About me
I specialise in the following subjects:
- Anxiety, worry, overwhelm
- Depression, self-critical mind, loneliness
- Relationship problems
- Childhood negative experiences
- Workplace stress
- Trauma processing, CPTSD
- Concentration problems
- Anger management
- Loss and bereavement
- Dating
How I will work with you
Nervous system regulation
- Exploring practices that are effective and customised to your needs
- Understanding your triggers and how to take care of yourself well
- Reducing reliance on avoidance and dissociation
- Increasing capacity to feel feelings and bodily sensations
Understanding links between the past and the present
- Making sense of the impact of the past experiences on current life
- Processing significant past events so that they become less impactful
- Discovering a renewed sense of energy and flow
- Increasing ability to be in the present
Becoming present
- Developing an increased ability to feel safe in the world
- Expanding willingness to tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty and discomfort
- Connecting to your senses and the richness of feeling alive
Training, qualifications & experience
I became a qualified counsellor in 2009. Since my qualification I trained as a couples therapist and counselling supervisor. I also bring nearly 30 years of meditation experience to my counselling practice.
- Diploma in counselling – University of West of England, 2009
- Certificate in counselling – University of West of England, 2007
- Somatic Trauma Therapy training taught by Babette Rothschild, 2017
- CBT for depression – Positive Step, 2014
- CBT for anxiety – Positive Step, 2014
- Introduction to EMDR – Bristol, 2012
- Certificate of competence in teaching mindfulness-based courses – University of Exeter, 2014
- Level 2 Training in teaching mindfulness-based courses – Bangor University, 2015
- Certificate of competence in teaching mindfulness-based courses in schools – Cardiff, 2015
- Focusing – Limoge, France, 2003
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
- Assertiveness
- Guilt
- Life Transitions
- Retirement
- Sleep problems
- Separation and divorce
- Terminal illness
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Additional information
The fee is £80 per session for individual therapy and £110 for couples counselling. Counselling supervision is £85 per session.
Payment is made at the end of each session by cash or via bank transfer.
Further information
In my practice I draw on a range of methods and skills, including Internal Family Systems, Person-Centred Approach, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Gestalt and Focusing. The particular situation of each client and their personality and style of working will determine which tool is most useful.
