About me
In August 2025 I relocated to Lymington, Hampshire after almost 20 years counselling young people and adults in Surrey, and online, helping with issues such as anxiety, depression, family issues, low self esteem, panic, living with ADHD, relationship issues, divorce and separation, bereavement, loss and trauma.
How Counselling Can Help
My passion is to help people overcome issues they feel limit them, to enable them to live more peaceful, fulfilled lives. We all have times when life just doesn't seem to work how we would like it to. I provide a professional space where your concerns can be explored safely and confidentially, allowing you to come to a greater understanding of yourself. You can then make more informed choices going forward, bringing a greater sense of well-being. I tailor my work to each individual, drawing from my extensive training background and experience.
My Work
I work with individual young people (adolescents), through to adults, and the many varying, unique issues they bring, from my office space in Lymington, and online, providing a quiet, calm space to work together.
Over almost 20 years, I have counselled in several academic institutions, in my Private Practice and for the Guildford YMCA’s counselling service.
My work is ‘person-centred’ which means you and your unique issues and needs are my central concern. I work at your pace, to avoid any overwhelm. My belief that we all have unique intrinsic value, comprising body, mind, soul and spirit, is reflected in my work where I provide a peaceful, un-judging space to hear and work with your concerns.
I have a particular interest in trauma recovery – be that from growing up in difficult circumstances or ‘one off’ traumatic incidents. The legacy of physical, mental and emotional symptoms that traumas can leave behind are worked with in a sensitive, gentle, respectful way. I have trained with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, which is dedicated to trauma recovery.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Qualifications and Assurances
- Certification for the Treatment of Trauma, Level 1 with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
- Advanced Trauma Training with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
- BA (Hons) in Counselling from the University of Greenwich
- Foundation degree (FdA) in Humanistic Counselling from the University of Greenwich
- Registered, Accredited Membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (Reg MBACP Accred). This means I have reached the required professional standard for accredited membership, and adhere to the BACP’s Code of Ethics and complaints procedure
- Many professional trainings, on-going, including bereavement and loss; working with addictions; self-harm; safeguarding; anxiety
- DBS clearance
Experience
- Open House Counselling Service, Guildford YMCA Counsellor to under 35s (for 5 years)
- Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM), Guildford Counsellor to students (for 10 years)
- Private Girls' Secondary Boarding School, Bramley, Guildford Counsellor to students and staff (for 10 years)
- Private Practice in Woking, Surrey for 15 years and now in Lymington, Hampshire Including referrals from GP surgeries, emergency services, social services and personal recommendation
- Met Film School Counsellor to students and staff 1 year (Illness cover)
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
Therapies offered
Fees
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are usually weekly and 50 minutes in duration either in person st my Lymington office or online, as you prefer.
Please contact me by phone call, text or email with your questions, and we can work out the best way forward for you.
Further information
There is easy off-street parking.
Please bear with me as my website is in the process of being updated to reflect my new location in Lymington, Hampshire.
