About me
My values
I believe every person thrives when they feel understood and valued. Life brings challenges that can get in the way of fulfilling our potential. Whether you are a child, a young person or an adult, you deserve support and having someone alongside you can help you find the strength to move through hardship and enjoy your life and relationships.
My approach
I take every concern a client brings seriously and with respect, and I aim to offer a warm, genuine and supportive therapeutic relationship. My approach is integrative, collaborative and client-led. I check in regularly to make sure the counselling work is of value and benefit to you. I draw on a range of theoretical disciplines: psychodynamic, attachment-based, person-centred, solution-focused, systemic and play- and art-therapy-based so that I can respond to your needs and preferences. I also adapt my work to each person's age, life experience and emotional needs. With children, this may take the form of play or art making as well as talking; with young people – it may involve guidance, developing coping strategies or a deeper exploration of identity; my work with adults may primarily take the form of talking, with room for creative expression and non-verbal self-exploration.
I work in a neurodiversity-affirming way. I see you as a unique individual - I accommodate your sensory sensitivities, and I honour your communication style. I believe you and your experiences. I believe in you – I focus on your strengths, and I support your autonomy and agency.
We all have inner strength, resources and creativity – my aim is to help you find yours.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Postgraduate qualification in counselling and psychotherapy with special focus on children and young people, and I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have spent the past few years providing therapeutic support in primary and secondary schools, which has given me a working knowledge of the difficulties children and young people face, whether at school or outside of it.
I now work in private practice with children, young people and adults.
Children and Young People
In my work with children and young people, I also collaborate with parents and carers during reviews or parent-focussed sessions, offering guidance and support to help them feel more confident in supporting and enjoying their relationship with their child.
I support children and young people with a range of emotional challenges such as:
- Anxiety and overwhelm
- Bereavement and loss
- Family conflict and challenges
- Emotional regulation
- Family separation and divorce
- Feeling angry
- Friendships
- Exam pressure
- Identity and sense of self
- Life transitions and change
- Low mood and sadness
- Low self-esteem and confidence
- Relationship difficulties
- School-related challenges
- Self-harm
Adults
My approach to working with adults is based on respect and collaboration. I am here to support you in understanding your behavioural and relational patterns and their origins, in making choices that work for you and in approaching the ups and downs of life with integrity. I also have a special interest in mental health during the perimenopause.
I support adults with:
- Understanding and overcoming unhelpful relational and behavioural patterns
- Perimenopause-related mental health difficulties
- Childhood trauma
- Dealing with challenging life events
- Relationship difficulties
- and others.
I offer a free 20 min initial online/phone consultation for us to have an opportunity to talk about your needs and expectations and see if we can work together.
Continuous Professional Development
- Polyvagal theory in therapy (understanding and working with nervous system states)
- Working empathically with adolescents
- Anti-oppressive practice and working within diversity
- Neurodiversity-affirming practice
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
£70.00 per session
