About me
Making the decision to enter into counselling may feel like a big step, full of questions and uncertainty but a step forward into a new chapter of your life. You may be feeling anxious, depressed or struggling to manage your emotions or even just not feeling like yourself anymore. As a qualified and experienced person-centred counsellor, I am able to facilitate your journey and support you as you process, understand and heal from past events or future concerns that may be limiting you in living the life you wish to live. I offer an accepting, professional relationship where you are able to explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours in a safe and confidential space.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and have developed my own successful private practice (Coastal Counselling & Therapeutic Services) based in the beautiful coastal town of Aberystwyth.
From my continued professional development and learning I have gained knowledge, understanding and skills in working with a whole range of issues. As a result, I am able to incorporate a variety of additional techniques to enhance the therapeutic process such as; Person Centred Counselling, solution-focused therapy, nature based therapy and walk and talk counselling.
I am able to work remotely using telephone and online platforms as well as face-to-face.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Qualifications:
- Masters Degree in Clinical Counselling (2015)
- BSc Psychology (2012)
Additional training:
- Trauma Informed Birth Planning (2025)
- Birth Debrief Training (2025)
- How to hold a circle - facilitator introduction (2025)
- Peer Mentor Training (2023)
- Life Coaching Diploma (2020)
- BACP/OU Online Counselling Primer (2020)
- Eating Disorder Awareness (2020)
- Solution Focused Therapy (2019)
- Suicide Prevention Facilitator Training (2019)
- DICES risk assessment training (2017)
- Self-harm and Introduction to STORM (2017)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid (2016)
- Introduction to Attachment Theory (2015)
- Introduction to Play Therapy (2015)
- Introduction to DBT (2015)
- Animal Assisted Therapy in Counselling (2014)
- Nature as co-therapist (2013)
- Introduction to Person-centred Counselling (2012)
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
The list provided is not an inclusive list and it does not indicate areas of expertise, but highlights areas I have worked with previously, trained in or areas of interest.
Please get in touch to discuss your needs. If I am unable to support you I will recommend someone who can.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 - £70.00
Additional information
Counselling:
£60.00 per therapeutic hour day time session
£70.00 per therapeutic hour evening session
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Further information
Although I am qualified and experienced in working with a variety of presenting issues, my passion lies in empowering individuals to re-build their self-confidence who, for whatever reason, have lost a sense of self and are lacking in their self-esteem or self-worth. There may be a whole range of reasons that has led someone to a point in their life where they no longer feel happy with whom they are or where they have ended up and by engaging with me we can work together to gain an understanding of why this has happened and work on re-building a more positive sense of self.
I have also recently developed a passion for supporting women during the transformative experience of becoming a mother. I offer a range of services to women and their partners centred around birth, birth preparation, entering birth with confidence, building confidence to advocate for your birth choices as well as postnatally with birth reflection sessions and counselling for psychological support needed after birth e.g. birth trauma, postnatal depression/anxiety. Please see my website for more details - www.coastalcounsellingwales.co.uk.
Next steps:
If you feel like you would like to take the next step in connecting with me, please use the contact facility on this website or alternatively please visit my website (www.coastalcounsellingwales.co.uk) for more information and use the contact form on there. Once you make contact, we will arrange an initial appointment at a convenient time for us both. This first appointment is to establish the counselling relationship where we get to know each other a little bit better - there is no pressure to continue if you don't feel ready to. If you do, we then look at arranging future appointments.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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