About me
Hello and Welcome. Thank you for visiting my page.
I am a qualified, experienced and competent Counsellor, Therapist and Clinical Supervisor. I will provide a safe, respectful, accepting space for you. Together we will explore at your own pace, with warm and open curiosity, the concerns that matter most to you. The process of sharing your own story (from your own perspective) in the therapeutic witness of another life traveller can be both stirring and life-affirming. Engaging with therapy requires consciously taking a brave step into a journey of self-discovery, of exploring and meeting yourself in a new way.
I work with people aged 18 years and upwards, offering in person appointments in Cockenzie, East Lothian, and online appointments UK wide. I provide one-to-one individual therapy, individual clinical supervision and group supervision. If you are interested in working with me, or want to find out more, do get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
My work is supported by years of continuous personal development, under the professional guidance of skilled practitioners from a broad range of different therapies and approaches.
Training and Qualifications
- Practitioner Certificate in Human Social Functioning, British Association of Social Functioning, 2010
- Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2011
- Diploma in Higher Education in Counselling Children and Young People, Middlesex University, 2015
- Family Therapy and Systemic Practice, Foundation and Intermediate Level, Family Therapy Training Network, 2016 / 2017
- Counselling Supervision Certificate, COSCA, 2020
- Currently training in Astrological Counselling (Archetypal Astrology), 2025 - present (ongoing)
Experience
- Broad experience in private practice working therapeutically in depth with adults.
- Broad experience in organisational settings working therapeutically short term and in depth with young people.
- Creating, delivering and developing school-based Counselling Clinics to students aged 5 years upwards.
- Working with public/state and independent/private schools.
- Five years as Counselling Services' Clinical Manager providing a selection of therapeutic supports to Adults, Young People, Family Counselling, Schools-based Counselling, Workplace Counselling, Counselling for Children affected by parental substance use, and Community-based Counselling.
- Clinical oversight, mentoring, development and line management to Qualified and Trainee Counsellors/Therapists who work with Adults and Young People, using a range of different Counselling modalities.
- Delivery of training in Counselling Skills Approach to Working with Children and Young People to groups of educators.
Professional Membership
- BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) Registered Member
- AFSP (Association for Family & Systemic Psychotherapy) Systemic Practitioner Member
- Enhanced PVG, Disclosure Scotland
- ICO Registered
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- £60 per 50 minute session for individual therapy (weekly appointments)
- Click on the link to my Supervision profile for individual and group supervision fees
I provide a free 20 minute Introductory Meeting, either in person or online. Just drop me an email to arrange this.
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Further information
A necessary ingredient for effective therapy is the quality of the therapeutic relationship. It must enable the existence and growth of safety and trust. It's vital, therefore, that you feel comfortable with the person you choose to work with.
Using a holistic approach, my work is tailored to greet each person where they currently are in life. Together we will explore the circumstances, relationships, events, narratives that may have influenced or shaped how you experience life. We will establish your goals for therapy, and review the work as we progress. The therapeutic journey can invite encounters with personal ‘aha’ moments, revealing the possibility to grasp greater understanding and potential solutions. With growing self-awareness, you will gradually find access to more conscious everyday choices. Engaging with the therapeutic process can lead you toward inhabiting a more meaningful, expansive, fuller life experience.
My work is informed using theoretical principles and underpinnings of Psychodynamic and Systemic Training. I am also, presently, engaged in the study and practice of Astrological Counselling. I can bring this therapeutic lens to those who want to work in this way. With a commitment to continuous ongoing professional development, my practice is woven with and supported by a broad range of relevant, valued, carefully selected training and study.
I have strong personal work values that are informed by ethical professional decision making. My practice is enriched and supported by regular ongoing individual Clinical Supervision and Depth Psychotherapy & Astrology Group Consultation.
I have a deep interest in the Self – as the inner spark of life. In seeing the people I work with move into a position of greater self-acceptance and self-agency. Of discovering what it means to be living from a place of both our own authentic selves while also being essentially connected to and in relationship with all other life forms that shape us and the world around us.
