About me
I can help you make sense of and start to change what is troubling you, in a safe and confidential environment. We can work together to unfold your personal story, to help you gain greater understanding and acceptance of your issues and difficulties. My aim is to support you as you develop these insights and begin to make changes. There are many different reasons that people seek counselling and I respect the individuality of each experience.
My approach can help you explore and address immediate challenges or unhelpful patterns that may be holding you back. By looking at how your early and past experiences shape who you are today—particularly in your relationships—we can begin to understand the deeper roots. This insight can support meaningful and lasting change.
What to expect in the first session:
I offer in-person sessions. We will meet in the first instance for the consultation sessions. This is an opportunity for you to share more about what is bringing you to therapy at this time, to explain more about the way I work and to think about what you wish to gain from it, to establish how we will go forwards.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified as a Psychodynamic Counsellor in 2016 and I have a postgraduate qualification in Psychological Therapies. As an accredited member of the BACP, I work in accordance with their Ethical Framework, ensuring a safe, respectful, and confidential space for our work together. I undertake a continuous programme of training to add to my theoretical knowledge and to remain updated about changes in current thinking and practice.
I am experienced in helping people with:
- Feelings of anxiety, being unable to concentrate, feeling overwhelmed, and panic attacks
- Difficult relationships or difficulty forming relationships
- Lack of confidence and low self-esteem
- Feelings of depression, emptiness and loneliness
- Symptoms such as eating disorders, self-harming and psychosomatic conditions
- Divorce and separation
- Bereavement
- A sense of meaninglessness and lack of fulfilment in life
- Difficulties in recovering from stressful or traumatic experiences
- Issues relating to abuse or childhood difficulties
I work psychodynamically which means becoming aware of how our past affects the present. This helps us better understand how our unconscious motivations may be impacting on how we relate to ourselves, and others around us. This creates the possibility for change and enables us to move towards a more comfortable way of being. Developing greater self awareness and insight allows us to make more informed choices and fulfil our potential.
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
£57.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The initial consultation fee is £62 per 50 minute session. We will meet for at least 2 initial consultation sessions. They provide us with the opportunity to begin to find a focus for understanding and also provide the opportunity to begin the process of self reflection.
Therapy sessions are weekly (on the same day and time) and last 50 minutes and the fee is £57.
For brief psychodynamic counselling, where we agree a specific focus and a fixed number of sessions (usually between 6-20) the fees is £62 per session.
Fees are paid monthly with BACS. I review my fees annually.
