About me
Hello and welcome
Do you find yourself overthinking everything, replaying conversations in your head or worrying about things that haven't happened yet?
Perhaps you're struggling with anxiety, self-doubt or a constant stream of thoughts that you can't switch off.
Sometimes these difficulties develop during a particularly challenging period in our lives. Loss, relationship changes, caring responsibilities, work pressures, children growing up, or simply reaching a stage where life hasn't turned out quite as we expected, can leave us feeling overwhelmed or unsure of ourselves.
You may be someone who has always coped, supported everyone else and kept going, but lately you're finding that harder to do.
I'm Lorna, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, and my approach is warm, down-to-earth and practical. I won't simply give you techniques to manage your anxiety. We'll work together to understand what's contributing to it — the patterns you've developed, why they make sense, what may be keeping them going and what you might begin to do differently.
Together, we'll explore the patterns that may be affecting how you think, feel and respond to situations, helping you to gain a better understanding of yourself. We'll also look at practical tools and strategies that can help you begin to make changes in the areas that are causing you difficulty.
You don't need to arrive knowing exactly what's wrong or what you want to change. We can work that out together.
Therapy can help you quieten the noise, understand yourself more deeply and find hope in the process of change.
I have worked within the social care sector for over twenty-five years, supporting people both in times of crisis and when they are struggling to make sense of their lives.
As a parent of two grown-up neurodiverse daughters, I also have a personal understanding of some of the challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals and their families.
Training, qualifications & experience
SCOTACS Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork - A CBT Approach
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.
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Fees
£50.00 per session
