About me
You may have spent a long time trying to understand yourself.
Perhaps you think deeply about things, replay conversations, question your reactions or try to work out why certain relationships affect you as much as they do. You may even have had therapy before, read the books or listened to the podcasts. You understand a lot and yet something still feels unresolved.
Sometimes more thinking doesn't bring the clarity we're looking for.
I work with adults who want somewhere they can slow things down and become curious about what is happening beneath the thinking. That might mean noticing feelings that are difficult to put into words, recognising patterns that keep appearing in relationships, making connections with earlier experiences, or beginning to understand why you respond as you do.
I don't see my role as giving you the answers or telling you what needs to change. I pay attention to what you bring, but also to what may be harder to notice when you're caught up in it yourself, the patterns, contradictions, emotional responses and sometimes the things that are difficult to say.
My own life has included significant changes, relationships, family responsibilities and loss. I am a wife, mother, daughter and sister, and these experiences sit alongside more than 20 years working across counselling and other therapeutic settings. They don't mean I know what your experience is like, but they have deepened my understanding of how complicated it can be to be human, particularly when there isn't a simple answer.
Therapy with me isn't about becoming a different or “better” version of yourself. It is about having somewhere to understand yourself more fully, so that over time you can feel less caught up in the noise and more able to hear and trust yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Qualifications
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Degree in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy, University of Greenwich
- Certified Online & Telephone Counsellor
Additional therapeutic training & experience
- Health Kinesiology Practitioner, Levels 1–6
- Bodywork Therapist VTCT
- Diploma in Anatomy & Physiology
- Reiki Master, UK Reiki Federation
- Ongoing professional development and regular clinical supervision
Experience
I work in private practice in Godalming, near Guildford, supporting adults who may feel stuck in their thoughts, overwhelmed by overthinking, disconnected from themselves or caught in patterns they understand but find difficult to change.
People come to me for many different reasons, including anxiety, relationship difficulties, loss, changes in identity or circumstances, and times when life looks fine from the outside but something no longer feels quite right.
My therapeutic background extends over more than 20 years across counselling, therapeutic bodywork, Health Kinesiology and Reiki. This has shaped my interest in the whole person, not only what we think, but what we feel, how we relate to others and what we may notice physically when something affects us.
I have also volunteered with The Fountain Centre, providing complementary therapies to people affected by cancer and their carers, and with Oakleaf Enterprise, offering counselling to adults experiencing a range of emotional and life difficulties.
As a BACP-registered counsellor and psychotherapist, I work within the BACP Ethical Framework and undertake regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development.
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
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free, informal introductory call so we can talk briefly about what brings you to counselling, you can ask any questions, and we can see whether working together feels right for you.
Counselling sessions are 50 minutes and cost £70. I offer short and longer-term counselling, as well as Single Session Therapy for people who would like to focus on a particular issue in one session.
There is no expectation that you commit to a particular number of sessions. We can talk about what might suit you when we first meet and review this as we go.
When I work
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Further information
I offer face-to-face counselling from Surrey Holistic in central Godalming, within easy reach of Guildford and surrounding areas. I also offer online and telephone counselling for clients across the UK and internationally.
