About me
Individual & Couples Counselling available.
About me:
I work with individual adults & couples face to face, online & telephone. My approach to counselling is Integrative. This means I may use different approaches depending on my client as I believe not one approach fits all.
Providing a respectful, empathic and non - judgemental space where you will be able to explore your emotions, thoughts, feelings and actions. Together we shall look at making sense of your past, explore what is troubling you in the present moment and work towards securing a future you can look forward to and embrace.
Through our sessions, I aim to help you gain new insights and a clearer understanding of your thoughts, feelings, emotions and thought processes.
I specifically work in a person centred way and the counselling I provide reflects this. My aim is for you to become the best version of yourself, and, to that end, I usually will not offer advice or tell you what to do, as I believe the expert in our relationship is you!
Proprietor of "The Mental Health Path", Individual & Relationship Counselling | Holistic Therapies | Group Support | Intervention Support Services, Unit 5, Spencer House, Spencer Road, Derry / Londonderry.
I am a registered member of BACP, fully insured and GDPR compliant.
Training, qualifications & experience
FD Degree in Integrative Counselling - University of Ulster.
CPCAB Level 5 DIP - Couples Counselling
Health & Social care Diploma University of Ulster.
Certificate in Counselling studies University of Ulster.
Single session therapy, (SST), trained.
Understanding mental capacity - Advanced level Psychology via Open University.
Exploring depression- Advanced level Science via Open University.
Exploring the difference between anxiety & depression - Advanced level science via Open University.
NADA Ear Acupuncture - Fully trained Ear Acupuncturist
I provide my services, on a weekly basis, as an integrative Counsellor offering individual sessions & couples counselling. I also provide Nada Ear Acupuncture as a step down service. Indian Head Massage & Reflexology as an Holistic Therapy offering. Group support service, Walking Group Service and Individual Intervention Support Package. All based at my own Wellbeing Hub "The Mental Health Path", Unit 5 Spencer House, Spencer Road, Derry / Londonderry.
* 2021 - Present : The Mental Health Path - Individual & Couples Integrative Counsellor | Nada Ear Acupuncturist | Holistic Therapies | Group support facilitator | Individual Intervention Support
* 2022 - 2024 : Individual & Relationship Counsellor, RelateNI, Glengall Street, Belfast
- 2021 - 2024 : Integrative Counsellor - MUSE Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service, Derry/Londonderry.
- 2019 - 2022 : Voluntary Counsellor at Bridge Street Medical Practice, Derry.
- 2017 - 2019 : Voluntary Counsellor, Childline, Derry/Londonderry.
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
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£45 per individual session
£60 per Couples session
Sessions are usually 50 minutes each, in length.
First session payment in advance & each further session paid for at end of previous session.
24 hour cancellation notice to avoid session payment.
Concessions offered for:
- Students
- Unemployed
- Trainee Counsellors
I am keen that no-one should feel excluded from accessing therapy for financial reasons. So, to that end, I offer a limited number of low cost sessions to students, trainee Counsellors and low incomes including unemployment.
*Please enquire for more information*
Block bookings are also available: for example, 6 individual sessions for £230, (individual sessions), paid in full, at first session, (saving £40 from £270 full price of six sessions), cancelled sessions are included in total unless extreme circumstances arose.
Therapy sessions are typically 50 minutes each and once a week, appointments are required to be booked in advance.
Sessions can be face to face, over the telephone or via Zoom with full GDPR regulations and confidentiality followed and adhered by at all times.
Discounted rate at £40 for students seeking personal therapy as part of their course requirements, also if unemployed.
When I work
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Further information
Bathroom facilities supplied.
Car parking available opposite premises.
Zoom sessions require payment 24 hours prior to session beginning, link sent when payment has been received.
PayPal / Bank transfer
Face to face sessions provided located at my own Wellbeing Hub located at "The Mental Health Path", Unit 5, Spencer House, Spencer Road, Derry / Londonderry.
