This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
A non-judgmental space for clients’ to feel safe is paramount to share difficult feelings and feel listened to.
I draw mainly from a Person-Centred approach to help you explore ways to manage issues that are challenging. Working together collaboratively, at your pace, we look at identifying choices and develop your own inner resources.
We would gently work through the difficulties you are experiencing, understanding their impact on your life and find strategies to work through what may be holding you back from living the life you really want to be living.
Some clients come to me with emotional difficulties such as anxiety, stress, overwhelm, depression, or struggling with low self-esteem and lack of confidence. Others come to therapy with family, relationship, college or workplace challenges. Some are experiencing really difficult emotions around loss or bereavement issues. Sometimes people come for personal development, feeling the 'loss of purpose' in their lives, and experiencing these alone can feel very isolating.
My aim for our work together is to provide a safe, supportive space leading towards a deeper understanding of yourself, gaining clarity around patterns of behaviour that have possibly held you back.
Enhancing self-awareness with a changed perspective, often can open up ideas around new possibilities, exploring what options you have. Helping you to achieve more positive connections with both yourself and others.
I strongly believe given the right support, through learning ways to overcome old beliefs and behaviours, we have a capacity to find our own answers and so develop a sense of self-direction which leads us to more enhanced fulfilment in our lives.
Training, qualifications & experience
CPCAB Diploma -Integrative Therapeutic Counselling
NCPS Accredited member ( National Counselling and Psychotherapy Service).
My Integrative approach includes Psychodynamic , Person-Centred /Humanistic theories and CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). I adapt my counselling approach according to each client’s individual needs.
I am also trained integrating Creative practice, if clients find it helpful. This can take the form of 'freely' expressing using different media such as drawing, painting, clay work, and stitching. For some this can be therapeutically beneficial if struggling with finding the words to express how they feel.
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
£70.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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Further information
I offer an initial phone consultation of 30 minutes, free of charge, to discuss your needs and to help you decide if you would like to have sessions with me. These can be offered online or face to face and I do strive to accommodate being flexible to fit around my clients' weekly schedule
