About me
Life can feel overwhelming at times—but you don’t have to go through it alone.
If you’re reading this, you’ve already taken a brave first step towards getting support.
Perhaps you’re struggling with anxiety, health anxiety, panic attacks, depression, stress, grief, anger, constant overthinking, or simply feeling stuck. Maybe you’ve experienced a loss, your confidence has disappeared, or life just doesn’t feel the way it used to. Whatever has brought you here, you don’t have to carry it on your own.
I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and honestly at your own pace. As a Person-Centred Counsellor, I believe you are the expert in your own life. My role is to listen, support and help you make sense of your thoughts and feelings so you can move forward with greater confidence and clarity.
Clients often tell me they feel comfortable talking to me because I offer a calm, friendly and down-to-earth approach. My aim is to help you feel heard, understood and accepted without judgement, so that together we can explore what is troubling you and help you move towards the future you want.
Alongside my counselling training, I am also a qualified Solution Focused Hypnotherapist. This has given me a deeper understanding of how the brain responds to stress, anxiety and unhelpful thought patterns, which enhances the support I offer through counselling. If, during our work together, you feel hypnotherapy may also be beneficial, we can discuss this, but there is never any expectation or pressure.
I offer both short and long-term counselling for adults, either face-to-face in Hornchurch or Barkingside, or online via Zoom or telephone. Appointments are available during the day, evenings and weekends, making it easier to fit counselling around your life.
Bereavement & Loss
Alongside supporting a wide range of emotional difficulties, I have a particular passion for helping people through grief and loss.
Grief isn’t limited to losing a loved one. It can also follow the loss of a relationship, a pet, a job, your health, your independence, or simply the life you expected to have.
Having volunteered for six years as a bereavement counsellor within a local hospice, I understand that grief is deeply personal. Whether your loss happened recently or many years ago, counselling can help you process your emotions, make sense of your experience and begin to heal at your own pace.
What to Expect
Finding the right counsellor is important, which is why I offer a free 15-minute telephone consultation.
This gives us the opportunity to get to know each other, discuss what has brought you to counselling and answer any questions you may have. There is no obligation to continue—it’s simply a chance to see whether we feel like the right fit.
I know taking that first step can feel daunting, so my aim is to help you feel comfortable, listened to and supported from our very first conversation.
Areas I Can Help With:
- I work with adults experiencing:
- Anxiety and Health Anxiety
- Bereavement and Loss
- Depression and Low Mood
- Stress and Burnout
- Panic Attacks
- Anger
- Low Self-Esteem and Confidence
Overthinking
Relationship Difficulties
Sleep Difficulties - Phobias
- Life Changes and Feeling Stuck
- Boarding School Syndrome
If what you’re experiencing isn’t listed above, please don’t let that stop you from getting in touch. You don’t need to have everything figured out before contacting me.
Qualifications & Experience
I am a qualified Person-Centred Counsellor with over six years’ experience supporting adults through life’s challenges.
My qualifications and professional memberships include:
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic CounsellingFull Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
- Diploma in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy
- Bereavement Counselling Training (Hospice Based)
- Six years’ experience as a Bereavement Counsellor within a local hospice
I am a Full Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and am guided by the professional standards of the Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AFSFH). I work ethically, hold professional indemnity insurance and an enhanced DBS certificate.
Whatever you’re facing today, you don’t have to face it alone. When you’re ready, I’d be honoured to walk alongside you as you take the next step towards feeling calmer, stronger and more like yourself again.
Training, qualifications & experience
Having trained extensively for four years as a person centred counsellor, I continue to develop my expertise with ongoing professional development.
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
- Full member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
- Completed bereavement counselling training (hospice based)
- Diploma and qualified as a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist
I spent six years volunteering at a local Hospice as a bereavement counsellor. I am guided by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society Ethical Society Framework and work in accordance with their guidelines. I hold professional indemnity insurance and a current DBS certificate in working with vulnerable adults and children.
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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
Bereavement counselling.
I offer counselling for anything you want to bring and I also specialise in bereavement counselling. Whether you are going through a divorce, breakup, loss of a job, loss of someone close to you or a loved, loyal pet, home or physical health. Also, loss of freedom through Covid counselling can be incredibly helpful and healing and can help make sense of the way grief affects you. I spent six years volunteering as a bereavement counsellor at St Francis Hospice.
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
Face to face sessions are £65 each and are for 50 minutes. Zoom and telephone session are £55 each and are for 50 minutes.
I also offer a free 15 minute assessment session, where we can talk and see how we will work together. I will also take some information from you about what has brought you to counselling.
Payment is required in advance to secure the first appointment.
When I work
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All evenings, Wednesday and Friday day and evenings and weekends.
Further information
I am also a qualified Solution Focused Hypnotherapist which is a gentle, yet effective way to reduce anxiety, sleeplessness, depression, improve confidence or sports performance, small or big personal goals, overcome fears and phobias and much more.
