About me
I am an Integrative Counsellor with the Arts and a practising artist, trained at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE), where I completed the first year of the MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and qualified as a BACP-accredited Integrative Counsellor with the Arts. I also hold a Level 7 Diploma and Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts, alongside qualifications in counselling skills, mental health first aid, and the prevention of self-harm and suicide.
I work in private practice offering one-to-one integrative counselling, and I also support students as a Specialist Mentor at the University of Surrey. My approach is gentle, holistic, and humanistic, drawing on person-centred and CBT frameworks, with a strong grounding in psychodynamic, somatic, mentalisation, and Polyvagal theories. I integrate the arts where helpful and appropriate for each individual.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP Accredited Integrative Counsellor with the Arts
Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE) - MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (Year 1 completed)
Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE) - Diploma in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of the Arts (Level 7)
Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE) - Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of the Arts
Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE) - IATE Certificate of Counselling Skills (Level 2)
- NUCO FAA Award – First Aid for Mental Health (Level 2)
- TQUK Certificate – Prevention of Self-Harm & Suicide (Level 2)
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
£60.00 - £75.00
Additional information
My fees depend on location and circumstances. I will consider concessions.
