About me
I am a qualified counsellor/psychotherapist with over 20 years of practice in working with a diverse range of people from a wide range of backgrounds, experiencing various life difficulties.
I truly believe that we are all unique and therefore we are the experts on ourselves. I believe we can all be trusted to find our own way through our problems, anxieties, and life crises if we are listened to by the therapist empathically, non-judgementally, with a person-centred approach.
The type of therapy I offer is known as Integrated therapy. One of the important elements of my counselling philosophy is personal growth, which is the therapeutic relationship between you (the client) and me (the therapist). In this relationship we are "fellow travellers" meaning that you are an expert of yourself by allowing me to enter your world. As Rogers said and I truly believe that "it is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried." - from On Becoming a Person, Rogers, 1961.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist at Persona, with training accredited by BACP and Stirling University. I hold qualifications in Counselling and Therapy, as well as Psychology, and I am a member of professional bodies including the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the British Psychological Society (BPS). I adhere to the ethical standards and professional codes of practice of these organisations.
Over the past 20 years, I have gained extensive experience supporting people experiencing significant and often life-changing challenges. My work has included supporting people living with long-term mental health difficulties, as well as working with individuals and their families in both charitable and private settings. My previous specialist experience includes working with trauma, abuse, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse, suicidal thoughts, and complex mental health difficulties.
While I have experience across a wide range of mental health and emotional difficulties, my interests and practice have evolved. I am particularly interested in working with people who have experienced a major life change or life-altering event, such as a serious accident, illness, injury, trauma, loss, or a significant change in circumstances. Counselling can provide a safe, confidential space to process what has happened, understand its impact and begin to find a way forward.
Although my previous experience remains an important part of my professional background, my focus now is on supporting people through significant life transitions and helping them adapt, rebuild and move forward following experiences that have changed their lives.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Please refer to the Fee page on the website https://www.healingtherapycentre.co.uk/
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