About me
Do you lie awake at night replaying conversations or situations that have happened? Are you told that you overreact to things? This isn't a choice, it is a reaction to stress, feeling threatened or past trauma and triggers.
There are so many situations that leave us feeling overwhelmed. Feelings and emotions that lead to anxiety, depression or feeling on edge, angry or not really knowing what we are feeling?
Counselling can help you process these emotions, it can help you to understand what is happening to you, and make sense of your feelings.
Being married to someone in the army, I had 25 years of moving every 2 years, being isolated from family and friends and being left to bring up a child on my own for 6 months at a time. I know how lonely you can feel.
Over the years, I experienced trauma and shame, but I just carried on, not knowing that both of these were still being held. The symptoms of trauma became a part of me, until I began counselling and learned to recognise them as symptoms and that I wasn't 'broken'.
It's important to find the right counsellor for you and I offer a free 30 min initial session so that you can meet with me. There is free parking available and I can arrange sessions at a time that works best for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and adhere to their code of ethics. I am Level 6 trauma trained and my approach as a therapist is flexible depending on what you would like from therapy. I work in an integrative way which means that I incorporate different models of therapy, depending on who I am working with and what they are looking for.
- L6 Trauma
- L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- L3 Counselling
- L2 Counselling skills
- Trauma and the Body: Dissociation and Somatisation
- Grief & Bereavement Diploma
- Mindful Mental Health Diploma
- Advanced CBT Diploma
- Anger and Aggression
- Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence
- L2 Awareness in Mental Health Problems
- New Hope for Therapy Resistant Depression
- Autism Masking
- Polyvagal Theory
- Understanding Anxiety Disorders and DID
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I have availability both during the day and in the evening. I offer all new clients a 30 minute initial session, free of charge .
This enables you to:
Meet and become familiar with me and experience what it feels like to talk with me, to find out if you are comfortable doing so
to discuss your support needs and how I might meet them
You are then able to make an informed decision as to whether working together is right for you. If you feel you would like to proceed from there , we will engage in sessions held at the same time each week.
I also offer serving members of the miliary, veterans and their partners a discount.
Each 50 minutes session is £50.
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Further information
Thank you for checking out my profile. It can be scary looking for a counsellor and I know that this is the first step for you, but, it's a really good first step. If you feel you would like to talk to me or meet with me, either face to face or online, please do contact me.
