About me
I understand the courage it takes to sit with another person and begin to speak about difficulties past and present. So much is communicated without words and in the felt sense.
I don't see counselling as something I do to another person. I see it as a process we enter together, with curiosity about what emerges between us and what it might tell us about your wider experience.
What matters most to me is creating a relationship in which you can gradually feel able to bring more of yourself including the parts that may have been difficult to understand, express or share elsewhere.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling from the University of Worcester, having previously completed Level 3 Integrative Counselling training at Iron Mill College in Exeter.
I am continuing my professional development through a third year of study in Gestalt Counselling. Gestalt is a relational and experiential approach that pays attention to what is happening in the here and now, our thoughts and feelings, but also the body, our relationships and the ways we make contact with the world around us.
My wider background includes movement and embodied practices, especially 5Rhythms dance, alongside meditation and creative approaches to self-exploration. These have influenced the way I understand experience as something we don't only think about, but also feel and encounter through the body, imagination and relationship.
Before moving into counselling and developing Marialis, I spent many years helping to run a family business in the renewable energy sector. My work involved managing people, relationships and the everyday complexities of working life, as well as helping the business grow through a period of considerable change.
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
£60.00 - £80.00
Additional information
Counselling sessions are one hour and cost £60.
Sessions are available in person, online via Zoom or by telephone. In-person sessions are at Waterloo Court, near Junction 27 of the M5 or at The Practice Rooms in Exeter. We can talk about which way of meeting feels most comfortable and appropriate for you.
We would usually meet weekly, giving us a regular space to build the relationship and explore what is happening for you at a pace that feels manageable.
Before we begin, I offer an initial free-of-charge conversation about what brings you to counselling and what you hope for from our work together. It is also an opportunity for you to get a sense of me and whether working together feels right for you.
There is no expectation that you commit before you have had a chance to decide.
Payment details will be provided when we arrange our work together, with payment required at least 24 hours before each session.
When I work
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Further information
I now work in two different but complementary areas: reflective astrology and counselling.
In my astrology practice, I draw on Hellenistic and experiential astrology to explore the birth chart as a symbolic map, bringing its imagery and archetypes into conversation with the life of the person sitting with me.
My counselling work is separate. It is relational and integrative, and does not require any interest in or involvement with astrology.
What the two practices share is something simpler: attention, curiosity and respect for the complexity of an individual life.
