About me
Hello and Welcome
I am a qualified Counselling Psychologist with a strong interest in human development, particularly attachment and how early relationships shape the way we relate to ourselves and others. Life can sometimes feel overwhelming, leaving us struggling to cope. I work integratively, offering a safe, supportive, and trusting therapeutic space where you can explore and process difficult emotions, gain deeper understanding, and begin making positive changes to improve your mental and physical wellbeing. I offer Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Counselling, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and DIT therapy.
How I work
I believe a safe, trusting, and compassionate therapeutic relationship is central to meaningful therapy. I strive to offer a calm and supportive space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences at a pace that feels right for you.
My practice is informed by Humanistic, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches. I work integratively and tailor therapy to your individual needs, working collaboratively with you to find the most helpful approach for your goals and wellbeing.
Why Therapy?
At various times in life, it can feel difficult to manage present challenges or make sense of past experiences. Feelings such as anxiety, low mood, stress, panic, irritability, or sleep difficulties can leave you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected.
Therapy provides a supportive and reflective space to explore these experiences, develop greater understanding, and find new ways of relating to yourself and others. It can help strengthen self-awareness, emotional wellbeing, and confidence, supporting meaningful and lasting change.
Types of Therapy Offered
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is aimed at helping individuals learn how their thinking style and behaviour can affect how one feels (ie. anxious/depressed/angry/guilty), and to learn ways to help with this. CBT therapy is a structured therapeutic approach, involving completing tasks (e.g. diary, thought records, questionnaires), challenging unhelpful thinking styles and testing out beliefs with "small experiments". There is much research that shows that CBT therapy is particularly helpful in treating anxiety disorders (e.g. OCD, panic, phobia, health anxiety, social anxiety).
- Psychodynamic therapy/Dynamic Interpersonal therapy is an explorative therapy, which focuses on how early our relational experiences can influence how one relates to oneself and others. There may be repeated unconscious patterns in relationships which cause distress and the person is not sure why this keeps happening. These repeated patterns of behaviour can be understood in terms of an attachment or relational style, often formed from our early relational experiences. This type of therapeutic approach is seen to be more helpful for difficulties including chronic depression, low-self esteem, emotional dysregulation and childhood trauma.
- Humanistic therapy focuses on each individual as having the potential and ability to know what is good for them. This approach emphasises the importance of being true to oneself to lead a most fulfilling life. It sees the individual as searching for some personal meaning in life, but who is capable of finding a deeper self-understanding, growth and healing within themselves.
Difficulties I Work With
I work with individuals experiencing a variety of difficulties, including:
-Anxiety
-Depression
-Low Self-Esteem
-Worry/stress
-Obsessive compulsive disorder
-Health Anxiety
-Panic
-Social anxiety
-Sleep difficulties
-Childhood trauma, including sexual abuse
Contact Details
You can contact me by telephone on 07931229137 or can send me a message or by visiting website www.macounsellingpsychology.co.uk.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Qualified Counselling Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and the British Psychological Society. I hold a doctoral qualification in Counselling Psychology, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Attachment-Based Therapy, and have trained in Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT).
Currently, I work in the NHS as a Counselling Psychologist while also running a private psychotherapy practice. I offer a range of therapies, including CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment-based therapy, and integrative therapy.
I have supported individuals facing challenges like anxiety, depression, panic, stress, OCD, health anxiety, low self-esteem, sleep issues, and childhood trauma. My experience spans various settings, from voluntary charities to the NHS, where I’ve worked with people from diverse backgrounds, including different ages, genders, religions, ethnicities, and socio-economic groups.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
British Psychological Society
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Attachment and relationship difficulties
Therapies offered
Fees
£110.00 per session
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