About me
Life feeling difficult but you're not sure why? Discouraged at how hard everything feels? I've been there. I can help you find the confidence to work towards where you decide you want to be in life.
Do you get that anxious knot in your stomach, on Sunday evening, thinking about the week ahead? Yet you can't ever seem to work hard enough or achieve enough to calm that feeling. Does this spill over into your relationships at home or work and you find yourself unaccountably irritated or angry with others, or withdrawing from them? Do you want to make changes but you have no idea what, never mind where, to start? I aim at being the counsellor who can help you find your path.
Or perhaps Life is OK, but only just OK? Couldn't it, shouldn't it be better than this?
Counselling gives you the space to work out what you need from life so that you can make any necessary changes with increased confidence. Counselling gives you the support to develop resilience so that you can surf the waves of life rather than feel you are going under. Counselling helps you work with, not against, yourself, so that you can enjoy your own life now, rather than somebody else's idea of how it should be.
I worked for 30 years in the NHS in a rewarding career, and yet I experienced difficulties. Life was "fine" but at the same time it felt hard, like wading through treacle.
Is this what everyone feels like? I wondered. Is life meant to be this hard?
Going to counselling myself with the aim of getting through what I thought of as "just" a tough patch, I found myself heard and understood for the first time and learned to understand myself better. I worked out that I was living somebody else's idea of a life, not my own. Counselling helped me work out my idea of what I wanted in my life and how to navigate the necessary changes.
And now life is no longer just "fine", I feel like I am living it fully.
If you would like to explore how you can live your own life more fully contact me to arrange an initial appointment.
I work with you in person on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from premises in S 10 and S 11.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (The Academy SPACE, Sheffield, 2021)
MB ChB (University of Sheffield, 1988)
MA in Law (Distinction) (University of Sheffield, 2016)
Trained in Integrative Sandplay including Trauma work in the sand
Trained in Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping
Juliet Grayson's Working With Couples course, May 2026
Juliet Grayson's Diversity within Contemporary Relationships course, July 2026
Experience of counselling women survivors of domestic abuse.
Experience of counselling neurodivergent adults.
I welcome working with all kinds of different people and am affirming of individual identities.
I support individuals navigating all sorts of non-traditional relationship structures including ENM/CNM and Polyamory.
I offer sex positive, kink-allied therapy.
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.
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
I welcome clients of all sorts, and am affirming of each individual's identity (whilst acknowledging that my learning is actively ongoing).
I welcome individuals who are in non-traditional relationships, and those who identify as ENM/CNM and polyamorous.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 20 minute phone call to help you decide if I am the right counsellor for you.
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Further information
Do you get that anxious knot in your stomach, on Sunday evening, thinking about the week ahead? And yet you can't ever seem to work hard enough or achieve enough to calm that feeling. Does this spill over into your relationships at home or work and you find yourself unaccountably irritated or angry with others, or withdrawing from them? Do you want to make changes but you have no idea what, never mind where, to start? I aim at being the counsellor who can help you find your path.
Counselling gives you the space to work out what you need from life so that you can make any necessary changes with increased confidence. Counselling gives you the support to develop resilience so that you can surf the waves of life rather than feel you are going under. Counselling helps you work with, not against, yourself, so that you can enjoy your own life now, rather than somebody else's idea of how it should be.
I worked for 30 years in the NHS in a caring and rewarding career, and yet I experienced difficulties. Life was "fine" but at the same time it felt hard, like wading through treacle.
Is this what everyone feels like? I wondered. Is life meant to be this hard?
Going to counselling myself, with the aim of "getting through" better, I found myself heard and understood for the first time and learned to understand myself better. I didn't know that I needed to make changes in my life, but counselling helped me work out that I did, and how to navigate those changes.
And now life is no longer just "fine", I feel like I am living it fully.
If you would like to explore how you can live "fully" rather than living just "fine", contact me to arrange an initial appointment.
