About me
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I am an Integrative BACP Registered Counsellor with over 15 years’ counselling experience, offering confidential support to individuals and couples through my private practice. I offer face-to-face, online and telephone sessions.
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor our work to your individual needs and circumstances.
People come to counselling for many different reasons. You may be facing a crisis or a difficult life change, struggling with emotions such as anger, fear, sadness, anxiety, hopelessness or loneliness, or experiencing difficulties in your relationships. Perhaps you recognise recurring patterns in your life or simply feel unfulfilled and want to understand yourself better.
Whatever brings you to counselling, I offer a supportive, confidential space, where you will be heard, respected and valued. We can explore what is happening for you, helping you gain greater self-awareness, find new perspectives and move towards a more fulfilling life.
I am a Kink-aware, BDSM-affirming and ENM-aware therapist. I believe therapy works best when you can bring your whole self into the room. Whatever has led you to seek counselling my experience is that the wider context of your life matters.
Along with my Counselling private practice, I work with the homeless in the local community.
Training, qualifications & experience
My main qualification in Counselling:
FdA Counselling (Humanistic based on Transactional Analysis (TA)) Certificate in Couples Therapy Certificate in Play Therapy
Certificate in Bereavement Counselling
In addition to my formal training, I have many other qualification, as I have undertaken numerous shorter specialist trainings as part of my Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
I am a Kink-aware, BDSM-affirming and ENM-aware therapist
Registered member of BACP
I have worked in a range of counselling settings, including:
Local hospice, supporting clients with the emotional and personal difficulties of long-term illness and bereavement.
Carers service, supporting clients with the complex difficulties of a carer’s role.
Family bereavement service, where a child has suffered the loss of a parent or sibling.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have a particularly interest in being the partner, sibling or child of someone with Narcissistic Personality type.
I have a great deal of experience in the area of Ileostomy & Internal Pouch.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Couples session are charged at £120 per session.
When I work
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Further information
I offer short-term and long-term counselling.
My practice is within 2 minutes walk from a bus stop.
There is free parking where I run my practice from.
Some of the Continuous Professional Improvement courses attended:
Working with People with Chronic Illness or Disabilities.
Safeguarding Children from Extremism.
Cognitive treatment and understanding of preadolescent social anxiety disorder.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Counselling confidentiality, data protection and access to records.
Attachment Theory from the 'Inside' with Sir Richard Bowlby
Compassion, Mindfulness & Self Care - Concepts & Strategies for you and your clients
Supporting Bereaved Children and Young People
Teaching Clients Mindfulness Skills
and many more.
Working with couples. Couples fit. Couples sexual issues.
