About me
Hi, I’m Ross. I offer a calm, confidential space where you can talk openly and be heard without judgement. My person-centred approach focuses on understanding your experience and supporting you as you find your own way forward.
Reaching out for counselling can feel like a big step. Many people come to therapy carrying things they’ve held inside for a long time, unsure where to begin or whether anyone will truly understand.
The first session is simply a chance for us to meet and see how it feels to talk together. There’s no pressure to continue. The most important thing in therapy is the relationship, so it’s important that you feel comfortable.
My aim is to offer a space where you can speak freely and feel genuinely heard. Rather than trying to fit people into labels or diagnoses, I focus on understanding your experience as you see it.
I work from a humanistic, person-centred perspective, which means I believe that when people feel accepted and understood, they naturally begin to move towards greater clarity and growth. Therapy isn’t about being “fixed” or told what to do. Instead, it’s about exploring your thoughts and feelings at your own pace, with someone alongside you.
I began my counselling journey as a volunteer with the YMCA, supporting young people who often felt they had nowhere else to turn. That experience shaped how I practise today: with patience, openness and respect for each person’s story.
Alongside my counselling work, I also have a strong interest in creative expression such as writing and poetry, which can sometimes offer people another way of exploring thoughts and emotions.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA (hons) Humanistic Counselling Skills
Level 3 certificate humanistic counselling and theory
Level 2 certificate humanistic counselling
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50 per 50 minute session
When I work
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Further information
My on-going professional development has enabled me to attend additional specific training on:
- Neuroscience
- Eating disorders
- Transgender individuals
- Play therapy
- Keeping therapy brief
- Mental health and Nutrition
- Safeguarding
- Solution focussed therapy
- Neurodiverse individuals
