About me
Hello, my name is Leona. I am a BACP Registered Therapist. I have over 25 years’ experience working in the helping professions, supporting individuals and families through complex emotional and relational challenges. Before training as a therapist, my background was in social care and family support, working closely with people at different stages of life and in a wide range of circumstances. This long-standing experience shapes the way I work today - with care, depth, and an understanding that people’s struggles rarely exist in isolation.
My approach is integrative and relational, drawing primarily on:
Person-Centred Therapy – focusing on your experiences and helping you explore your thoughts and feelings in a supportive, non- judgemental environment.
Attachment-informed Therapy – understanding patterns in your relationships and how they impact your emotional wellbeing, enabling healthier connections with yourself and others.
Somatic-informed Therapy– exploring how experiences are held in the body and supporting regulation of the nervous system to release tension and trauma.
I integrate approaches flexibly, depending on your goals, preferences, and the challenges you bring to therapy, creating a collaborative process to support insight, growth, and lasting change.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Qualifications:
- Diploma - Counselling Skills
- Diploma - Somatic Therapy
- Higher National Certificate - Social Care
- SVQ III Care & Promoting Independence
- SVQ A1 Assessors Award
- Emergency First Aid Training
Experience:
Mental Health
I have extensive experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, emotional overwhelm, and ongoing mental health difficulties. I work gently and collaboratively, helping clients understand what may be contributing to how they feel, while supporting emotional regulation and a stronger sense of self. My aim is not to “fix” you, but to help you feel more resourced, stable, and understood.
Loss and Bereavement
I have worked closely with individuals and families experiencing loss, grief, and bereavement, including end-of-life support. I understand that grief does not follow a neat timeline and can affect people emotionally, physically, and relationally. I offer a steady, compassionate space where loss can be explored openly, without pressure to move on or make sense of it too quickly.
Family Work and Relationships
My background includes family work, relational difficulties, and mediation, supporting people through conflict, breakdown in communication, and strained relationships. I help clients explore patterns within their relationships, develop healthier boundaries, and find ways of relating that feel more respectful and aligned. This experience strongly informs my work with attachment and interpersonal dynamics in therapy. (Please note: I currently only work with individual clients).
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
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a 10% discount for clients within the specified categories.
Concessions are subject to evidence of eligibility.
When I work
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Limited availability in evening
