About me
I can offer you either in person in North Devon in Barnstaple or on an ad hoc basis near to Inverary in Argyll, both in comfortable settings. I also can work with you online. I am flexible in which you'd prefer and have extensive experience in both.
Each session is focused on you and what you need. It can be a unique experience to be able to talk and be listened to each week and through this, great change can occur. To be understood on a deep level in a warm and compassionate space with someone who is dedicated to supporting you can often be the key to unlocking a different way of being, a different way of experiencing the world.
I am passionate about supporting you in finding this key. Some clients have arrived in therapy unsure that they can make the changes necessary to create a different life. They feel that their experience is so ingrained in them that nothing will help. What I have seen time and time again is this change gradually emerging and I witness the client's joy and relief as they begin to notice the changes that are happening.
How I see it is that therapy raises your levels of self-awareness as you develop and deepen the ability to self-reflect. And with awareness comes choice so those ingrained beliefs and patterns are able to be looked at in a compassionate manner in sessions, and once faced and understood, change is then possible.
I offer you different approaches and modalities to bring about this change. No two people are the same and so therapy with myself respects this and it is my role as your therapist to understand with you what is working and what needs adjustment.
I work with focus, compassion, encouragement, dedication and commitment. I am continuously updating my skills to be in line with what is being understood in greater depth about the brain and how it works as neuroscience evolves.
I also have a very open mind to what you believe in, no judgement of you or your experiences and we grow the therapeutic space together. The therapeutic relationship is a central part to your healing.
Please do get in touch with any queries or questions. I am happy to help and can offer a 15 minute free video consultation via Microsoft Teams.
Training, qualifications & experience
2 Year Advanced Diploma in Integrative and Humanistic Counselling: BACP Registered Member for 10 years
4 Year Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: Completion of 4 Years of Training
Psychiatric Training in Acute Mental Health, Maudesley Hospital, London: 1.5 years: 2018-2019
Advanced Diploma in Supervision: Offering Supervision to Counsellors and Psychotherapists, specialising particularly in Complex PTSD, Bereavement, Grief, Depression and Anxiety, Neurodivergence, Trauma.
I update my knowledge and understanding regularly through CPD workshops to support the different issues being faced by clients. These include:
Certificate in Internal Family Systems - Working with different parts of a person focusing on developing the Self.
Certificate in Janina Fisher's Trauma and Somatic Memory - Supporting clients who have experienced Trauma both singular and complex working with the body and where the body holds these experiences working to release through the body going to the root of where the trauma is being held.
Certificate in Anxiety and Depression - exploring the origins of anxiety and depression and understanding whether they are symptoms of deeper past experiences.
Certificate in working with Highly Sensitive People: This is to include the sensitivity of neurodivergence and the highly sensitive nervous system of both HSP and Neurodivergent clients.
The Neuroscience of Adverse Childhood Experiences - CPD workshop for those experiencing C-PTSD.
North Devon Hospice, Bereavement Counselling - 8 years: Extensive experience in Grief, Loss and Bereavement, to include the stages of Grief as well as the impacts upon those closest to the Terminally ill patient.
Help Counselling, London - 1.5 years
Currently studying:
Group Facilitation Training September 2026- February 2027 - I will be offering a wide range of different types of Groups - please email me directly for the topics that I am going to be running. Some will be online and some will be in-person. Topics to include Menopause, Pet-loss, Loneliness.
Group Meditation: I will be qualified to run Meditation groups as of May 2027. These will be offered both online and in person.
I have extensive experience in a wide range of issues, such as grief, depression and anxiety, trauma, PTSD (both complex and stand-alone), Neurodivergence, Terminal illness such as Cancer, Relational Issues, Emotional issues, Life-crisis challenges, Work-related issues.
I update my experience regularly through CPD workshops (please see above), research, my own Supervision and a commitment to practices to raise my own levels of awareness through a daily Meditation practice, walking in Nature, Shamanism, animals, immersion in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands.
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
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Please do ask if your particular concern is not on the list.
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please do get in touch to ask any further information regarding fees and availability. I keep a low cost slot of £40, please email me to see whether this is available.
When I work
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Further information
Each session is 50 minutes and attended weekly as far as is possible.
I am going to be offering Group Meditation Classes both online and in person in various locations. Please email me directly for further information/interest.
