About me
I'm a counsellor with 12 years experience working with individual adults of all ages and backgrounds who may be experiencing:
bereavement and loss, anxiety, stressful life events, depression or just feeling sad, relationship difficulties, abuse, self-esteem and self-confidence.
I am here to listen with compassion and empathy and together build a secure therapeutic relationship.
I am an integrative counsellor and tailor my approach to your needs. Depending on what you are bringing, I may draw from a range of ideas from bereavement theory, person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural approaches to inform our work together.
Through our sessions we can explore your feelings, thoughts and experiences and consider how things are for you currently and how things may have been for you. Together we may consider what change means to you and consider how change may be implemented and what this may look like. I may encourage you to reflect on our sessions during the week - enabling the therapeutic process to continue between sessions.
Our sessions are a chance for you to talk in a safe and confidential space about what you are currently facing, what you may have experienced and what your concerns for the future may be. I seek to offer a non-judgemental and supportive space for you to reflect and process your experience and to enable you to make sense of your experiences and through this for you to gain increased awareness of your relationship with yourself and with others.
I offer short term or long term work.
I offer an initial 15 to 20 minute informal chat prior to an initial assessment appointment where we can meet and explore what you would like to work towards and change through the therapeutic process.
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I am located in Fleet Street EC4Y 1DH, which has good bus and train links and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I offer online appointments via zoom.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Grief and Bereavement Counselling Skills Diploma (2023) Institute of Counselling linked with Glasgow Caledonian University
- ACTO Level 2 Professional Member (2021)
- Online Counselling Audio and Webcam Training (2020)
- BACP Registered, Accredited member (2018)
- ACC Registered Accredited member (2015)
- Professional Diploma in Counselling (2013) Roehampton University
- MSc Molecular Genetics with Counselling (2000) Imperial College London
I have worked in a range of settings, including mental health services, substance misuse projects, mental health charities and in private practice.
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.
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.
The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is a Christian professional membership organisation for those involved in counselling/psychotherapy and linked professions, i.e. pastoral care, coaching and spiritual direction, in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
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
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees for lower income can be negotiated.
I am registered with Aviva, Bupa, Care first and Bupa health care providers.
When I work
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Daytime and evenings.
No weekends.
Further information
I see clients at Ludgate Hill Associates, 89 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
I see clients online on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
