About me
Down, depressed and hopeless? Burdened by anxiety? Or feeling stuck, inadequate or disconnected?
We’ll work together to help you express and understand what's troubling you so you can recover and live in a more fulfilling way.
In the safe and confidential space of counselling, you can tell me about your experiences and voice your feelings, however difficult they might be. This in itself can bring relief and healing.
Through our work, you may also reach a new understanding of the causes of your unhappiness. This can help you escape the shackles of the past.
Ultimately, counselling can help you make changes so you can lead a richer and more satisfying life.
Of course, there are no guarantees. But in my experience, most people find they make real progress through counselling. For some, it can be life-changing.
How counselling could help you
- Break free from old patterns that have been holding you back.
- Cope better with your problems.
- Recover from damaging experiences so they no longer limit you.
- Get through a crisis.
- Recover from a loss.
- Learn to accept yourself and feel more confident in facing challenges.
- Build closer relationships with those you care about.
- Make changes so life feels more enjoyable and meaningful.
- Feel better about yourself, your life and your future.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience
I’ve been a counsellor since 2010. As well as practising privately, I’ve provided counselling in the NHS and at Relate as well as in schools and colleges and, since 2015, at the University of Bath.
I’ve worked with hundreds of adults and young people experiencing all kinds of problems, especially anxiety and low mood/depression.
I have an up-to-date Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check and hold certificates in Safeguarding Adults Level 3 and Safeguarding Children Level 3.
Professional qualifications
- Solution-Focused Practice Foundation Level 3, BRIEF, 2023
- Solution-Focused Practice Foundation Level 2, BRIEF, 2021
- Solution-Focused Practice Foundation Level 1, BRIEF, 2019
- Post-graduate diploma, Psychodynamic Approaches to Counselling in Schools, Wessex Counselling/Bridge Foundation, 2014
- Diploma, Humanistic and Integrative Counselling, Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling, 2010-12
- Certificate, Counselling Studies, CPCAB, Wiltshire College, 2009
- Certificate, Counselling Skills, CPCAB, Wiltshire College, 2008
- Certificate, Introduction to Counselling Skills, CPCAB, Wiltshire College, 2008
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Lack of meaning, purpose and direction
- Life crises and transitions
Therapies offered
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Fees
£58.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- A lower fee may be available if you’re from an unwaged household or otherwise facing financial hardship. Please ask.
- If you don’t think the first session has been helpful, I won't charge you for it.
When I work
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Further information
Location
I work from a consulting room in Atworth (eight miles east of Bath and within easy reach of Corsham, Melksham, Trowbridge and Bradford-on-Avon). The room I use is a safe, confidential, comfortable space.
Online/remote therapy
I also provide therapy online over Zoom.
My approach
I'm an integrative counsellor. This means I recognise the value of a range of different therapeutic approaches and will work with you to find what suits you best.
Most of my training has been in the person-centred approach and in psychodynamic counselling.
The person-centred approach is based on the belief that we all have the capacity to grow and find our own way forward. The counsellor’s role is to offer a genuine, accepting and understanding relationship in which that can happen rather than to diagnose or direct.
Meanwhile, the psychodynamic approach recognises that our early experiences and relationships shape how we feel and behave today, often in ways we’re not fully aware of. The counsellor helps you explore those patterns and understand where they come from so you have more freedom to change.
I am also trained in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. If you prefer to focus on what you want instead of the problems that have been holding you back, this approach can help you make changes fast.
How much counselling will I need?
My aim is to help you make progress as quickly as possible. For some people, a handful of sessions can be enough to kickstart change. Others will benefit from longer-term therapy.
Sessions last up to 50 minutes.
Professional membership and ethics
I am an accredited and registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Accreditation with BACP recognises the achievement of high standards of training, knowledge and experience. I abide by the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.
