About me
I am a BACP Accredited Individual and Relationship Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor, working full time in private practice for over a decade. My particular focus is stress and anxiety — and the relationships that sit beneath them: the one we have with ourselves, and the ones with the partners, family, friends and colleagues all around us.
I work with individuals and couples, and I'm currently taking new couples clients — in Bristol, Stroud and online. If you're coming as a couple, our work begins with a structured first phase: joint and individual sessions within a clear, boundaried framework, so we understand the relationship from both sides before deciding the way forward.
Much of what brings people to therapy — the overwhelm, the worry, the sense that something is quietly off — tends to trace back to the same place: the relationships we've had, the one we have with ourselves, and how we learned to manage difficult feelings long before we had words for them.
And that's often where we begin. Most people arrive knowing something is wrong but struggling to say what, exactly. One of the most useful things therapy can do — before anything else — is help you find the words for what you're carrying. That sounds simple. It rarely is. But once you can name something, you can begin to understand it. And once you understand it, things start to shift.
The goal isn't just to feel better. It's to understand yourself more honestly — why you react the way you do, what you actually need, where you've been less free than you could be. That kind of understanding tends to open things up. People find themselves thinking differently, responding differently, rediscovering parts of life they'd stopped expecting to enjoy.
People often tell me the sessions don't feel like therapy in the way they expected. Less formal, more like thinking something through with someone who happens to know what they're talking about. There's room for humour, for curiosity, for sitting with a question rather than rushing to an answer.
But in a clearly structured and boundaried space. I could walk past your wife, husband, or best friend five minutes after our session and neither of us would ever know.
I work with people on a short, medium, or open-ended basis depending on what's needed. Our first session is a genuine two-way conversation — a chance for you to share what's brought you here, ask whatever you want to ask, and get a feel for whether working together makes sense.
Therapy isn't the destination. It's a stepping stone — back to yourself, and toward the life you actually want to be living. If you're ready to take that step, get in touch by email, call or text and we'll find a time.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:-
- 4 years NHS/IAPT experience
- 10 years Private Practice experience
- 5 years University of Kent - Well being department
- 1 year Drugs and Alcohol service experience
Qualifications:-
- Diploma in Relational Supervision
- Diploma in Integrative Counselling, University of Kent
- Certificate in Counselling, Goldsmith in London
- Certificate in Mindfulness
I regularly attend various continual professional development courses (CDP) in order to remain current and up-to-date.
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.
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
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Sessions last for 50 minutes and there is a 24-hour cancellation policy.
For Relationship Counselling - please see my website for details
Please contact me for a free 20-minute consultation to discuss what you are looking for at this time.
When I work
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Further information
What is the next step?
If counselling is something that you would like to explore please send me a message and we can arrange a free 20 minute consultation where you can ask any questions that you may have. The next step is to arrange our first session. Here I will ask you your reason for coming to Counselling alone with brief background of family, relationships and other significant/key life events. In our first session we will agree the following:-
- Focus of treatment - this is not set in stone, but rather a guide or direction of travel
- Contract for an initial number of sessions - normally around six to eight
- Reviews - a chance to check in and see how the sessions are going
- Confidentiality - I explain what this means and what is included and excluded from this
- Payment details - method and cancellation policy
- Time and date - normally same time and day each week, but this can also be reviewed and changed if required.
I am experienced at assessing your needs and helping you make choices about what service or treatment option may be right for you at this time. If we decide not to work together, that an alternative treatment option might be more effective, then I will help you navigate the services out there to find the best next step for you.
