About me
I am a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I have also been trained in 'EMDR' for helping clients who have had traumatic experiences.
I live and work in Central Peterborough and have worked in private practice since 2003. Alongside my private practice I have also worked full-time for 10 years as a Senior Practitioner within an NHS partnership treatment agency. From 2015 I have worked full-time as a self-employed psychotherapist.
How I work
My work with clients over the years has taught me that all sorts of things contribute to periods of difficulty in our lives, both recent events, and current stressors and behaviours, alongside past events that continue to shape our thinking and behaviour and evoke our emotions. Fortunately this also means that all sorts of things can help us overcome these difficulties too.
Sometimes simply being listened to in a respectful, non-judgemental way is what’s most important, providing the opportunity to express an untold story held within, or release you from feeling alone with confusing or painful thoughts and feelings.
At other times practical changes to your lifestyle, behaviour or thoughts can offer some immediate relief from difficulties.
Whether we are aware of it or not, we are profoundly shaped by our life’s experiences and relationships, particularly those in our childhood. This means that our current behaviours, thoughts and feelings will often have their roots in our past.
Talking together can also offer fresh and sometimes challenging perspectives helping you make sense of things, find solutions to immediate problems and get to the root of what is troubling you.
Through working together we can find ways both to help you cope and resolve immediate difficulties and to uncover the links between your past and present experience. This will give you a deeper understanding of what you are feeling and why, broaden your sense and appreciation of who you are, and enable you to make effective, positive and lasting change.
Training, qualifications & experience
Since the early 1990’s I have pursued an interest in counselling and psychotherapy, undertaking foundation trainings in ‘Gestalt Therapy’, ‘Transactional Analysis’ and qualifying as a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic programming (‘NLP’).
I trained as a psychotherapist at the Metanoia Institute which I joined in 2000 and where I completed a post-graduate MSc course in Integrative Psychotherapy in 2015.
I subsequently completed the EMDR Europe accredited training programme in 2020.
I am registered with the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and work to their professional standards and ethical framework. I am a graduate member of the Metanoia Institute.
My special interests include working with the impact of unaddressed childhood difficulties and trauma, overcoming compulsive or addictive behaviours, and working with relationship problems causing tension, conflict or low self-esteem
Qualifications
- MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy – Metanoia Institute 2015
- Gestalt Psychotherapy Foundation year training, The Gestalt Centre 1998
- Neuro-linguistic Programming: Master Practitioner Qualification with Jo Cooper and Peter Seal 1996
- Group work training – Bedford 1994
- Relationship break-up – support group training 1994
- Peterborough Institute of Counselling and Psychotherapy – First year Diploma in Psychotherapy 1993
- Transactional Analysis 101 (Foundation Course) 1992
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
We each have unique ways of experiencing and understanding our difficulties and no list of 'problem areas' can do justice to this.
If you find your particular difficulty is not listed sufficiently clearly (or at all), do please call or email me to discuss further.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per session (appointments are typically 1 hour duration).
Discounted rate for psychotherapy or counselling students in training (£50 per session).
Please feel free to contact me by phone to discuss any queries you may have or if you are uncertain whether counselling or psychotherapy is right for you. Full contact details are available from my website (listed at the top of this page).
You can book a 15-20 minute introductory phone call by clicking the "book intro call" button at the top of this page. (there is no charge for this call)
When I work
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I currently have some availability for new clients. Please contact me to discuss .
Further information
My consulting rooms are in Central (PE1) Peterborough.
For further information please visit my website (listed at the top of this page).
