About me
Welcome to my page. I am a fully accredited BACP counsellor and psychotherapist registered in 2001. I offer a peaceful, safe, non-judgment space for you to explore anything you wish in complete confidence. I believe that no problem is too small nor too large to bring to therapy. So often a problem shared can be a problem halved. The simple act of exploring, with a neutral party can reveal new solutions.
I offer both short term and long term therapy as well as supervision to other counsellors.
I have worked with children in two Oxfordshire primary schools in addition to seeing adults in North Oxford.
In the past, I have worked with individuals with a broad range of concerns in the NHS GP surgery in Wandsworth, NHS hospital outpatients, as well as couples at London Marriage Guidance, and individuals at Kensington and Chelsea College of Further Education.
Training, qualifications & experience
I began my training in 1996 with a foundation course in person centered counseling at Metanoia Institute, and training by CRUISE, in bereavement care.
I hold an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Regent's College and a Diploma in Supervision of Counsellors from CCPE.
I completed a training at London Marriage Guidance in couple and marital therapy 2004
More recently I did a post-qualifying Certificate for previously qualified adult therapists to Counsel Children, with Place2Be, 2018.
I am a member of British Infertility Counselling Association and have completed their foundation course.
Member organisations
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.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
UK Council for Psychotherapy
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.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Additional information
I charge £55 for 50 minutes for individuals, for couples £65 for 50 min.
I usually see clients once weekly for 50 minutes, but have on occasion seen clients more often or for longer periods such as 75 min sessions.
Cancellations:
One week notice is requested for cancelling a regular standing appointment. 48 hours notice is requested to cancel and ad hoc session. Full payment is expected for missed sessions or late cancellation.
I have two low-cost places which are time-limited (6 sessions) for clients who are unable to pay a full fee. Please ask if you would like one of these.
Availability
Weekdays 930am - 300pm