About me
I am a fully qualified UKCP registered psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience in the field. I offer both long and short term psychotherapy to individual adults and couples. I work in person in Cardiff (CF11) and the Vale of Glamorgan (CF71 7UJ) and also offer online and telephone sessions.
Like any UKCP registered, experienced psychotherapist I have encountered a wide variety of people and problems. Despite the long list of issues below my approach is not one of diagnosis and treatment but rather to provide a space where people can explore their dilemmas and experience.
I have a strong need to make sense of my own and others' experience and this permeates my practice. I try very hard to be genuine and honest. I am told I am kind and reliable and that I have a sense of humour.
I trained as an Integrative Psychotherapist at the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling. The integration is of humanistic approaches and a development of psychoanalysis (inter-subjectivity). The humanistic approach focuses on being accepting, understanding and real and thereby creating a space, a relationship which allows someone to flourish. Psychoanalysis aims to increase insight and awareness of how the patterns of childhood are played out in the present. I am also strongly influenced by the existential tradition with it's emphasis on personal responsibility and the profound questions of human existence.
I see myself as an independent thinker but the practical aspects of my work are very traditional - regular, weekly, 50 minute sessions at the same time/place.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA (Psychotherapy) Middlesex 2010
- Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling 2010
- Cruse Accredited Bereavement Counsellor 2003
- 2 year Counselling training, Penarth Pastoral Foundation 1996
- Certificate in Counselling Skills, Westminster Pastoral Foundation 1992
- ACA (Chartered Accountant) 1982
- BA (French) Edinburgh University 1979
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
My aim is to provide a space where people can explore their dilemmas and difficulties and to help them find their own way through. I have experience of dealing with a wide range of people and an even wider variety of 'problems in living'.
Fees
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£75 per 50 minute session
When I work
Early Morning, Daytime and Evening Appointments
