This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
We all experience difficult times in our lives, times when we can't make sense and feel stuck.It may be a life event such as bereavement, relationship break up or illness which has left you in need of support, or you may not be able to pinpoint what you feel is wrong. Often we have ways of coping with emotional distress that come from what happened in our childhood, and those ways of coping no longer serve us as adults. You might be struggling with anxiety or depression, which can affect your confidence and self-esteem. It might not seem like it at the moment, but things can get better.
My aim is to work with you to uncover ways in which you might be keeping yourself stuck, to find out what might be blocking you from fully becoming who you want to be and supporting you in making different choices in your life. I offer different therapeutic approaches depending on what you would like to achieve. Sometimes a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach can be useful when working with issues such as anxiety or low-self esteem, as this looks at how your thoughts can affect how you feel and what you do.
At other times, for issues such as bereavement, trauma or relationship breakdown, a more person-centred approach can often work best, where I will be alongside you as you work through what you are feeling at your own pace.
I can offer you a space where you will find compassion, openness, empathy and warmth. I know from my own experience of counselling how it has helped me with aspects of my own life I have struggled with. It offered me the time and space with someone who focused on me without judgement and I can provide you with the same experience.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from CPCAB and have undertaken additional training in neurodivergence and autism, sandtray therapy and trauma-informed approaches to therapy. I have particular experience working with men, who are often underrepresented in both sides of the therapeutic relationship and who can often struggle to express emotion.
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
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Additional information
I am available to work in-person from a location in Ashford (Kent) and I can also work both online and the telephone. I offer a free 30 minute telephone or online consultation to see if we are able to work together and talk about how I might be able to support you. Please email or drop me a text to arrange an initial consultation.
For more information please visit my website: www.counsellingbynature.co.uk
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I usually have availability on Fridays and some weeknight evenings, please contact me to discuss my current availability
Further information
I work with clients to uncover what might be troubling them, as sometimes it might not be obvious what's going wrong for us. Having the space to explore allows us to work together to help you find a way forward.
All the research on the effectiveness of counselling points to the strength of the relationship between you (the client) and the counsellor being the most important part of positive outcomes in therapy. Through this relationship I aim to help you uncover where you might be getting stuck and find a way through the stuckness by working creatively together to help you get to where you want to go.
For more information please visit my website: www.counsellingbynature.co.uk
