About me
I am a warm, empathic person who can provide a professional non-judgmental space for you to work through problems that are affecting you. Therapy can help to make sense of how you feel and gain greater self-awareness. It can be a place to understand and address current and/or past issues, identify patterns and create change. Confronting difficult feelings can be challenging however therapy can provide a secure place to express them. Knowing that you are not alone on your journey, but that someone is next to you along the way can provide some comfort.
I have experience of working with a range of different issues, such as, but not limited to relationship difficulties, loss, bereavement, divorce, abuse, trauma, identity, bullying, self-esteem, self-injury, stress, domestic violence, anxiety, and depression.
I am an experienced adult and adolescent therapist providing individual in-person and online sessions from my therapy room in South Derbyshire
Training, qualifications & experience
Training, and experience
I am integrative therapist, which means I can adopt different therapeutic approaches to suit your needs. I work predominantly from a person-centered core, accepting and valuing you as the person you are. I also use Psychodynamic therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques.
As a relational practitioner, I believe how we relate and connect to others helps us to understand ourselves and place great value on the therapeutic relationship and the importance of building trust.
I am experienced supporting adults dealing with a range of different issues and have worked in different charity counselling teams, offering both short and long-term therapeutic sessions.
I have previously worked as a therapist in a secondary school for several years, supporting young people aged 11-18 years with individual therapy sessions and running well-being groups. Prior to my retraining as a therapist, I worked as a teacher in secondary schools for 20 years and so have first-hand experience of what it is like both inside and outside of the classroom environment within a school and the challenges young people face today. In therapy with adolescents, I am experienced using different creative therapies such as sand tray, drawing and talking, craft and visual resources as well as more traditional talking therapy.
Qualifications
I am a registered member (MBACP) of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and adhere to their ethical framework.
Qualifications include:
· Post Qualifying Certificate in Relational Psychotherapy (pending)
· PG dip Level 7 Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling
· CPCAB Level 3 Counselling skills
· CPCAB Level 2 Counselling skills
· CPCAB Effective Listening skills Course
· Foundation to Drawing and Talking Therapy
· PGCE Secondary Drama Teaching
· BA Hons Modern Drama Studies
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 free 20-minute introductory online Teams or telephone call to discuss a little about your reasons for seeking therapy. This is also an opportunity for us to talk to see if we feel we are good fit and to ask any questions you need to.
When I work
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Further information
There is car park on site with allocated spaces for clients to use.
