About us
WHAT DO YOU SEEK?
Struggling? Exhausted? Feel like you're drowning behind closed doors? Not frivolous enough for AI therapy? Other therapists seem judgmental, don't get you, won't listen? With me you can talk about anything. I'll treat you with compassion, empathy, and care. I’m also forthright and candid, and much more tools-oriented than schools-oriented. I believe you're the expert in you - even if you're not yet aware of it - and my role is to help you find that, and bring my own holistic vision, experience, training, and expertise to the table. I'm the specialist to help you become the best possible, most fulfilled version of you, starting now.
THE PLACE TO GO
I am co-founder of Bloom Unlimited UK, Ltd. We are an integrative, science-informed, multi-disciplinary company with a dual focus on both professional development and confidential personal therapy offerings. We are also available for organisational and public policy consulting on related topics. I've helped hundreds of people, who've tried other methods but have been missing key integrative techniques, to go from feeling despondent over recurrent problems to being more confident in themselves - and their capacities to heal - by applying tools from neuroscience, reprocessing experiences, and taking the reins of meaning in their lives. Need help discerning core values, scripts, priorities, thoughts, emotions, decisions, & behaviours? Missing this ingredient for a life that's more fulfilling? At Bloom, we favour the Human Flourishing™ and HISTORY™ (Humanistic Integrative Sequential Temporal Outcomes-focused Relational & whY-restructuring) models - no-nonsense, compassionate ways to get you from "stuck" to "free."
Training, qualifications & experience
MY QUALIFIED EXPERIENCE KEYNOTES
45 years’ experience in social health & social justice work, published fiction author and lifetime work with creatives, 18 years expertise in spiritual coaching & recovery, 12 years’ clinical & educating expertise (published) in psychotherapy & sexology. Two US master’s degrees (one in spiritualism; one in psychology) and two honourary doctorates. I am: a lifetime member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology; a member of the International Spiritualist Federation, and of Humanists UK (711208); Board Certified by the American Board of Sexologists (22278); a professional member of AAMFT (180964); a member of several other groups; and a licensed psychotherapist in 3 US states. I hold certificates in: neuroscience coaching; trauma-informed therapy; psychedelic integration; hypnosis; holistic counselling; and substance abuse studies (University of California at Berkeley). I am allied with these groups: arts & entertainment industry; HIV/AIDS survival or charity work; activism and public policy; bisexual (and pansexual), gay, asexual/aromantic transgender, nonbinary; sex workers/adult entertainment industry; kink, ethical nonmonogamy or monogamy; recovery; male sexual assault survivors.
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school Registered / Accredited
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Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
Life transitions; Chronic impulse control problems (as with sex, porn, food, etc.).
Therapies offered
Fees
£100.00 - £125.00
Additional information
RATES AND DISCOUNTS
Video: £100. In-person at your private office or for "walking therapy": £125. I have rate cards available for retainers and multi-session packages that include various discounts. I also offer some concession rates. Discounts also available for people working in the arts & entertainment industries. I charge prior to each session, and accept most credit/debit cards as well as bank transfer, wire, and PayPal. If you have Freedom private health insurance, or wish to bill for out-of-network, I can provide you superbills so you can apply for your percentage of reimbursement.
Further information
Have you considered your gut-heart-intellect quotient (GHIQ)? GHIQ helps you discern your core values, scripts, priorities, thoughts, emotions, decisions, and behaviours. My unique approach is no-nonsense, compassionate, and relational, to get you from "stuck" to "free," working flexibly in either long-term or short-term formats. I'm an expert in addressing: major stressors and trauma; sex, gender, and sexuality (positively); substance misuse; and different relationships in your life and their structures.
