About me
Thank you for clicking on my profile. My focus is helping people using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioural therapy skills (DBT). As a BABCP (British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) accredited therapist I am confident and qualified to work with a variety of difficulties such as anxiety, phobias or trauma. My particular interests lie with health anxiety disorder, low self esteem and post traumatic stress disorder, but I am happy to learn about and work through anything you are having difficulties with.
I belong to the queer community and actively enjoy working with LGBT+ individuals - everyone is welcomed in my therapy space. I have spoken with a stammer (stutter) since a young age, and have used this to bring a lived experience of struggling with a disability to my sessions. When we create a shared understanding of your difficulties, background factors like disability, lived experience and history will be valuable in creating a comprehensive and useful formulation.
My clients have told me that they valued the warmth and acceptance I show in my sessions, which is something I am intensely proud of. Other feedback also highlighted my skills at explaining the rationale behind therapy - helping translate scientific research and therapeutic models into practical skills that make sense for your own situation and context. New clients have fed back to me that I was especially warm and welcoming, helping to normalise and validate difficulties that they have been struggling with. Clients who have experienced therapy before said that I was able to bring insight and understanding to the therapeutic intervention they had not accessed before.
I offer sessions in the evening to ensure that sessions are accessible. Therapy is a big step and fitting it into a lunch break or the additional pressure of asking for time off work can be barriers to getting help.
At this point I only offer online sessions using Google Meet, however if you are in the Norwich area and have a safe room to hold sessions I am happy to offer home visits. Standard sessions will last between 50 minutes and an hour, and longer sessions can be requested if desired.
To express interest in working with me please send an email, we can then book an initial session (priced at £30) to establish goals/focus of therapy and start work on a formulation. From there, if work seems like it will be useful and you’d like to continue, we can discuss ongoing support. I look forward to working with you.
What A Session Looks Like
During a session I like to establish an agenda to keep our session on track but your input and ideas are always the priority. Everything we discuss and set as homework will be established collaboratively, and I always see us working in partnership as the very best way to deliver therapy.
The first thing we will do is to establish an agenda and prioritise talking points for this session. We will then review homework, reflections and any questions from the previous session before we continue.
We will spend the bulk of the session on these agenda points, for example "I want to start exposure therapy about spiders", "I need to practice my thought challenging" or "I need a skill for when I feel overwhelmed".
The session will finish by summarising and reflecting on learning and setting homework.
Online sessions are from my home office, which is a clean and confidential space. You might spot some books or miniatures in the background and there will be some artwork on the walls.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- BSc Psychology (Plymouth University)
- MPsych Advanced Psychology - Clinical Pathway (Plymouth University)
- PGCert Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (King's College London)
- Postgraduate Degree in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (University of East Anglia)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Association of Psychological Therapies)
Work
- South Kent CAMHS - 2019-2021
- Norfolk and Suffolk Talking Therapies - 2021-current
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
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
Additional information
First session is charged at £30 for an exploratory hour, where we will discuss if working together will be appropriate and a potential treatment plan, or appropriate referral/next steps if not.
There will be no sales pressure to continue working with me!
When I work
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Hours can be flexible, so please ask to see if we can make things work!
