About me
Living with a long-term health condition can affect far more than your physical health. Alongside managing symptoms, appointments and treatment, you may also be coping with anxiety, low mood, uncertainty or a sense of loss for the life you once had.
Perhaps you've started avoiding activities because you're worried about becoming breathless, triggering pain or making your symptoms worse. Or maybe you find yourself pushing through on "good days", only to experience a flare-up afterwards. You may feel frustrated that others don't fully understand your experience, overwhelmed by the demands of managing your condition, or caught in a cycle where stress and anxiety seem to make your symptoms even worse.
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
I am a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with over 11 years' experience working within NHS and private mental health services. While I work with adults experiencing anxiety and depression, I have developed a specialist interest in supporting people living with long-term health conditions through my NHS work and additional training.
Using evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), I'll help you understand how your thoughts, emotions, behaviours and physical symptoms influence one another, so we can break unhelpful patterns and develop practical ways of coping. I also incorporate elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), focusing on your values and what matters to you, alongside Compassion Focused Therapy to develop self-compassion.
Therapy won't change your diagnosis, but it can help reduce the distress it creates, build confidence and help you reconnect with the things that matter most to you.
I offer face-to-face CBT appointments in Lancing, West Sussex, as well as online therapy for adults across the UK.
If you're looking for a CBT therapist who understands both anxiety and depression and the emotional and cognitive impact of living with a long-term health condition, I'd be pleased to discuss how we can work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Intervention (CBT), University of Southampton
- Postgraduate Certificate in Psychological Therapies Practice (Low Intensity CBT), University of Southampton
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Chichester
- Additional training in CBT for Long-Term Health Conditions (University of Surrey)
- IAPT Clinical Supervision Training (University of Reading)
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 BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
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 have a special interest in supporting people living with long-term health conditions such as:
- Heart Conditions
- Asthma and COPD
- Long Covid
- Chronic pain including Fibromyalgia and Muscular Skeletal conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (but not Irritable Bowel Disease such as Crohn’s or Ulcerative colitis)
- Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a free 15-20 minute consultation call to discuss what has brought you to therapy and answer any initial questions, before you decide whether you'd like to book your first session.
