About me
If life is more diffiuclt for you than it should be, the chances are you are suffering with mental health difficulities. This could be a new thing or been around for a number of years. It could be impacting on one aspect or you life or impacting on all your decisions, relationships and work.
Sometimes medication can play a really helpful role but unlike human communication and emotional understanding, the benefits will be limited and symptoms will reoccur or sometimes persist at just a milder level.
I offer indivdual or group therapy. Indivdual sessions last 50 minutes and groups 90 minutes. I offer a place to come and discuss your understanding of why life is the way it is and offer you some reflections from a different perspective that can sometimes be helpful. A group experience offers 8 different refections and allows a sharing of emotional pain and confusion with peer support.
Memebers of groups only meet at group sessions and no outside contact is recommended ; including social media. I find the space works better when only meeting for group sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been a qualified psychiatric nurse for over 25 years and worked in acute ward settings, community nursing and A&E offering assessments to psychiatric emergencies.
I completed 7 years training in group analysis and have been working in psychotherapy for over 9 years working with various degrees of trauma both individually and groups.
I am a qualified group analyst with the Institute of Group Analysis.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I find that people who are struggling with mental health with gerenally have more than one strand to their difficulities. I am able to work with the complexties that can bring.
If unsure, please drop an email to discuss.
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My current fees are £55 per 50 minute session and £20 per group session of 90 minutes (groups depending on numbers available).
I offer a free telephone 15 minutes consultation.
