Miscarriage
- Inner child healing
- Panic Attacks
- Physical/sexual/emotional abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Rape
- Recovery from physical illness
- Relationship issues/affairs/separation/divorce
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexuality, LGBTQ+
- Sleep issues
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts & ideations
- Trauma
- Workplace/college bullying
Training, qualifications & experience
- ABC Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Counselling skills
- level 3 Safeguard children
- IARTT Rewind Trauma Therapy
- Level 2 Counselling skills
- Level 2 Certificate in Self-harm and Suicide Prevention
- Level 2 Certificate in Self-harm awareness & prevention for Children and Young People
- Level 2 APT Accreditation Trauma Focused CBT for Children and Families
- Level 2 APT Accreditation CBT for eating disorders
- Level 2 & 1 Safeguarding Children
- Carolyn Spring - Working with Shame
- Understanding childhood sexual exploitation, the grooming process and how to recognise the signs workshop.
- Mental Health Act Training
- Level 1 CPR
- Clinical Risk, Formulation and Management training
- Level 1 Health, Safety & Welfare
- Introduction to Counselling
- Level 3 Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer
- Level 2 Adapting Fitness Instruction for Adolescence
- Counselling Tutor Certificate Online and Telephone counselling
- Breathwork for Anxiety and Trauma Recovery
- Working with Bereaved children, theory and Practice
- Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs)
- Working with Children in Therapy Certified
- Clients Who Self-Harm Certified
- The Impact of Sleep on Emotional Wellbeing
- Autism Education Trust - Schools making sense of Autism
- Place2B Prevent Training
- CBT Skills: Exposure Therapy
Experience
- Running a private counselling business
- Extensive experience working for a mental health service (CAMHS Wakefield) in their crisis team. Supporting individuals who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and wellbeing.
- 2 years volunteering as a counsellor in a local Wakefield high school
- 1 year volunteering with UK Counselling Network CIC LTD as a person centred counsellor
- Over 10 years experience supporting individuals by improving their health and wellbeing
- Ongoing Continuing Professional Development (in accordance with BACP requirements)
- CRB checked (enhanced disclosure)
- Full Indemnity Insurance
- Working towards my BACP Accreditation. Ongoing.
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
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Fees
£65.00 - £70.00
Free initial telephone session
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Further information
A qualified counsellor with over ten years experience supporting the mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing of individuals. Specialising in areas such as family issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement, self harm/suicidal ideation, coercive and unhealthy relationships. Empowering people to improve their self agency by working with them therapeutically to develop coping strategies, return to main stream education or work, and to manage day-to-day stress.
Extensive experience working for a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) working in their crisis team. During my training I worked for 2 years in a local high school as a school counsellor running group and one to one sessions. I also volunteered for UK counselling group where I provided counselling session via Teams and Zoom to adults of all ages.
