About me
Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck in a cycle of thoughts, feelings or behaviours that you’d like to understand & change?
Have you been affected by an affair or betrayal?
Do you feel lonely, even when you're with others?
Are you struggling with low self-esteem?
Is life just not quite what you thought it would be?
Then I might be able to help you.
Welcome to my counselling practice in Christchurch where I work with women, men and couples from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, the New Forest and online.
I went to counselling as a way to address my own personal developmental needs and, experiencing the desired change, chose to study and become a counsellor.
I have come to appreciate that it’s never too late or too soon to reflect on how we live life if it isn’t satisfying us the way we think it could, and I believe that we all have the capacity to engage in a process of and effect enduring change.
My approach is to share with you some fundamental principles of self-reflection and their application to challenges so that together we can find a route to a happier you.
Working with me will help you understand why you feel the way you do, and what to do to bring about the change you seek.
Occasionally, there’ll be something that you’ll need to think about and/or do between sessions. Self-reflection is about evaluating our internal and interpersonal lives and that will happen outside of our time together as well as during it.
For now, we can start with an introductory call.
Training, qualifications & experience
Foundation degree in Humanistic Counselling based on Transactional Analysis, Middlesex University;
Certificate in Relational Couples Counselling;
Childhood Sexual Abuse;
Trauma and the Body.
I also hold a BA, an MA and a PGCE related to my previous career.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Creative block.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees are payable by cash on the day or by bank transfer before the session.
One-to-one sessions are £55 and couples are £80, both for 50 minutes. I also offer couples' sessions for an hour and twenty minutes at a rate of £115.
When I work
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Monday: morning & evening in-person, afternoon online;
Thursday: afternoon online, late afternoon and evening in-person;
Friday: morning & afternoon in-person;
Weekends: couples only, by appointment.
Other times are available, please feel free to ask.
Further information
Individuals and couples come to me with a range of issues, but these are some of the common ones that counselling, and I, can help you with:
- ADHD;
- Attachment;
- Boarding school syndrome;
- Challenges at college, home, university or work;
- Childhood neglect, abuse and sexual abuse;
- Confidence and low self-esteem;
- Creative and professional development;
- Depression and anxiety;
- Grief, loss, bereavement and the ending of relationships;
- Life changes such as the menopause, caring for elderly parents or retirement;
- Loneliness;
- Midlife life challenges;
- Relationship problems such as communication, the impact of affairs, family dynamics and sexual issues;
- Questions about sexuality and sexual identity, and gender.
I also have experience of the challenges associated with being in a military family and can draw on that and my training to help you navigate what you’re experiencing if you are living in or ever lived in one too.
If you don’t see your concern on the list, please feel free to contact me to see how I might be able to support you.
