About me
I am a person-centred and psychodynamic counsellor working with adults. The therapeutic relationship is the basis of everything that happens during the therapy sessions and allows for trust, personal growth and maybe change. I provide a warm, caring and non-judgemental space for you to share your thoughts and feelings. Through active listening, careful exploration and query, I hope to foster deeper self awareness and understanding of your mind. Psychodynamic therapy can help you uncover unconscious patterns and past experiences, shape current emotions and relationships.
I can help with many areas of counselling, in particular relationships, identity, sexuality, ADHD, Autism, abortion, miscarriage and self injury. I also support within the field of adoption.
I offer an introductory session to help you decide if I might be the right counsellor for you. I charge £50 for 60 minutes, £37.50 for 45 minutes, £25 for 30 minutes and I request payment in advance.
My work is supervised in accordance with BACP standards. I am accredited with the BACP.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- BA (HONS) Italian/French Literature (University of Westminster)
- Pg Cert Education (Christchurch University Canterbury)
- Pg Cert Autism (Christchurch University Canterbury)
- Pg Dip Integrative Counselling & Coaching, MBACP. (University of East London)
- Adoption Support Counsellor (Barnardo's)
In addition to my training, I taught in secondary schools for 15 years. I have been working as a school counsellor as well as having my own private practice (adults only) for the last 5 years. I recently trained as an adoption support counsellor.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
