About us
As a qualified psychotherapist/counsellor, I am dedicated to working with adults, young people and children to help them overcome their challenges and reach their full potential. I offer a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space where individuals can explore their thoughts and feelings in a supportive and empathetic environment.
My approach is integrative, which means using various techniques from the major therapeutic models to best meet the needs of my clients. I have extensive experience working with a wide range of difficulties and my work with children and young people uses age-appropriate methods to help them express themselves. Some of my specialist areas are anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, relationship issues, stress management, phobias and fears and anger management. I teach mindfulness and run Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) workshops.
I manage a dedicated team of professional and placement counsellors who work for Mindful Life Counselling CIC at both The Elysia Therapeutic Centre in Stourbridge, or Haldon House in Brierley Hill. We are a not for profit organisation as we believe in offering affordable counselling and wellbeing workshops for all. This includes children from aged four, teenagers, young adults and older adults. Please contact me for further details regarding our affordable counselling sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist with extensive experience working as a counsellor with both children and adults. I am also an experienced Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Practitioner and wellbeing-training facilitator.
I manage a team of counsellors who are qualified in a range of therapeutic modalities, including Systemic Family Therapy, Person Centred Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Integrative Therapeutic Counselling, Mindfulness, and Psychotherapy. Collectively, we have decades of experience of working in child and adult mental health services, educational settings, organisational and workplace counselling, debt counselling, bereavement settings, social work, NHS, and more.
We are all members of professional bodies and have a Enhanced DBS certificates.
When you get in touch, I'll help to match you with the counsellor who is best suited to support you. Visit our website to meet the rest of the team: mindfullifecounselling.org.uk/about
We can support you with problems including:
- All types of Anxiety and Stress including OCD, Phobias and PTSD
- Low Mood / Depression
- Anger
- Bereavement and loss
- Sexuality and relationships
- Trauma
- Domestic Violence
- Sexual Abuse
- Self harm
- Bullying
- Eating issues
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Debt
- Health / Chronic Health issues
- Health Anxiety
- Discrimination
- Family / Relationship issues
- Any other problem you might be facing, that is impacting your emotional wellbeing and mental health - no problem is too big or too small.
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.
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Additional information
Our fees vary depending on the type of service. We encourage you to get in touch to discuss the support you're looking for and your budget, so we can explore the most suitable and affordable option together.
We offer a free initial consultation with a member of our team via telephone for anyone interested in accessing our counselling services. This may last between 10 and 30 minutes and is an opportunity for us to find out more about how we can support you best, and for you to ask any questions you may have. This will also allow us to match you with a counsellor who's skills and experience are best suited to your needs. Please email info@mindfullifecounselling.org.uk to request a free, no-obligation, initial consultation.
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