About me
Welcome.. I am a BACP Accredited Senior Therapist with 16 years experience working within private practice, specialist NHS services including CAMHS (children and young people) London universities and national charities. I completed a BA Hons degree in Integrative Relational Counselling.
I provide a free 20 minute introductory meeting. Pls see client testimonials below.
I specialise in providing high quality Psychotherapy, CBT, Solution Focused, Trauma Informed, Psychodynamic and Person Centred Therapy.
I support clients with • crisis • anxiety dread lost • family issues • depression sadness • low self esteem • couples therapy • relationship breakdown • past childhood trauma • self harm suicidal thoughts • PTSD • addiction • loss bereavement • ADHD • ASD • anger • perfectionism • separation divorce • OCD • worry • fear • hopelessness • identity
Our work together will help unravel your feelings to find your way forward. Therapy will help you gain insight, coping skills and lasting change.
Client Testimonials:
Sam, 23 ‘Our work has given me back my life. I am definitely a more confident person’
Sarah, 44 ‘Our sessions have been incredibly helpful and insightful. It has helped our relationship and even brought us closer as a family. I feel peace at home now’
Nathan, 35 ‘We communicate in a more helpful way. It’s so much better now we understand each other’
Amy, 28 ’This therapy has been the best gift I have ever given myself’
Ben, 43 ‘Through therapy I am finally becoming the person I was always supposed to be. I feel free’
Charlotte, 18 ‘Therapy has really boosted my confidence, even my family & friends can see it. I like myself a lot more too’
Alice, 16 ‘Through therapy I finally understand myself, my feelings and my relationships better’
We can all feel stuck, sad, anxious, overwhelmed and alone at times. Therapy encourages you to feel more confidence, freedom, understanding and self acceptance.
My clients have described me as engaging, proactive, accepting, understanding, honest and helpful. I provide a safe, non judgemental, secure and trusting relationship that promotes growth.
Individuals - Building trust is fundamental to helpful therapy and my warm, proactive relational approach creates a secure space to share and explore. This supports self reflection, deeper understanding, self acceptance and gentle challenge to explore the barriers towards change. I support numerous clients diagnosed with ADHD and those on the Autistic Spectrum ASD/ASC
Couples - Therapy provides a helpful, neutral and objective safe space to both work towards rebuilding trust and connection. Couples therapy helps promote intimacy, improve communication, negotiation and compromise. We will proactively explore unspoken hurt, toxic patterns of behaviour, pain, disappointment and resentment that limits trust and creates barriers to connection and intimacy. Couples work can involve; disappointment, betrayal, loss, anger, mistrust, infidelity/affairs, lack of intimacy/sex, abuse, blended families, separation, divorce, co-parenting, addiction, resentment, forgiveness, mixed heritage, psychosexual difficulties and more.
Teenagers & Children - Working as a Senior CAMHS Practitioner, I have over 25 years experience working with children and young people / teenagers within supportive, therapeutic environments. I support young clients with anxiety, depression, low self esteem/confidence, anger, self harm, suicidal thoughts, friendship issues/boundaries, eating difficulties, bullying, abuse, addiction, loss, identity, Trans / gender identity, academic pressure and more. I support numerous clients diagnosed with ADHD and those on the Autistic Spectrum ASD/ASC.
Families - I have over 25 years experience working with families in supportive, therapeutic settings. My work with families has involved exploring relationship / behaviour challenges, boundaries, communication, anger, respect, control, trauma, loss, family breakdown, blended families, mixed heritage and more.
About me
I am an experienced therapist and have held a busy private practice since 2012. I work within the NHS, Specialist CAMHS Service and University settings. I have worked in national charities and community settings.
Initial Session
Starting therapy can make you feel anxious and I am mindful of this in our first session as we gently explore your goals and how therapy works.
I offer flexible appointment times in the day, evenings & weekends.
Training, qualifications & experience
16 years experience working in the NHS as a Senior Therapist at Specialist CAMHS NHS Service, private practice, at London Universities and national charities.
Accredited Member British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy BACP
BA Hons Integrative Relational Counselling
NHS Tavistock and Portman Trust Systemic Approaches to Individuals and Families Fd Yr1
BPS Accreditation in Clinical Supervision British Psychological Society
Training in Couple Relationship Dynamics
CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for anxiety and depression
Trauma Focused Therapy
Other Relevant Training
ICF Coaching Certified
Children & Young Peoples Mental Health MHFA England
BA Hons Race and Culture with Social Policy
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.
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
£85.00 - £150.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
The session will be 1 hour/60 minutes
Cancellations – under 48 hours notice the full session fee will be charged.
When I work
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Further information
Duration of Counselling
I work with clients on either a short term (6-12 weeks) and/or long term (open ended) basis depending upon your goals/needs.
Code of Ethics
As an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) I abide by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice.
Member Organisation(s)
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited Member
Black and Asian Therapists Network (BAATN)
