About me
Do you want clarity, to feel at ease, perhaps even be at peace with yourself, perhaps you struggle with relationships or expectations and pressures. Counselling and psychotherapy can offer an opportunity to learn about who you are, what makes you tick, how you react to others.
Together we can talk without pressure or judgment, my experience will help find a way to clarify your situation and develop a sense of self.
By offering empathy and understanding compassion is created, providing opportunity to develop self-worth and a trust in your own gut feeling.
Do you have concerns about;
Body Image
Struggles with losing, gaining or maintaining weight
Food issues
Exercise dependency
Eating disorders, behaviour around food, obesity, physical and emotional health can also be intertwined, if this is an issue for you I can offer eating disorder counselling therapy. This is a more directive, holistic approach based around motivation, engagement and change. I hold the NCFED Master Practitioner in eating disorders and obesity award, keeping myself up to date through further training and contact with eating disorder professionals. As a competitive athlete and qualified personal trainer I also have an understanding of the complex issues faced in performance based exercise, sport and training.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post-Graduate Diploma Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP registered therapist
Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders & Obesity NCFED
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA)
Regular CPD with relation to person-centred practice and the latest in eating disorder treatment.
I have experience providing counselling in a variety of settings including a drug and alcohol rehab unit, homeless & vulnerable adults, and general mental health.
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Additional information
£50 1 hour online Counselling & Psychotherapy
£250 6 x 1 hour online Counselling & Psychotherapy sessions
£70 Eating Disorder & Obesity therapy assessment (prelim questionnaire, 80 minutes session + follow-up)
£60 subsequent 1 hour Eating Disorder & Obesity therapy sessions
£360 Eating Disorder & Obesity online assessment + 6 x 1 hour sessions
Block booking available
Availability
I work online in a flexible way between the hours of 9am-9pm to suit both our schedules.
Further information
In addition to formal study I am continuously adding to my skills via professional training. Areas of interest so far have included;
- CADAS drug and alcohol awareness
- SAFA self-harm awareness
- Working with survivors of sexual abuse and rape
- Eating disorders and obesity
- Maudsley Hospital MANTRA workshop