About me
I’m a UKCP-registered psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, working online in private practice with adults experiencing OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, relationship difficulties and the effects of traumatic experiences.
My approach is relational and integrative, combining depth psychotherapy with practical ways of working with the difficulties you’re facing. I’m interested in understanding you as a person, not just the symptoms you’re experiencing, and in exploring how your experiences and relationships have shaped the way you think, feel and relate to others.
I believe therapy can involve both psychological depth and practical change. Sometimes it is important to take time to understand the deeper patterns behind what you’re experiencing; at other times it means working more directly on a particular difficulty.
Where appropriate, I also incorporate evidence-based approaches such as ERP and ACT to help you make meaningful changes in the present. I don’t see these as competing approaches. Understanding yourself and making change can be complementary parts of the same process.
My style
My style is active, engaged and curious. I’ll ask questions, offer observations and sometimes gently challenge patterns or assumptions that may be keeping you stuck. I also think therapy should feel like a genuine relationship between two people, where you can bring things that feel difficult, confusing or uncomfortable to talk about, and we can explore them openly.
I work with:
- Intrusive thoughts and OCD, including predominantly mental forms (“Pure O”)
- Anxiety, overthinking and rumination
- Relationships and recurring patterns
- Trauma and the effects of challenging experiences and relationships
Practical information
Sessions take place online and last 50 minutes, at a cost of £70 per session.
I work with clients throughout the UK and, where permitted by local regulations, internationally.
The first step is an initial conversation, which is free of charge. It gives us an opportunity to talk about what has brought you to therapy, what you’re looking for and whether I might be the right therapist for you. There’s no need to have everything worked out before we speak.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Qualified psychotherapist with Full Clinical Membership of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
- Clinical supervisor, supporting other therapists in their clinical work.
- Four-year core training in Transactional Analysis (TA) psychotherapy.
- Registered member of the UK Association for Transactional Analysis (UKATA).
- Additional training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Additional training working with OCD, including mental OCD (“Pure O”), intrusive thoughts and hyperawareness or Sensorimotor OCD.
- Experience working for low-cost counselling service the UK Counselling Network.
- Worked with substance misuse and addiction with the charity Change Grow Live, including specialist training.
- Five years of skills training focusing on a humanistic counselling style.
- Regular continuing professional development (CPD), including courses on anxiety and depression, disordered eating, attachment styles and trauma.
I work in line with the ethical codes of UKCP and UKATA.
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£70.00 per session
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