About me
I’m interested in you and how you landed here, what has happened or is happening in your life, and how all of this has shaped the way you’re feeling about yourself.
From an early age we learn how to fit in, keep the peace, meet expectations and earn acceptance. Most of the time we’re not even aware we’re doing it. People come to counselling for many reasons, but often share the same experience: somewhere along the way they’ve become disconnected from their own judgement. I work with adults facing life’s challenges, helping them make sense of what they’re experiencing, reconnect with their own judgement and move forward with greater clarity and confidence
How I work
I start with you and what it’s been like to be you. I listen carefully. I’ll tell you honestly what I notice. My job is to help you understand yourself more clearly, so you can begin to trust your own judgement and make sense of your life in a way that feels true to you.
First Steps & Fees
I offer a complimentary 30-minute (online) initial meeting. This gives us a chance to see whether working together feels right for you, for you to ask any questions, and for me to understand what has brought you to counselling.
If we decide to continue, our first full session is where the therapeutic work begins.
Fee: £60 per 60 minute session
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified Person Centred Counsellor and a registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).
(MBACP) 380374
You can learn more about what this means below:
https://www.bacp.co.uk/membership/registered-membership/
I am a BACP-registered counsellor and Director of Stratford Counselling, with over six years of experience supporting people through distress, trauma and loss, and towards personal growth. My approach is firmly person-centred and grounded in genuine connection, honesty, and respect for each person’s autonomy and lived experience.
Early in my career, I became aware of how often people’s lives are taken out of context, stripped of meaning, and treated as problems to be managed rather than experiences to be understood. That realisation shaped the way I work. I am committed to restoring context and seeing people as whole human beings whose distress makes sense within their personal histories, relationships, and environments.
My work is trauma-informed, with particular experience supporting survivors of sexual abuse. I draw on Polyvagal Theory and Internal Family Systems (IFS) where helpful, offering ways to understand internal responses, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect with a sense of safety and self-trust. These frameworks support the work rather than lead it. The relationship remains central.
Alongside my private practice, I have worked in bereavement support with Myton Hospice, homicide bereavement with Victim Support, and in school-based counselling. These roles have shaped a grounded, ethical and relational approach to complex emotional work.
Compassionate Inquiry Dr Gabor Maté
Polyvagal theory and trauma Deb Dana
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Online Therapy institute (Moving your practice online)
A Disorder for Everyone - exploring the culture psychiatric diagnosis, creating change
Warwickshire Pride- LGBT+ awareness training
First Person Plural -Trauma Related Complex Dissociation
Myton Hospice - loss and bereavement training.
Safeline Warwick - OCN Working with survivors of rape and sexual abuse including trauma. 2018
FdSc Counselling and Psychotherapy (person centred) 2019
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling skills 2011
Level 2 counselling skills 2010
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
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer a complimentary (30 minute) introductory meeting online.
When I work
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