About me
When you are overwhelmed by Grief, I am here to help you.
Bereavement Counselling, for more than 15 years I have been helping people like you through their darkest momements.
Benefits of working with me:
- A Safe Space: Everything you share with me remains confidential. This is your space to express your feelings without judgment.
- Coping with Anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, and other personal dates are challenging. I provide support and strategies for managing these difficult moments.
- Complex Emotions: Grief often brings emotions that can feel confusing or even “wrong.” I help you understand that all feelings are valid parts of your journey.
- Moving Forward: While you’ll never forget your loved one, I help you find ways to carry their memory while building a meaningful life moving forward.
- Specialist in Bereavement Counselling: 15+ years helping individuals process grief and find emotional balance.
- Expertise in Anxiety, Depression & Low Self-Esteem: Addressing these challenges when they arise in counselling.
- Face-to-face or via Zoom for your convenience.
I believe I am a friendly, empathetic person who gets along with most people. I am non-judgemental.
Bereavement Counselling includes Grief, Loss and Pet Bereavement. It frequently uncovers other issues such as Depression, Low Self-Esteem, and Anxiety. I am fully qualified in these and will help you with them as part of our programme.
My counselling rooms are near Pangbourne, West Berkshire. I also work by Zoom (also Teams or Meet). I have clients across the UK and in Europe.
I have been an HR Director in the IT industry and understand the stresses and strains of daily life. I was also chair of Cruse Bereavement for West Berkshire.
Getting started / Free 20 minute assessment session
We would normally start with a 20 minute complimentary call for a brief discussion of your needs. If we could see benefit in working together we would start our sessions quickly and progress from there.
Call me now and see if I can help you. 0771 5160337
Training, qualifications & experience
My counselling qualifications:
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Certificate of Proficiency
- Cruse Bereavement Care (8 years)
- Therapeutic Counselling (QCF)
- Westminster Pastoral Foundation - Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Ascentis - Supervision Level 3
- Ascentis - Pet Bereavement
Each year I attend many training days to continue my personal development and to stay abreast of the latest thinking in 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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Denial and Acceptance
Grief & Loss
Pet Bereavement
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50 per session
I accept Bank Transfer, Credit Cards via Paypal.
When I work
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I am generally available 9am-6pm Monday to Friday. Please phone or email to arrange an appointment.
Further information
My main subject is Bereavement Counselling, Grief Counselling and Pet Bereavement
Also, if involved with your loss
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Low Self-esteem
In the past four years I have done a lot of work with Low Self-Esteem, it has such a huge impact on a persons life.
