About me
Well done for taking the brave step towards finding someone to talk to about what's going on. I'm a counsellor & psycotherapist living & working Edinburgh with a passion for creativity, art and nature.
I'm fully qualified, integrative therapist, who works with all ages from 5 to 105. I have a great deal of experience using creativity & talk therapy, particularly to work with trauma, anxiety & depression. I want to give you attentive listening without judgement in a safe and confidential space.
I can offer face to face counselling and psychotherapy, telephone or zoom/video.
I enjoy working with my clients as individuals, working in a collaborative manner to addresses your unique personality and specific needs. I don’t believe in a ‘one size fits all’ approach and use variety of psychological therapies and techniques. We work together to help you understand your responses to experiences and to find ways of managing them. We have regular reviews to check out how we are doing, what is helpful, unhelpful etc.
In addition to my private practice, I am a counsellor with 2 charitable organisations working with both adults and children. I also have over 15 years experience working in primary education with extensive experience using creativity as well as working with autism & additional needs. I offer open-ended counselling as well as short-term and focused therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
17 years of teaching in primary school, working with whole classes, art, creativity, autism, EAL
Currently working part time for the Charity Crossreach in Sunflower Garden as Senior counsellor.
Counselling Diploma, integrated approach
COSCA certificate in Supervision
Children Matter course, counselling under 16s
How to work online with Children & Young People
Using art therapeutically
Journey into healing, Gestalt pastoral care
Wisdom of Trauma
The Treating Trauma Master Series
Advanced master program on treatment of Trauma
Intro into working therapeutically with people who self harm
Introduction to working with suicide
Working with grief
NVC Non Violent Communication
Regular supervision and mentoring and fully insured
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.
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. 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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 per session
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