About me
Do you feel unheard? Maybe you’re experiencing anxiety or depression. Perhaps you are living with past or present trauma, bereavement?
Reaching out for counselling can feel scary and my role as your therapist is to really listen and guide you through this process with care, compassion and courage. You can expect a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to share whatever you are experiencing. We can explore at a pace that you are comfortable with.
I practice humanistic integrative counselling. I am a registered member of the BACP and I am ICO registered. I hold an up-to-date DBS certificate.
I use Gestalt and Existential models within a person-centred approach (happy to explain what this means if you want to understand this a bit more) and sometimes I may introduce creative skills to help us identify personal values/motivations and ideas.
My Experience
I run my successful practice here in the heart of Tunbridge Wells full time after having spent this past year dividing my time between my home town and Golders Green in London. I have worked counselling people living with terminal illness and coping with bereavement and loss. In addition, I have helped many clients internationally with a wide variety of mental health needs on the Betterhelp platform. I have to date received many highly positive reviews.
I have also spent time as a volunteer, giving over 100 hours of counselling, supporting unpaid carers. I have seen first-hand the many levels of trauma often caused by these big life events. I have spent time working with people who are struggling in areas such as the Arts giving low-cost counselling to people living with mental ill health in the creative industries. To date. Even with extensive experience in counselling I am forever learning about people, and it keeps me challenged and excited to go to work every day.
You can check out my prices and read more about how I work and read client testimonials on my website.
I am forever learning about people who inspire me everyday.
I keep my knowledge up to date to provide the best service to my clients.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP Registered Member MBACP.
- Level 5 Diploma in Humanistic Creative counselling.
- ICO Certificate of registration.
- Certificate in basic counselling skills.
- 30 additional hours of basic counselling skills.
- Telephone counselling training.
- BACP Online counselling Training.
- Experience working in multiple counselling organizations.
- Continual Supervision attendance.
- Multiple hours of CPD plus an extensive bibliography compilation.
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
£60.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free introductory call.
20% discount for anyone on proof of reciept of a govenment financial benefit.
If you book a block of 6 sessions you will recieve the last session half price. This offer extends for the period of 12months at which time this offer will expire.
When I work
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See my website for my working schedule.
Further information
Each Session is 50 minutes in duration and I recommend you have sessions weekly as counselling is more effective when consecutive however sometimes this does not fit people's busy lives and I am happy to negotiate times that suit my client if required.
