About me
Hello, and thank you for looking at my profile.
I wonder what has brought you here today? Maybe you've thought about counselling for some time but not had the nudge you've needed to take the next step and actually seek out a counsellor. It's quite a big step, choosing to come to therapy, isn't it? So, let me congratulate you on coming this far. In these difficult times, reaching out can be so hard but is now, perhaps, more necessary than ever.
If you feel that you are ready to explore your inner world, then you will want a therapeutic partner to journey with you. Friends and family can be great, but sometimes the best person for you is someone chosen by you, who is experienced and trained in mental wellbeing.
So let me make you my offer
I am here to listen to you, without judgment. Working together, we will create a safe and supportive space where you can feel comfortable in speaking your thoughts. A space without agenda or expectation, where every aspect of who you are will be respected and accepted without conditions or strings attached.
I don't give advice or problem-solve for you, and I don't claim to have all the answers. I am not the expert on you. You are the expert on you. But I will try my best to follow you and to understand how you see things and why you see them in the way you do. Sometimes I may gently challenge you, or encourage you to take a risk that may help change the status quo, but you will always be in control of what we do, and where we travel to in your therapeutic journey.
Working together
Clients have described me as warm, empathic and encouraging.
There is a saying in my spiritual tradition - "Come as far as you can and I will meet you there." If you feel you are ready to take that first step with me, please get in touch. I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Rachel
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a qualified Person-Centred counsellor, trained in London with The Mary Ward Centre and City Lit, Covent Garden, with a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
I'm highly experienced in working with depression, anxiety, anger management issues, as well as bereavement and domestic abuse.
My work is mainly in private practice, but I also volunteer with a community counselling project, so I have a lot of practical experience with real people living, working and making real-life decisions in London.
I work in a culturally sensitive way with people from diverse backgrounds and have particular experience of working with clients from Muslim and Jewish faiths.
I am keen to support Black and Minority Ethnic clients (BAME) to access counselling and work in conjunction with a Black male supervisor to inform my practice better.
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
Therapies offered
When I work
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Further information
I only work remotely at the present time.
