About me
Welcome. I am a Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapist offering psychotherapy and counselling in private practices in Bath and Bradford on Avon.
Please see lower down the page for couples therapy.
Individual therapy
Sustaining our inner selves and living the life we want to live can be challenging in today's complex and uncertain world. Psychotherapy can help you through a difficult time whether it’s due to stress, relationship or work issues or persistent feelings of dissatisfaction and disappointment. You might feel overwhelmed, depressed, angry, anxious or have difficulty coping with an unresolved trauma from the past.
Therapy can answer our natural, human need to be heard and understood at the deepest level. I believe this is a process where the cornerstones are collaboration, compassion, support and imagination.
By exploring thoughts, ideas, beliefs and feelings together, and being curious about what lays behind them, the process of psychotherapy can help deal with emotional and relational problems to live a more satisfying and fulfilling life
Exploration and awareness can be gentle and slow, and at other times more challenging. I believe this works best when accompanied by a compassionate and supportive individual , prepared to get alongside you in whatever dilemmas life is bringing up. My intention is to help you connect with the deep roots of your experience and live from an expanded and enlivened sense of self.
So what happens next?
If this resonates with you, just send me an email or call me directly.
We will arrange an initial meeting to explore whether psychotherapy is right for you. If we decide to work together we will arrange to meet weekly for a 50 minute session and think together about what feels right in terms of the length of the therapy.
I work primarily in-person at two locations but also offer online and telephone sessions if preferred.
Couples therapy
Are you feeling disconnected in your relationship?
Do you find yourselves stuck in the same arguments, feeling unseen or unheard?
If so, you’re not alone.
Many couples go through difficult phases, but it doesn’t have to mean the end.
I am here to help you explore the possibility of transforming your relationship into something deeper, stronger, and more fulfilling.
Couples therapy can help you:
Learn new ways to communicate and truly listen.
Explore unresolved issues from the past that may be affecting your present.
Rebuild trust, respect, and intimacy.
Develop skills to manage conflict with love and care.
Discover how to balance independence and togetherness.
Each relationship will have its own story to tell – from the initial attractions, sharing and intimacy to the disappointments, misunderstandings and ruptures in trust that may have occurred along the way. Partners in a long-term relationship are often able to evoke powerful feelings in each other, something that can fuel the potency and passion, but at times may also result in confusion and conflict. It’s not unusual for the ups and downs of life to take its toll and it can be hard to find the time and energy to nurture relationships in the way they deserve. Some couples will seek support for their relationship because they feel stuck and are struggling to find a way forward, whilst others may be looking to build on what they have, a sort of relationship ‘keep fit’.
Establishing a safe and respectful therapeutic space is a cornerstone of couples therapy; this doesn’t mean that the process won’t at times feel challenging – there’s no magic wand and exploring the reactive behaviours and underlying emotions that contribute to conflict and disconnect are an important part of the work.
How individuals relate to others, particularly in longer-term intimate relationships, is also influenced by a broader background. We learn ways of being in relationship from our earliest experiences -our parents, wider family, culture, education, friendships will have shaped the way we relate to others – our expectations, ways of coping and protecting ourselves, how we communicate and attempt to get our relational needs met.
Paying attention to both the problems and the strengths of the relationship is part of the couple-work process; along with identifying and exploring repetitive negative cycles of interaction and the communication styles, emotions and behaviours that contribute towards maintaining unhelpful patterns.
What will I need to do in couples work?
There are no particular requirements to engage in couples therapy, other than a sense of curiosity - curiosity about what's happening inside you , within your partner and between the two of you.
There's no simple fix or 'switch' that will sort things out but the process can be support you in what might prove to be a rich journey of discovery. By understanding the dance between closeness and distance , there can be the possibility of reigniting the connection in your relationship to one that's more meaningful and fulfilling.
Training, qualifications & experience
Masters Degree in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (Middlesex University)
Professional Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (Bath Centre for Psychotherapy & Counselling)
I have an Advanced diploma in Creative couple work CCW with Nick Duffell
I am also a qualified psychotherapist in Pesso Boyden Therapy - a mind-body based psychotherapy which is highly effective with trauma and works individually and in groups. Traditional therapies help a client cope with their past. In Pesso Boyden, using imagined 'ideal figures' or people playing these roles, PBSP creates 'antidotes' to the past and what happened and creates new memories of how life could have been. Excellent for attachment injuries, anxieties, PTSD, developmental trauma, parentification, 'over responsibility' and other deep seated issues, that lead to an 'earned secure attachment'.
Please feel free to contact me for further info on Pesso Boyden , whether it's for individual 1:1 or group work.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Men’s issues- an interest and extensive experience with issues that men face : Isolation, masculininty issues, male initiation (lack of), lack of fathering, anger
anxiety
generalised anxiety disorder
Climate anxiety/grief
loss
Isolation
trauma
Panic attacks
Family issues
Feeling sad
Grief
Disconnection
Mourning
Fear
Obsessions
Rumination
Indecisiveness
Suicidal thoughts
Childhood issues
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
Individuals:
£65 per 50 minute session
£35 for initial session
Some lower cost places available please enquire
Couples therapy:
£95 for a 60 min session
Pesso Boyden therapy - contact me for group fees.
£75 for a 1:1 Pesso Boyden individual session (60 mins)
Further information
If you wish to make an appointment, or ask me any questions, you may use the contact form at the top of my profile or by calling me on 07834467330
