About me
I am a private Counsellor in practice in Ellesmere Port for almost 20 years. I provide a safe and confidential therapeutic space for clients who need a professional listener. I am competent in a broad range of issues and therapy approaches.
Sessions are normally face-to-face or remote via Teams or Zoom, and they last up to one hour. We work at your pace in your time. I can guarantee that your feelings will be heard, understood, and validated with utmost care and empathy. Your sessions will be free from judgement; I pride myself on my personal and professional integrity.
I am a Registered Member of the BACP, I adhere to a professional Ethical Framework, and I am fully insured to provide Counselling and Supervision.
Contact me anytime when you are ready to begin your therapeutic journey, however long or short that may be. It could be the best decision you ever make!
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Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Level 6 Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision (CPCAB)
- Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CPCAB)
- Level 4 Diploma in Counselling (Integrative) (NCFE)
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills and Theory (NCFE)
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (BACP)
- Certificate in Introduction to Counselling
- 101 Certificate in Transactional Analysis
- Foundation Certificate in Transactional Analysis
- SINGLE SESSION THERAPY (SST) - 25.1.21
- CBT/Personal Injury Therapy using CBT- Personal Injury Solicitors
- Online Certificate in Statement Analysis
- Introductory and Online Training in Developmental Couples Counselling
- Counselling Supervision - qualified and students
- Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS). Available to facilitate and co-facilitate counselling workshops and counselling training programmes.
Training / Workshops:
- Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
- Anger Management
- Cruse Bereavement Training
- MIND Mentoring Training
- Place2Be Initial Training
- Inner Child Therapy
- Hearing Voices - Jacqui Dillon
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Suicide - Dr Andrew Reeves
- Rape and Sexual Abuse Training (RASA)
- Infant Death
- Homicide
- Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP by Mary Ellen Copeland)
- 2018 - Introduction to Couples Counselling with Deborah Winderbourne, UKCP
- 2018 - 2019 - The Couples Institute, Ellyn Bader, PhD www.CouplesInstituteTraining.com
- 2019 - ADHD Foundation - Workshop - Understanding and Supporting Students with Mental Health Issues
- 2021 - Single Session Therapy Workshop with Windy Dryden
Experience:
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Rape and Sexual Abuse (RASA)
- Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service (CSASS)
- Runcorn and Widnes Cancer Support Centre
- MIND in Chester
- General Practice, West Kirby and Wallasey
- Family Tree (Working with Psychoses)
- NSPCC Childline
- AGE UK
- Merseycare NHS Trust - CAMHS - Children and Young People's Community Mental Health Division
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) - Counsellor and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with students. Member of the core Counselling Team
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
Below are some of the core issues and interests I have experience with:
- Anxiety
- Depression/low mood
- Toxic workplaces
- Bullying at work
- Abuse caused by therapists and recovery
- Rape and sexual abuse inside mental health institutions
- Cult survivors
- Childhood abuse, emotional, sexual, psychological, and social
- Bipolar paranoia
- Narcissistic wounds and recovery
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Counselling sessions FACE TO FACE
- FREE Initial 15-minute CONSULTATION
- Individual Counselling Session - £50 per 55-minute session
- Supervision 1.5 hours - £60
When I work
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Further information
Published work:
* This Loss, poetry collection, Authorhouse, 2012 (Amazon Books)
