About me
I help people who may have struggled for many years with anxiety, low mood or depression, often along side low self confidence and a harsh inner critic.
I understand how lonely, exhausting and overwhelming it can feel struggling to manage your thoughts and emotions day after day. You may feel like you have been like this forever, telling yourself you are different than others or not as good as, and over time this can lead to feelings of low mood or depression.
I aim to help you stop fighting, fixing and running away from uncomfortable, overwhelming emotions, feelings and thoughts. To begin to understand these thoughts and feelings and make space for them enabling you to live the life you want even when these difficulties show up.
So, bring all of who you are and together we can reflect, explore your troubles and find a calmer, kinder way for you to be in the world.
I am a professionally qualified counsellor using Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindful techniques, and approaches in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Exposure and Response Prevention.
Before deciding to train in counselling, I worked as an Holistic Complimentary Therapist for more than 20 years supporting people affected by cancer and their families. As a Counsellor, I integrate my years of experience as a Holistic Therapist and my own personal life experience into my counselling work and continue to practice Reflexology to balance and calm the nervous system.
If you would like to have a chat about how I can help you, just drop me an email or text message and we can arrange a suitable time to do this.
I see clients in person and online.
My counselling room is on the east side of Exeter situated off junction 29 of the M5.
There is free parking for clients and the room is accessible for wheelchair users.
I have availability for online clients during day time hours and evenings.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advance Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling
- Professional Certificate in Mindfulness and the Transpersonal
- Mindfulness Facilitator Certificate
- Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Certificate in Transactional Analysis
- Certificate in Compassion Focused Therapy
- Certificate in Compassion Focused Skills
- Certificate in Creative Interventions
- Exposure Based Therapy for OCD and Anxiety Disorders. CPD
37 years experience of working within healthcare environment and for a Cancer Charity
Volunteer Counsellor for a Counselling Charity, Somerset
Volunteer Counsellor with The Brain Tumour Charity
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
Existential anxiety and life-transitions
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions are 60 minutes long.
I offer face to face sessions and online sessions via Zoom
When I work
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I have more flexibility with days and times for online sessions.
