About me
I am a child and adolescent therapist working with children and young people aged 5- 25 years old.
My approach is relational, empathetic, non-judgemental and I offer a calm, safe, contained space to help support and difficulties and concerns. I employ an integrative approach to therapy, which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches which ensures counselling is tailored to individual needs, developmental age, and personal circumstances.
What I can help with:
Counselling for younger children
Younger children can sometimes feel overwhelmed by big emotions or difficult circumstances which can impact on their well-being and behaviour, learning and the parent /child relationship. Play is the language of the child, for younger children in particular, play helps communicate their thoughts and feelings. I use play and creative materials, alongside talk based therapy, which is a powerful tool for children to express their feelings when they do not have the words developmentally to do so.
Familiar issues that present are behavioural issues, anxiety, school transitions, friendship issues, bullying, parent child relationship, self-esteem, confidence, low mood, the impact of family issues, separation anxiety, emotional dysregulation, managing and recognising big emotions and feelings.
Counselling for adolescents
Adolescence is an enormous period of change and the developmental transition to adulthood includes changes in the brain and the body. It can feel a stressful time as your young person moves towards maturity and experiences new demands, physically, socially, and emotionally. Familiar issues that present friendship issues, relationships, peer pressure,
identity, body image, fitting in, managing stress, and challenging emotions, self-esteem, exam stress/ pressure and family changes/family breakdown.
Counselling for young adults
This can be a challenging time for a young adult, looking for employment, finishing school, starting university, leaving home for the first time as well as familiar issues that can impact on health and wellbeing: family changes/family breakdown, anxiety, low mood, exam stress, work stress/pressures, friendship/peer issues, identity, body image, relationships, cultural and societal pressures, the list is not exhaustive and can mean different things, depending on the individual context.
Although teenagers and young people tend towards talking therapy, I find that creative expression can also help express non- verbal feelings and personal experience.
I understand how difficult and challenging it is for parents/caregivers to see their child, teenager and young person struggling. I am systemic in my thinking, which means I think about your child, teenager, young person within the context of their family.
Everyone has various stages or times in their lives when they need help, I am child -centred, that is I work with your child/young person at their own pace, so they can make sense of themselves and their experiences and find their own way of resolving current issues and developing their unique potential.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have substantial experience working with children and young people in primary and secondary schools face-to-face and online.
I set up my practice as I am passionate about mental health and well being. I currently work with a leading child and young people's bereavement charity working face to face, online in school and at home.
I trained with Place2be, a leading children's mental health charity and undertook a BACP accredited Post Graduate Diploma training in Counselling and Psychotherapy for children and young people in schools. Post studies, I completed a course on Understanding Adolescence at The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
I undertake regular continued professional development training (CPD) related to children & young people including: Trauma informed care, Suicide & bereavement, Transgenerational trauma, Children's brain & emotional development (Tavistock & Portman), Traumatic bereavement working therapeutically (Anna Freud/UK Trauma council, Self Harming in children & adolescents ( Beacon House). MBT Mentalization Introduction to supporting children and families ( Anna Freud).
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge £80 for a 50 minute consultation and subsequent sessions.
I have a limited number of concessions available, please enquire.
Further information
I offer a no obligation 15 minute telephone call, for which there is no charge. If you are interested in continuing, I offer an assessment of 60 minutes with the parent(s)/guardian to fully explore the issue and how therapy can help. This initial meeting does offer an opportunity to speak freely and can be arranged online or face to face for my standard fee.
For children under 18, the assessment is completed with the parent(s)/guardian. If you decide to proceed, we can set up the therapy sessions and agree the number of sessions, frequency and review process. The sessions are 50 minutes, typically once per week and at an agreed time.
Types of therapy:
Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Psychodynamic, Relational,
- Clients I work with:
- Children/ young people/Young Adults.
- How I deliver therapy:
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work
Languages spoken - English
