About me
I work with adults who have various concerns including anxiety, depression, neglect, trauma (in all forms) and how they present in everyday life. I provide a safe and confidential space where we can make sense of life issues that are difficult to navigate. The focused insights and strategies will help you manage current symptoms and enable you to make choices and changes to move forward.
I can support you if you are experiencing the following:
- Persistent depression/low mood/feeling life is bleak
- Anxiety
- Self-esteem and confidence issues, including guilt and shame
- Loss of life direction or loss of connection from your life goals and your values
- Relationship issues (family, friends, partner, colleagues)
- Bereavement and complex grief
- Trauma (in all forms)
- Infertility, baby loss and/or involuntary childlessness
- visible difference (acquired through injury/attack)
- health/burnout issues
- Childhood experiences that continue to cause difficulties in day-to-day life now or need to be discussed in a safe environment.
Specialisms:
I have a particular interest in working with adults who have experienced trauma in all forms, including neglect.
PTSD can occur when you have experienced a life-threatening event, for example, an attack, an accident or a violent threat. CPTSD is when the trauma response has developed through a more subtle sequence of events such as childhood experiences (disrupted attachment, abuse, neglect), relational abuse, gender based violence, or complex grief.
Both routes to the trauma response can lead to symptoms such as anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, underachieving at work, physical health concerns, and difficulty in relationships. Sometimes, these symptoms mask the underlying trauma or disruptive formative experience.
Because the trauma response is activated in your body and mind, I use an integrated psychotherapy approach, often incorporating experiential modalities such as DBR (Deep Brain Reorienting) a new trauma therapy that promotes healing from the shock, painful emotions and symptoms from trauma and attachment wounding, and attachment focused EMDR. Both approaches also work well for chronic inflammation, and health/burnout issues (which can often be a part of complex trauma presentation).
Getting started:
Once you refer yourself to my service, I conduct a brief initial telephone contact, which is an opportunity for you to let me know what brings you to therapy, your main concerns and some background information on yourself. I also discuss how I work and if we are a good fit. If you would like to progress, the purpose of the first session is to thoroughly examine the nature of your concerns, develop a psychological formulation with you and see if we can work together. A recommendation will be made on the length of therapy best suited to the nature of your concerns. This could be short-term (10-16 sessions), long-term (1 year or more), or open-ended (ongoing with in-built reviews).
My therapy is conducted by a virtual platform (e.g., Zoom) for local, national and international clients. I also have a consulting room just outside Henley in Arden (minutes off the M42, M6, and M5), and parking is available at this location.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy – University of Surrey
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy – Regent’s University
- PG Cert in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Worcester University
- DBR Foundational Training
- Attachment informed EMDR - EMDR Focus
- Attachment and Chronic Health Syndrome EMDR
- UKCP Registered Integrative Psychotherapist
- Enhanced DBS clearance and professional indemnity insurance.
- Member of APPG working groups to campaign for better Mental Health Services.
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Trustee
Over 30 years of clinical experience developing psychosocial services in organisations and working in private practice, particularly setting up services for relationship counselling, complex trauma and visible difference.
Experienced influencer and commentator on mental health issues.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£100.00 - £150.00
Additional information
I will conduct a brief initial telephone contact, which is an opportunity for you to let me know what brings you to therapy, your main concerns, and some background information on yourself. I also discuss how I work and if we are a good fit. If you would like to progress in the first appointment, we will thoroughly discuss your needs and whether time-limited or longer-term therapy will be helpful. Assessment and Therapy sessions are 50 minutes long, and we can agree on the length and frequency of the contact.
How much does it cost?
My fee is £100 for each session. I offer selected 75-minute sessions in agreement with clients at £150. (Often DBR or EMDR). The fees reflect my level of specialism in working with attachment, neglect complex trauma and burnout.
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