About me
When life feels overwhelming, it can be difficult to know where to begin.
You may be feeling anxious, emotionally drained, stuck in your thoughts, low in confidence, or unsure why certain situations affect you so strongly. Perhaps you find yourself overthinking, shutting down, becoming easily overwhelmed, masking how you really feel, or feeling different from those around you.
Counselling can offer a calm, supportive space to slow things down and begin making sense of what you are carrying.
I offer counselling for adults and young people in Benfleet, Essex, as well as online and by telephone. You do not need to arrive with everything worked out or know exactly what you want to talk about. We can begin wherever you are.
My approach is warm, grounded and collaborative. I do not see therapy as something that is done to you. Instead, we work together to understand what feels difficult, explore the patterns that may be showing up, and consider what might help you feel more connected to yourself, your needs and the choices available to you.
I work in a trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming way, placing importance on emotional safety, trust, choice and pacing. You will not be pushed to talk about anything before you feel ready. Therapy can be a place to understand your responses with greater compassion, recognise what your mind and body may be trying to communicate, and gently explore different ways of coping.
I support people experiencing:
- Anxiety, stress and overwhelm
- Low mood, self-doubt or feeling stuck
- Overthinking or a busy, fast-moving mind
- Emotional intensity, burnout or shutdown
- Difficulties with relationships, trust or communication
- Feeling misunderstood, disconnected or different
- Neurodivergent experiences, whether diagnosed, exploring or self-identifying
- Masking, sensory or emotional overload
- School, university or work pressures
- Life transitions, identity questions and changes in confidence
I am a BACP-registered Integrative Counsellor with experience supporting both adults and young people.
Alongside my counselling work, I have extensive experience supporting neurodivergent people, including those who may experience anxiety, masking, heightened sensitivity, emotional overload, difficulty regulating emotions, or a strong need for safety and predictability.
This experience shapes the way I work. I aim to provide a flexible, respectful and accepting space where your way of experiencing the world is taken seriously rather than judged or treated as something that needs to be changed.
Being integrative means I can adapt the way we work depending on what feels most useful for you. For some people, counselling is primarily about having a safe place to talk and feel understood. For others, it may also involve exploring patterns, relationships, emotions, coping strategies, past experiences or practical ways of managing difficult moments.
There is no single right way to do therapy.
Sessions
Sessions are 50 minutes and are available:
Face to face in Benfleet, Essex
Online
By telephone
Fee: £55 per session
Free initial consultation: 20 minutes
The free consultation gives us an opportunity to briefly talk about what has brought you to counselling, what you might be looking for from therapy, and whether working together feels like the right fit.
There is no pressure to commit to sessions afterwards.
If something you have read here feels familiar, you are very welcome to get in touch and arrange a free 20-minute consultation.
You do not have to have everything figured out before reaching out. Sometimes the first step is simply having somewhere to begin.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 4- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - CPCAB
- Ongoing CPD in areas including neurodiversity, attachment, emotional regulation, trauma, anxiety, and adolescent mental health, including more specialist work to support continued development as an integrative counsellor.
- PGCert In Special Educational Needs
- Trauma Informed-Certificates in Trauma training - Beacon House
- Certificates in Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Professional Memberships:
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
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