This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Psychotherapy in Brighton/Hove, Shoreham and online.
People seek therapy at different points in their lives and for many unique reasons. You may be feeling stressed, overwhelmed, bored, anxious, angry, sad or stuck. You may be struggling with relationships or family dynamics - old or new. Perhaps you are facing challenging realities outside of your control, or coping with loss or bereavement. It can be physical or mental health issues that bring you to therapy.
Counselling and psychotherapy is effective in supporting you if you wish to work through challenging or confusing experiences in your life, or make sense of your own behavior patterns and gain more clarity and new perspectives around how you wish to respond in your life going forwards.
I have a Masters of Science in Psychotherapy from Brighton University and I work with several models of humanistic therapy, including person-centered, existential, phenomenological, gestalt and transactional analysis. These overlap and are just theories, which come secondary to my priority of building an honest and genuine connection together, where you will hopefully feel comfortable to talk with me. I aim to ensure that you feel safe to explore anything you wish. I am here to really listen to you, in confidence and with complete acceptance, and work together with you to understand where you are and what you need.
How does it work?
I offer short-term, goal-orientated counselling to work through current challenges you are facing. I also offer longer term psychotherapy for a deeper exploration of your personal patterns, in terms of how you might be relating to yourself, others and the world. You decide how long you wish to continue therapy for, and this is something we will review regularly together.
Humanistic Therapy is based on a position that we are all already 'whole' and essentially 'OK', although we may not always feel this way. Therapy can help heighten awareness of how our experiences in life and relationships, up until now, may still present in the here and now - and how these experiences may be affecting our current thoughts, feelings, actions and health, in ways that may not be best serving us anymore.
'Much of what we call personality is not a fixed set of traits, only coping mechanisms a person acquired in childhood' - Dr Gabor Mate
Therapy is a space in which you might make sense of your experiences and release what is no longer helpful to you. It is a chance to consider what is important to you and how you want to be, within your current circumstances. It is an opportunity to take responsibility and be intentional based what matters to you. It offers an opportunity to better understand and integrate your true nature and I would be privileged to accompany you on this part of your journey.
I work with the individual and with the many intertwining issues that may make up your unique experience.
I am always learning and developing my understanding and continuous professional development regarding psychotherapy, personal development and general well-being. I am particularly interested in human relationships, attachment, family dynamics, parenting, anxiety, existential concerns, life transitions, loss and bereavement, work-related stress, anger, sadness, self-esteem, abandonment fear, limerence, lack of direction, neurodiversity, eco-anxiety, non-dualism, Eastern philosophies, nutrition, nature and holistic health.
Areas of additional training include - CBT, Focusing, Eco-Psychology, Domestic Abuse, Addiction with Gabor Mate, Anger Management, Trauma, Enneagram Personality Types, Couples, Systemic Therapy and Polyvagal Theory.
If you have any questions, please do contact me via email.
In my previous professional roles, I have been a project manager for an global placements provider, working with international teams, particularly across Asia. I have also lived and worked in Japan. Personally, I really enjoy watching films, writing, reading, swimming, sauna, volleyball and quality time with loved ones.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist. I have a Masters of Science in Psychotherapy from the University of Brighton. I work in private practice in Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and online.
I am always learning via continual professional development courses, experiential workshops, reading and through the privilege that is client work. Alongside psychotherapy I am also interested in neuroscience, non-dualistic Eastern philosophies, eco-psychology and nutrition and holistic health.
I have previously volunteered at As You Are, a low-cost counselling service, with CRUSE - the national bereavement service and at Change Grow Live, a service specialising in substance misuse.
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fee is £65 per 50 minute session, including the initial assessment session.
I offer some concessionary spaces, dependent on availability, please enquire.
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Appointments available online or in Hove or Shoreham-by-Sea. Please contact me for current availability.
