About me
You really can tell me anything.
The jealousy. The anger. The thought you can't get out of your head. Something you've done and feel ashamed of. Something that happened years ago that you think you should be over by now. Or simply the feeling that something isn't right. I won't be shocked, and I won't rush to tell you how you should live your life.
Hello, I'm Monique.
You don't need to arrive knowing what to say. You don't need a diagnosis, a perfectly formed explanation, or even to be sure that therapy is what you need. We'll start wherever you are right now.
I'm curious about why we do the things we do. Often what we most want to get rid of - anxiety, sadness, avoidance, obsessive thinking, even behaviours we don't understand ourselves - developed for a reason.
What if the thing you're fighting is actually trying to protect you? Why has something that once seemed manageable become difficult now? Why do certain situations affect you so strongly? Why do you keep doing something you desperately want to stop doing?
Therapy with me is partly about finding out.
I'll listen carefully but I won't just sit quietly and leave you to do all the work. I'll ask questions, tell you what I'm noticing and sometimes point out things you may not have noticed yourself. And when talking doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere, we can try something different.
I don't have a formula that I apply to everyone. We'll work out together what helps you.
Sometimes understanding isn't enough
You might already know exactly why you are the way you are. You know your childhood affected your relationships. You know where the anxiety comes from. You've spotted the pattern a hundred times.
And somehow, knowing all that hasn't changed how you feel or what happens next.
That's because understanding something intellectually and experiencing it differently aren't always the same thing.
When words don't seem enough, we can work in other ways. We might pay attention to what's happening in your body, work with emotions, imagery or imagination, or explore earlier experiences that still seem to affect you now. Sometimes your mind can know that something is over or that you're safe, while your body reacts as though it isn't. I won't impose techniques on you. We'll use what feels comfortable and genuinely useful.
What Can We Talk About?
Pretty much anything.
I'm a BACP-accredited integrative counsellor and psychotherapist working with individuals (16+) and couples. Across more than 1,500 hours of clinical work, I've worked with people with all sorts of difficulties,, including anxiety, depression, OCD and intrusive thoughts, trauma and PTSD, shame and low self-worth, grief, eating disorders, and relationship and family difficulties. I also work with neurodivergent clients and with people who simply feel stuck, overwhelmed or find themselves repeating patterns they don't understand. You don't need to find yourself on a list to come and talk to me. Sometimes there isn't a neat name for what's wrong. You just know something doesn't feel right. That's enough.
If you're wondering whether we'd get on, you're very welcome to book a free introductory phone call. There's no obligation to continue afterwards. We can chat for a little while, you can ask me anything you want to, and see what it feels like talking to me.
Maybe this is where we start.
Monique
Training, qualifications & experience
- Counselling and Psychotherapy, MA (University of Leeds, UK)
- Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist, PgDip (University of Leeds, UK)
- Certified Trauma Therapist (ISPS, Canada)
- Certified Peak States Therapist (ISPS, Canada)
- Diagnosis of Mental Health Disorders According to DSM V (M. Rusanowska PhD, University of Oxford)
- Spiritual Emergency (A. Szyplinska, University of Krakow)
- Certificate in Self-harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention (TQUK Level 2)
I have gained experience at Serendipity York, 1-2-1 Counselling, York St John Communities Centre, and from seeing private clients.
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.
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
£65.00 per session
Additional information
Individual therapy - £65 per session
Couples therapy - £80 per session
When I work
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Further information
I am accepting new clients at the moment. I can see you face-to-face in my home in York but am equally happy to meet you online wherever you are. I also offer telephone sessions.
