About me
I am a BACP registered psychotherapist that offers face-to-face, online and walking therapy to adults. After dedicating over 15 years to raising a family, I retrained and qualified in a field I feel deeply passionate about - people and their wellbeing. I am a fully qualified CPCAB Counsellor and Mental Health Professional, committed to helping individuals understand themselves and navigate life’s challenges with compassion and integrity. I bring both professional training and lived experience to my work, offering maturity, perspective, and warmth. At Rising Hope, I believe everyone has the capacity for growth, healing, and change - sometimes they just need a safe place to begin.
I am an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist, which means I draw on different therapeutic models to meet each client as an individual. While I am trained in approaches including CBT, attachment-informed therapy, ACT, and psychodynamic theory, my core modality is Person-Centred therapy. This means our work is grounded in empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard (non judgemental). I believe that healing and growth happen within a genuine, collaborative relationship, where you feel accepted and understood. Integration allows flexibility, but the therapeutic relationship remains central research consistently shows it is one of the most important factors in meaningful change.
Area's I Can Support You With:
- Anxiety and stress
- Depression and low mood
- Trauma-informed work
- Relationships and attachment patterns
- Loss, grief, and bereavement
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Workplace stress and life transitions
I offer Face-to-face, Online and Walking Therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified CPCAB Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a strong
foundation in therapeutic counselling and a wide range of practical experience
across community, voluntary, and clinical settings. Professional Qualifications
I have completed comprehensive training through the CPCAB framework, which includes:
- CPCAB Level 2 - Counselling Skills
- CPCAB Level 3 - Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 4 - Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 5 - Psychotherapeutic Counselling (current)
This training has provided me with a strong ethical, theoretical, and practical grounding, enabling me to work safely, reflectively, and effectively with clients experiencing a wide range of difficulties.
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
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
I strongly believe therapy should be accessible to all so I set a fee that I hope can be. I will also talk to you about fees if they are an issue and look at how we could accommodate certain circumstances.
Further information
I offer face-to face, online and walking therapy
