About me
How Can Therapy Help?
Taking the first step towards therapy can feel daunting, especially when life feels challenging or overwhelming. Therapy offers a safe, confidential, and supportive space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with a trained professional.
Together, we can develop a deeper understanding of what may be affecting your wellbeing, identify patterns that may be holding you back, and explore meaningful ways forward. Therapy can help you gain clarity, build resilience, improve relationships, and make positive changes that support a more fulfilling life.
Why Choose Me?
I am a UKCP-accredited Transactional Analysis psychotherapist and supervisor with over 15 years of post-qualification experience working with adults, children, and young people in private practice, educational settings, and the voluntary sector.
I offer both in-person and online therapy, providing a flexible service tailored to your individual needs. My approach is warm, collaborative, and non-judgemental, creating a space where you can feel heard, understood, and supported.
I work with a wide range of emotional, relational, and psychological difficulties, adapting therapy to meet your unique circumstances and goals.
Areas of Experience
I support clients with:
Anxiety, panic attacks, and overwhelm
Depression and low mood
Trauma and recovery, including childhood and adult sexual trauma
Relationship, family and parenting difficulties
Bereavement, loss, and grief
ADHD, autism, and neurodiversity
Low self-esteem and self-confidence
Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and imposter syndrome
Life transitions and personal change
Women's wellbeing, including fertility, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause
Young people's wellbeing and student-related challenges
Work-related stress and burnout
My Approach
I work primarily using Transactional Analysis (TA) Psychotherapy, a relational approach that helps us understand patterns in thinking, feeling, and relating to others. By exploring these patterns together, we can gain insight into current difficulties and create opportunities for lasting change.
I also draw on a range of evidence-based approaches and ongoing professional training, allowing me to adapt therapy to your individual needs and goals.
What to Expect
I offer a free introductory phone call, followed by a no-obligation initial session.
Our initial meeting provides an opportunity to explore what has brought you to therapy, discuss what you hope to gain from the process, and consider whether we are the right fit to work together.
Finding the right therapeutic relationship is an important part of successful therapy. If, during our discussion, I feel that a different therapist or therapeutic approach may be better suited to your needs, or if my availability does not align with your requirements, I will be happy to discuss alternative options and referral pathways with you.
How Long Will Therapy Last?
I offer weekly or fortnightly sessions. The length of therapy varies for each person and will depend on your needs, goals, and circumstances. We will regularly review our work together to ensure therapy remains helpful and relevant.
Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to arrange an initial appointment or have any questions.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications & Education
- UKCP Full Clinical Member Registered & Accredited 2024
- Certificate in Supervision 2016 (Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy)
- Certificate in Child and Adolescent Studies and Therapeutic Skills 2011 (Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy)
- Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy from an Integrative Perspective; following 4 years extensive training (600 hrs) at the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy, Chorlton 2007- 2011
- PGCE Secondary Education. Manchester Metropolitan University. My teaching roles included Head of Geography, Second in Humanities, Geography Teacher, Head of Year and Primary Links Coordinator in three schools over ten years, Manchester. 1997-2007
- BSc( Honours) Geography
DBS and Professional Membership
- Current Enhanced DBS.
- Full Clinical UKCP member - registered and accredited
- Registered Member of BACP
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
- Children and Young Person's Counsellor at Hyde High School, Tameside (since 2012 to Nov 2025).
- Facilitator of Reflective Practice Supervision and Clinical Supervisor for groups and individuals for national charities including MIND, NAPAC and Shelter (2020 to present).
- Clinical Supervisor for Trainee counsellors on placement (2017 to present).
- Clinical Supervisor for Qualified Therapists working with CYP's & Adults in private practice and education/health (2016 to present).
- Co-delivery of Supervision Skills 3-day training events for BACP / AO(Nov 2021 to 2022).
- Volunteer at The Peter Quinn Friendship Group & Dementia Support (Nov 2021 to Oct 2022).
- Volunteer Counsellor with CYP MIND Manchester (Nov 2021 to Feb 2022).
- Volunteer Befriender With The National Bereavement Partnership (April to Oct 2021).
- Clinical Supervisor for staff at Egerton High School, Manchester (Jan 2018 - Apr 2021).
- Volunteer Assessor & Counsellor at Stockport Women's Centre (2012 - July 2017).
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My room is conveniently located in central Stockport within easy walking distance of major bus routes and train station. Please see photos below of my room.
- Individual psychotherapy sessions £65 per hour
- Trainee Counsellor psychotherapy sessions £50 per hour
- Couples therapy sessions £90 per hour
- Reduced rates negotiated depending upon individual circumstances
- Please see my Supervisor Profile for supervision rates
Payment is to be made before each session by BACS. If you cancel a session and cannot rearrange it to take place within 5 working days (Mon-Fri), you agree to pay for the session in full.
When I work
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Further information
I am an accredited and registered member of the UKCP and a registered member of the BACP. Both organisations are accredited by the Professional Standards Authority and set high standards for safe and ethical practice.
I work in accordance with the UKCP and BACP Codes of Ethics and Professional Practice. To maintain the quality of my work, I undertake regular clinical supervision, ongoing professional training, and personal therapy.
I hold comprehensive professional indemnity insurance and have clear policies in place covering confidentiality, privacy, safeguarding, equality and diversity, complaints, and the use of AI in practice. Copies of these policies are available on request.
Thank you for reading my profile and I look forward to hearing from you.
Please do contact me if you would like to arrange an initial appointment or have any questions.
