About me
Hi,
I believe in the great importance of having someone to freely talk to who we can trust to listen, be honest, accepting and compassionate towards us to help us get through difficult times when we feel we cannot manage on our own. I offer this opportunity to my clients within my counselling service on a one to one basis and for couples as well.
Counselling services I offer:
I offer one to one relational therapeutic counselling. Having had years of experience supporting, working with adults in many varied settings in different countries, I feel I can offer you non-judgmental support and a safe environment to freely express and explore what is unsettling you and how to move forward. I have experience in working with stress related issues, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, relationship with food, low self-esteem, feeling stuck and issues around belonging.
Ways of working together:
I work within a holistic integrative model drawing on Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychotherapeutic and Alternative Healing modalities throughout the therapy. I offer a holistic approach by looking at issues on the mind - body - soul - energy field level.
These are ways of working that we can explore together and draw upon depending on your individual needs and concerns and revisit them as we work during therapy. Having the right tools at the right time can often facilitate a move forward or a shift in perception.
Location:
I offer sessions via telephone, video calls and face-to-face in my lovely therapy room in Kinloss. Monday to Friday - day time and evening appointments are available. Walk & Talk sessions are also available.
Other Experience:
I have worked in the public health sector for many years supporting adults and young people with behaviour change. I have knowledge and experience of the pressures of working in the public sector especially in local government, professional and self-employed settings.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Mentmore (CPCAB)
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, Hemel Hempstead (CPCAB)
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies, Hemel Hempstead (CPCAB)
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills, Hemel Hempstead (CPCAB)
- BACP Certificate of Proficiency
Other Trainings
- Family Constellation Practitioner (2023 Bagshot)
- Feminine Sexuality & Empowerment (2022 Sweden)
- De-Armouring - Transformative Emotional Release, Energy & Body Work (2022 Sweden)
- Reiki Practitioner: First Degree (2017), Second Degree (2018), Reiki Master Degree (2022)
- Shamanic Practitioner Training (2023 Inverness)
- Embodied Psychotherapy (2023 London)
- Metamorphic Body Technique Certificate (2021)
- Working with Couples (2019)
- Working with the Inner Child (2019)
- Attachment (2019)
- Working Creatively in Counselling (2018)
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy (2018)
- Functional Fluency (2017)
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
Fees
£55.00 - £65.00
Additional information
An initial Free 15 minutes is offered on the telephone. To establish if we are able to work together and look at your needs.
One - to - One Therapy
- Initial assessment session: £65.00 for 1hr
- Adult sessions: £55.00 for 1hr
When I work
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In-Person, online video and telephone sessions from Monday to Friday, day time & evening appointments are available.
Walk and talk sessions are also available.
Further information
What is walking and talking therapy?
We walk and talk without the constraints of being inside. Some clients are more comfortable walking and talking and find it easier to start discussing their problems when strolling along a country path.
Being in the open air we can keep the guidelines and stay completely “socially distanced”.
I am happy for my client to set the pace of the walk – to meander along and have a relaxing walk or to set a quicker pace if that’s what they feel comfortable with. The footpaths are easy to walk for all fitness levels.
Walking can help to ground you and that in itself is good and being surrounded by nature can feel very reassuring.
