This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
How counselling can help
I am here to support and guide you as you explore your experiences and difficulties. I work with people feeling stuck, experiencing anxiety, loss, uncertainty and a desire to feel more confident, assured and resilient.
I am an Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. This means that I apply a range of theoretical models to my work, including Transactional Analysis, Attachment Theory and the Psychodynamic approach. I am a Person Centred practitioner, which means that my work is centred around your goals or desired outcomes. I adopt a Holistic approach and can help you consider how the environments in which you live, work and spend your time may affect your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. My practice is informed with an integrative set of theories which includes Neuroscience, Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Psychology. I am interested in societal issues and encourage awareness and understanding of how social structures can intersect with personal experiences. I engage in introspective practices like meditation and yoga and carry this philosophy into my counselling practice.
With a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Social Science, I came to a career in counselling later in life after my own experiences of change, uncertainty and loss. I hold a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the Northern Guild.
I can work both short term (8-12 sessions) and longer term (16 sessions or more) and will discuss with you how this work might take shape.
I have experience of working in NHS and Charitable settings. I have supported clients experiencing anxiety, depression and bereavement as well as those wanting to improve well being. I have personal experience of supporting Neurodivergent individuals and welcome working with those who recognise the characteristics in themselves. I also have experience of supporting people experiencing Sensory Loss.
I will meet you with acceptance and a non judgemental attitude. I offer a calm, safe space in which to support you. We will work at a pace and in a style that is right for you, on the issues that are most important to you. I can work at locations in Newcastle Haymarket, and Jesmond. After an initial period of in person sessions, I can offer a blend of face to face and online sessions.
What to expect in your first session
In the first session, I will carry out an assessment with you. This has a different structure to a typical session, in that specific questions are asked. However it is carried out in a conversational manner, similar to a typical session, and will provide the opportunity to discuss what has brought you to therapy, and what your goals and expectations might be.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualification is a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the Northern Guild Psychotherapy and Counselling.
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
Fees
£65.00 per session
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