About me
As an experienced Gestalt counsellor, I am interested in exploring how your current thinking and behaviour are affected by the environment in which you grew up and now live. In the midst of change and chaos, its vital to connect to the things that give you life, I can help with this. I work either online or in person.
Together we will use interesting and creative ways to explore whatever is bothering you at your own pace. I am experienced at working with people affected by addiction and I love working with people who are different from me.
Counselling helped me to rediscover my identity and direction after significant changes and losses. I love it when clients find purpose in their lives as they flourish and grow in new ways.
At our no obligation first appointment we will make a clear ongoing plan. A few sessions can make a big difference and I am also happy to work with you for longer.
I am also a qualified supervisor for both trainee and experienced counsellors.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post graduate Diploma in Pastoral Counselling ( Nottingham University 2010)
Accredited member of BACP since 2013
Diploma in Supervision CSTD Bath 2020
Diploma in online counselling OCST 2021
Experience:
I lecture in counselling at London School of Theology, I am especially interested in working with people who are different from me and in exploring what influences make us who we are.
I have more than 10 years experience of working as a counsellor and manager in substance misuse services. I supervised a large team of volunteer counsellors.
I worked in the voluntary sector for many years, especially with people recovering from anxiety and depression resulting from abusive or traumatic relationships. This includes people with dissociative processes , people impacted by other people's substance misuse and people recovering from the impact of abusive or traumatic relationships.
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
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per hour payable at the session or by bank transfer
When I work
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I am able to offer some appointments outside normal working hours
Further information
I work from my own quiet, peaceful, accessible rooms with safe off road parking. There are no pets about. I welcome neurodiverse people
