About me
I offer psychotherapy to individuals and couples.
Individual Therapy
When we sit together, we begin with whatever you would like to share. If you don’t know what to say, we simply begin with that.
You may be going through a crisis, you might need to share your grief or a gnawing sense of existential unease, or perhaps you simply have a desire to get to know your inner world better. It is all welcome.
The work I do helps you uncover and recover your innate wisdom; tend to traumas, heartbreaks, and un-processed life experiences; examine your fears and shame; untangle long-held beliefs; find more meaning; and think about how your past affects the present. In sessions, I also invite you to explore what is happening in your body when you are experiencing emotion, as the body is a remarkable access point to feelings.
Couples Therapy
For couples, the support I offer is through the Imago model of relationship counselling and coaching. This model aims to move couples from competition to collaboration, from conflict to empathy, and from blaming and shaming to expressing clearly and openly. It does so by encouraging couples to dialogue in a way that brings compassion for one another, acceptance of difference, and an awareness of what sits behind conflict or rupture.
Our work together will foster new ways of seeing and communicating, inspiring you to not only stretch to meet your partner’s needs, but also experience the connection that can come from doing so. It will also teach you to identify needs and learn to name them, resolve frustrations, reduce negative interactions, and cultivate intimacy with your partner.
I am currently offering 6-session blocks of therapy to couples at a discounted rate, while I complete my training in Imago Couples therapy. Places are limited, so please get in touch if you are interested.
If you would like to arrange a session, or would like more information, please contact me by email. Sessions take place weekly and last for 50 minutes for individuals, and 90 minutes for couples
Training, qualifications & experience
- Imago Couples Therapy trainee
- MA in Integrative Psychotherapy, Minster Centre
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Minster Centre
- Psychodynamic Counselling Skills, WPF
- BA (literature / languages)
- M.Phil Cantab (literature / culture)
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
Additional information
I am offering 6-session blocks of therapy to couples from 17th March. These will be at a discounted rate, while I complete my training in Imago Couples therapy. Places are limited, so please get in touch if you are interested.
Further information
- I work face to face and I am also offering online therapy
- Sessions for individual therapy last 50 minutes and take place weekly
- Sessions for couples last 1.5 hours
- I offer therapy on an open-ended basis
Please feel free to send me an email if you have any questions, or if you would like to set up an initial session.
Initial sessions are half price and serve as an opportunity to meet, discuss what brings you to therapy, and find out if we feel we are a good fit to work together.
