About me
A Safe Place:
A place online counselling via Zoom or on the phone. A place where you can explore difficult things in confidence, with someone who believes in you. Where you can unpack your anxieties, depression or relationship issues.
About Me:
I believe the relationship formed between the client and counsellor is fundamental to counselling. In a good relationship the client feels accepted without being judged, supported and believed in. Here they know that they have been understood and met as they explore the difficult issues, shame and anxieties in their lives.
Therapy and counselling provides a safe and boundaried space for the client/counsellor relationship to develop so that you can explore how the world within is impacting the world without. How your self identity, relationships, anxieties, shame and behaviours are affecting your life. It enables self-discovery and can facilitate change.
My desire is for people to enjoy living with "the whole of you in all of life", not governed by broken relationships, fear and shame.
I am an integrative counsellor, which means that I blend a number of different theories and approaches. My practice is informed mostly by the psychodynamic and person centred approaches. I also draw on attachment theory and the transpersonal (spiritual).
Professional Membership
- Accredited Member of the BACP
- Register member of the ACC
- Member of ATSAC
I see clients on a private basis via Zoom. I am currently unable to see people face to face.
Training, qualifications & experience
In addition to my training as a counsellor I have specialist training in working with sexual addictions provided by the Institute of Sex Addiction Training (ISAT) and I am a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC).
I am a registered trainer with the CPCAB and one of the teaching staff for the ISAT diploma training therapists to work with Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder (CSBD) - often referred to by clients as sex / porn addiction.
I run private CPD workshop days for therapists and organisations as well as workshop days on addictions and shame for faith based groups. I have written articles about therapist responses when clients disclose illegal behaviours as a result of their addictions.
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.
The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is a Christian professional membership organisation for those involved in counselling/psychotherapy and linked professions, i.e. pastoral care, coaching and spiritual direction, in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
The Association for Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC) is the leading UK organisation providing hope, information, support, and treatment options for those affected by sexual addiction and compulsivity.
ATSAC sets standards of practice for qualified therapists and provides accreditation for specialist training courses. A therapist who has gone through ATSAC recognised training will have the knowledge to respect and work with you sensitively to find out how best to support your needs.
Therapy options may include one-to-one sessions, group work, and/or relationship counselling. ATSAC is a not-for-profit organisation.
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.
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
£90.00 - £160.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sliding scale dependant on ability to pay.
When I work
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I have sessions available during office hours. I am not able to see clients in the evenings or at weekends.
