About me
Everybody suffers with life's problems at some time. I hope that my personal website and the information here helps you to choose a way forward. It can be a massive step to acknowledge we need help. My Integrative Relational training allows us to find what best suits your needs. I work from a small garden room that sits on the banks of the river Thames working with individuals, couples, families and groups. I am very happy to talk about what it is you are looking for from a counsellor. I cover the whole of South West London and Surrey
Following many years working in the education system, and having experienced first hand how valuable personal therapy can be, I trained as a psychotherapist in SW London. My course required trainees to be in therapy themselves throughout their 3 year training, and as well as years of personal therapy I also have experience of group therapy. The value of this for clients is the huge range of human pain I have personally experienced. By talking about this I hope to minimise the shame we often feel about our own problems and how we are struggling to manage them.
What I can offer:
I work in a space in my garden alongside the river Thames which is accessed by a well maintained path. It is a beautiful calm setting, it offers a totally relaxed neutral environment in which you can explore whatever issues you might bring to therapy, in complete confidentiality. Parking is easy and disabled access is possible, on foot or by bike plus a mobility scooter is available if needed.
My wish is to help you make sense of whatever has brought you here, you might feel it as pain, loss, or wonder who you are in yourself. There could be links between your current issues and difficulties you have experienced previously, making these connections can often lead to greater acceptance of living in the now, and how this understanding can influence your way of being in the future. Whatever you are feeling, depression, trauma or loss, any of these can make it feel as though life is too hard, that we are stuck, or even that there is little point living.
My training was in Integrative Relational Therapy and Counselling, which offers you a range of therapeutic models. I also work with couples, both maintaining the current relationship and improvements for the future, or maybe to facilitate understanding and acceptance of one another during breakups.
How I Work:
I hope for complete openness and honesty between us. I will bring everything I can into the room to support you. I use psychoeducation, where possible, which lets you develop an understanding that can often facilitate an emotional shift. I will be as flexible as I can to support you, working more than once a week, weekly, fortnightly or monthly, whichever works for you, your budget and your lifestyle. I have a strong spiritual leaning which can be of special interest to many of my clients. Ultimately I want you to experience change which will relieve your symptoms and also give you tools and techniques to improve your life on an ongoing basis.
How long do people come for?
This is entirely up to individual clients. Some people come in crisis and only require a few sessions, others come with long term deep seated issues, such as childhood sexual abuse, which can be a lengthy reparative process. I have worked in a number of different settings. I previously worked for the NHS under the services of the Maudsley Hospital which offered counselling for a 12 week period. I have also worked for a counselling service in Horsham under the YMCA. I have completed some voluntary service in a counselling centre in Littlehampton offering counselling to those on a low income. Both of these services offered counselling for up to three years. What I have found most important to all my clients is that there is enough time and that you are in control of how long you wish to come.
Ideally we will work until you feel you have resolved the issues which brought you to me, and also you should feel more sure of who you are, with a stronger and more confident voice for yourself in the world.
Contact me to talk either in person or on the phone, also feel free to look at my website. My fees vary so people on low incomes and students can still seek counseling. Session times are varied with some evening times available.
Training, qualifications & experience
Shamanic practitioner 3 year training completed
Supervisor - SDS Accreditation in Clinical Supervision Level 2 (Assessed Academic Competence)BPS accredited
MA Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy
ABC Counselling Certificate
PG Cert Special Educational Needs - Autistic Spectrum
BA Hons Primary Education
I have experience of working in NHS settings, voluntary settings and private practice.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I am trained in a Shamanic way of spiritual healing. This introduces you to a way where we as humans use spirit and nature to help heal us and guide us. It is through nature and spirit we can be shown an alternative support. I also offer training in Shamanic Counselling. After completing a six week training clients are able to seek help independently of the Shaman.
Other alternative approaches are Sound Healing and Drum Sessions for both individual and small groups
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Contribution of £70 per session. Couples pay an initial £60 for each individual introductory session and then £100 jointly. Group or family charges are adjusted according to numbers.
When I work
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Times available are Tuesday and Thursday 10.00 - 18.00 Supervision times are available on a Friday
Further information
If you are seeking a way to calm your mind I also offer individual Sound Bath sessions. Here you are immersed in the vibrational energy of sound. This has a calming effect to the often hectic schedule of life.
Drum healing is another way to allow the stresses and strains of modern life to be released through the cleansing beat and rhythm of a drum. The mother drum I use allows you to lie beneath it to feel the full power of its energy
Disabled access is possible. My work space is a 5 minute walk from the car park and there is a mobility scooter available for those who may need assistance.
