About me
Perhaps you have found yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from the person you used to be. You might be struggling within relationships, questioning aspects of your identity, carrying experiences from the past, or simply have a sense that something in your life needs to change.
Sometimes people come to therapy with a very clear idea of what they want to talk about. Others arrive knowing only that something does not feel right. Both are completely valid places to begin.
I am an integrative psychotherapist offering online therapy to adults. My approach is warm, relational and collaborative. I do not believe that therapy should be something that is simply “done” to you, nor that one therapeutic approach can adequately account for the complexity of every person.
Instead, we work together to understand your individual experiences, relationships and patterns, including the ways you may have learned to protect yourself or cope with difficult experiences.
My practice is particularly influenced by humanistic, psychodynamic and existential psychotherapy. This means we might explore your earlier experiences and relationships and how these continue to influence you today, while also paying attention to what is happening in your life now. We may think about questions of identity, meaning, responsibility, freedom and choice, and what living a life that feels genuinely yours might mean.
The relationship we develop is an important part of that work. I aim to offer a space where you can speak openly without feeling that you need to perform, minimise your experiences or find the “right” thing to say.
I work with a range of experiences including anxiety, low self esteem, relationship difficulties, loss and bereavement, identity, life transitions and feeling stuck or disconnected from yourself.
I also have specialist training in supporting women who have experienced sexual violence and other forms of violence and abuse. This work is approached sensitively and at your pace, with particular attention to safety, autonomy and choice.
Therapy does not require you to arrive with everything figured out. If you know that something feels difficult, something keeps repeating, or you simply want to understand yourself more deeply, that can be enough of a place for us to begin.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Master’s degree in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton, with training across humanistic, psychodynamic and existential approaches.
Before training as a psychotherapist, I spent more than ten years working within education and mental health, supporting children and young people. I also hold a BA in English Literature, a background which continues to influence my interest in identity, meaning, personal narratives and the ways we make sense of our experiences.
Alongside my core psychotherapy training, I undertook specialist training with RASASC (Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre), developing my practice in supporting women who have survived sexual violence and other forms of violence and abuse.
My academic work has also explored neurodiversity within the therapeutic relationship, including therapist self-disclosure and ADHD.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work in accordance with its Ethical Framework. I undertake regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development as part of my practice.
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
£80.00 per session
Additional information
I may be able to offer concessionary rates.
