About me
Honesty · Acceptance · Empathy
Therapy Is Simple. Not Easy — But Simple.
At its core, therapy isn’t complicated. It’s not about clever techniques, perfect questions, or having all the answers. Therapy is essentially a simple process where two people meet in an authentic relationship, for the benefit of one person.
That’s it.
One person comes into the room carrying their story — the pain, the confusion, the patterns they’re stuck in, and often a sense that something just isn’t working anymore. The other person’s role is to be present, real, and attuned. Not to fix, judge, or perform, but to genuinely meet them where they are.
When that relationship is honest and safe, change happens. Not because the therapist is doing something to the client, but because the client is finally able to be themselves — sometimes for the first time — without needing to hide, impress, or defend.
This doesn’t mean therapy is easy. Sitting with uncomfortable truths, old wounds, or deeply ingrained habits can be hard work. But the process itself remains straightforward: a real human connection, held with care and intention, in service of the person seeking support.
Therapy, at its best, is not about being fixed. It’s about being met.
I have been working as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist for more than 18 years and have been privileged to witness incredible growth in clients, many of whom had given up on the idea of self-acceptance. My work is based on a humanistic, or person-centred, approach but also draws on other theories and is based in compassion; both for self and others and, through compassion, helping people bring peace to their lives. Currently we are offering face to face, remote and outdoor sessions. We have large airy and well ventilated rooms in both Truro and Penryn. I am a counsellor, supervisor, teacher and environmentalist and actively work to bring increased awareness of environmental issues to the fore.
Before becoming a counsellor, I lived in London for twenty years and ran a successful landscaping and garden centre business. I was lucky to work in some wonderful locations including the Chelsea Flower Show and the Peace Garden at the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth. There are parallels between tending to the needs of plants and people and I believe passionately in the power of both to flourish, given the right conditions. I moved to Cornwall to find a quieter place to bring up my two young children. Outside of counselling, I love the sea and try to get in it as often as I can.
Today, many of us need contact with nature more than ever. Climate Grief and Eco-Anxiety are very real and the changes to our environment are increasingly affecting our emotional wellbeing. At Lifetime Therapy, I offer Wilderness one-to-one sessions, translating our Wellness counselling therapies to the outdoors. Sometimes described as Ecotherapy, working therapeutically outside brings us into contact with the environment as a healing space; by immersing ourselves in nature we are reminded of our connectedness with wider landscapes and richer ecosystems and access different thoughts and emotions, enhancing our experience of growth. In Cornwall we can walk and talk by rivers or seas, in woodland or on moorland and experience the richness of our landscape as a backdrop to healing.
Humanistic counselling predicates in the belief that we all, given the right conditions, have an infinite capacity to heal and grow. These conditions: honesty, acceptance and empathy, offered skilfully by a trained therapist, will form the basis for change and healing. Whilst it can be most effective in helping individuals deal with many issues including addictions, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, bereavement, and abuse of any kind (whether historic or current), the humanistic approach does not offer quick fixes and can be incredibly powerful in enabling lasting change.
At Lifetime Therapy I am a Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor and Group Enabler. I have also lectured in Counselling and Supervision. I am an accredited and registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and adhere to their ethical framework.
Qualifications · MA, Counselling and Psychotherapy, PGCE, RegMBACP (Accred), Dip Couns Cert Supervision(level 6)
Training, qualifications & experience
MBACP (Accredited)
Diploma in Person Centred Counselling
MA Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice
Level 6 Certificate in Counselling Supervision
Over 14 years working as a counsellor
Over 11 years working as a supervisor
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).
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Therapies offered
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Fees
£20.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a selection of Person-Centred Therapies for individuals and groups as well as Internships and Clinical Supervision for practitioners. Sessions maybe face-to-face, over the phone or via Skype or similar platform. The details of these, including prices and concessions, can be found on the website: https://www.lifetimetherapy.co.uk/
When I work
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