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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
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My approach is human centred, compassion focused, and trauma informed. I believe that every person is shaped by their life experiences and has their own unique strengths and challenges. As such, I do not use symptom lists, diagnostic labels, or manualised treatments. If you are looking for a therapist who works in this way, I may not be the best practitioner to support your needs.
Therapy can feel daunting and confusing at first. We will begin by exploring together what brings you to therapy and creating a shared understanding of your unique life story. From here, we can begin to make connections between your history and your present difficulties, whatever they may be. My role is to empower you, offering choices and working together to plan the direction we take in therapy.
I respect and admire the courage it takes to be vulnerable with another human being and I feel honoured when someone chooses to share their story with me. I have taken this step myself a number of times in my life and know what a difficult decision it can be to reach out for support. If you choose to take this step, I look forward to meeting you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Education and Years in Practice
3 years advanced training at Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling in Jesmond, Newcastle. This included a work placement at a GP surgery for each year of my training, where I worked with referred clinical patients from a wide range of backgrounds and presenting issues.
Training: Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 6)
Degree/Diploma: Diploma
Year Graduated: 2024
Year I Began Practice: 2021
Additional Credentials
Postgraduate Degree: Museology/Anthropology, Newcastle University 2012
Undergraduate Degree: Media Production, University of Bedfordshire 2008
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
£48.00 - £60.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are priced at £60 face to face or £48 online or on the phone, due to counselling room rental charges. If you would like a mixture of both online and in-person this can also be arranged.
When I work
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I currently have limited availability. Please enquire for more information.
Further information
I work online, on the telephone and in-person from counselling rooms in Newcastle City Centre, Gosforth and North Shields all are fully accessible and with parking.
My in-person rooms are friendly warm and bright, but private spaces.
My core training is integrative and takes in elements of person centred, psychoanalytic, humanistic cognitive and transpersonal models. I use these approaches to work out what works best for you and to achieve the outcomes that you desire.
- All sessions are fully confidential.
- I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ethical bodies.
- I hold a current enhanced DBS
- I am registered with the ICO
- I am fully insured
