About me
I’m an Integrative counsellor/psychotherapist. Initially, I came to therapy through ongoing interests in philosophy, psychology, sociology and art; I was interested in how each of these areas and their intersections might help us understand more of ourselves and the world around us. Counselling and psychotherapy seemed a natural extension of this – a place people could talk more openly and reflectively about how they felt, what they thought, and how they experience their lives and relationships. I have always been drawn to these kinds of conversations and am hugely esteeming of their value in helping us navigate life and its attendant challenges and tensions; they certainly have been for me.
The content of sessions is of course unique to each person, but some examples of themes commonly explored might be love, work, authenticity, family, anxiety, depression, loneliness, identity, loss, trauma, life transitions. Together we work to create an ongoing, unhurried dialogue that we can pick up each week and use to explore whatever feels most important to you at the time.
I think therapy can be at its most impactful when we feel we can speak candidly. For this to happen there needs to be a level of trust in the relationship, so it can be important to find a therapist that you feel comfortable with, and that you think would be a good fit for you. I take this seriously and aim always to be a warm, collaborative and human sort of a presence.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, graduated 2022.
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 per session
