About me
I’m glad you clicked through, and if my introduction spoke to you, I hope my profile does too. Whatever you might be going through right now, you don’t have to face it alone. We can do so together.
I offer counselling for adults (25+) in-person in Harborne and online.
I started working as a counsellor in 2017. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of welcoming a lot of people into the counselling room. What they’ve taught me, and I’d like you to know, is what I work best with:
- Anxiety, including specific types such as OCD and social anxiety.
- Relationships – difficulties with family members, partners, friends, colleagues; affairs; dating; intimacy and sex.
- Self-awareness, self-confidence, self-esteem. Realising potential. Unlocking the true you.
- Significant life changes and transitions – bereavement, breakups, loss, changing job, or moving home or city.
I’m an integrative counsellor. If you’re new to counselling, this is a blending of models into a flexible approach, adaptable to your needs. I imagine you reading this, perhaps with one, two or a few things you really need help with. Does it feel messy, unmanageable, insurmountable at times? My integrative approach helps us meaningfully put the pieces of the puzzle together and work out the way forward.
If you’d like to know more about the models I draw on, they are:
Attachment theory – this is a lens through which we can view how you developed and how this plays out now. It offers a map to help us identify the changes you need to make to be more authentically you and better manage your emotions and relationships.
(Further along in our work – if you decide it’s right for you – we can look at what’s out of your awareness (unconscious processes) and playing out between us – and most likely, out there. This can lead to profound changes as you find yourself able to make different choices about how to be both within and outside of the counselling room.)
CBT – our behaviours, emotions, feelings (sensations in your body) and thoughts all interact. I believe we make “creative adjustments” in response to difficulties. These can help, for example resting and withdrawing when you're depressed, or avoiding what makes you anxious. They can also leave you stuck or cause your problems to worsen: if you’re experiencing depression, anxiety, or both, you’ll know just how. CBT offers tools to modify your behaviours and thinking and even feel more relaxed and physically better.
Humanistic – I draw on the belief that the right conditions in counselling will reconnect you with your vitality and innate sense of what’s right and wrong for you. I strive to offer you those conditions and be the real me, so you can feel safe to be the real you.
My style is compassionate, empathic, intelligent and insightful. Challenging in the right way. Witty when the timing's right. You can expect me to meet you where you are: a gentle presence when you’re at your lowest ebb; an active and dynamic supporter when you gear up to face your fears. Someone who’ll accept your difficulties and celebrate your wins in equal measure.
And since connections thrive on common ground, I’ll let you know that I drum, I work out, I write. I appreciate beauty in the natural world and in the things people do and create. I love movies – and sometimes shared movie references can perfectly crystallize a thought or idea in a session!
If you’d like to explore working together, please get in touch in whatever way feels most comfortable for you: an email, a phone call, a text.
Usually, we’ll have a (free) phone or video call before we have a full session, to help you make an informed decision. You can book an intro call with me by clicking the 'Book intro call' button.
As my dairy is ever-changing, it’s not always possible for my intro call availability to be up-to-the-minute, so if you don’t see a time that works for you, let me know, and we can work something out together.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Integrative Counselling, Middlesex University.
My experience
Alongside my private practice, I work for an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider, offering short-term counselling for clients referred via their employer. Previously, I worked for a charity offering counselling for people with eating disorders, a non-profit providing low-cost counselling for adults and a university student support service.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Counselling is usually weekly - especially in the early stages - but fortnightly sessions are also possible (and can be more affordable).
If you'd like to work with me but my advertised fees are prohibitive, I'm open to discussing a reduced fee to help make working together a possibility. I did the same with the counsellor I worked with as I trained.
When I work
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Further information
Ethics and professional practice
I practice in accordance with the standards of ethics, practice and conduct set out in the UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (2019). I’m committed to providing a high standard of ethical and professional practice and welcome feedback about my work. I attend regular one-to-one supervision and short training courses, a professional requirement which helps me to continually offer my best possible service.
